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Guided Breath Exercises and Meditations
A Guided Breath Awareness Meditation:
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Duke Counseling and Psychological Services - Free Audio Relaxation and Mindfulness Exercises Designed to Help You Manage Stress and Anxiety.
Meditation Room - Free Audio Relaxation and Mindfulness exercises. "This is where you will begin your journey into a new level of relaxation and awareness. Each meditation serves a specific purpose, depending on what you want to achieve. Choose freely and feel free to perform more than one meditation."
The Meditation Podcast - "The Meditation Podcast is a free podcast designed to help you benefit from meditation in your everyday life... Unique because we use tones in the audio that actually affect the brain waves, inducing a deep state of relaxation, and a brain pattern similar to REM sleep. This has the potential to bring about profound healing. We have received emails from people all over the world who have suffered from strokes, emotional losses, trauma, anxiety and insomnia, all of whom have benefitted from our podcast. This style of meditation is non-denominational, and we believe it can be used in conjunction with – or separate from – any church, temple or any set of religious or spiritual beliefs."
Health Touch - Jamie is a member of Health Touch, professional holistic care for the body, mind and spirit to improve the quality of life. Located in Durham, NC.
POBI Certified Therapeutic Breathwork Facilitators
POBI - Power of Breath Institute offering classes, workshops and trainings.
Anatomy of the respiratory system - It is helpful to understand the anatomy of the respiratory system particularly the location of the diaphragm.
The Work - A simple yet powerful process of inquiry that teaches you to identify and question thoughts that cause all the suffering in the world. It's a way to understand what's hurting you, and to address your problems with clarity.
The Five Rights - "Tibetans claim that these exercises activate and stimulate the seven key chakras that in turn stimulate all the glands of the endocrine system. The endocrine system is responsible for the body's overall functioning and aging process. This means that the Five Rites will affect the functioning of all your organs and systems, including the physical and energetic systems and that includes the aging process. The man who brought these Five Rights out of Tibet stated that "performing the Five Rites stimulates the circulation of essential life energy throughout the body".
Masaru Emoto - Dr. Masaru Emoto discovered that crystals formed in frozen water reveal changes when specific, concentrated thoughts are directed toward them. He found that water from clear springs and water that has been exposed to loving words shows brilliant, complex, and colorful snowflake patterns. In contrast, polluted water, or water exposed to negative thoughts, forms incomplete, asymmetrical patterns with dull colors.
The International Center for Reiki Training - "Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It is administered by "laying on hands" and is based on the idea that an unseen "life force energy" flows through us and is what causes us to be alive."
Jamie Crockett Fine Art - See my artwork :)
International Breathwork Training Alliance: The International Breathwork Training Alliance is a consortium of professional breathwork schools, trainers, and practitioners who support and promote the integration of breathwork in the world as an accessible and vital healing modality that facilitates physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual wellness.
Suggested Reading: Breath - Empowerment & Spiritual - Health & Healing
Farhi, Donna (1996) The Breathing Book: Good Health and Vitality Through Essential Breath Work. NY: Henry Holt & Co.
Leonard, Jim and Phil Laut (2001), Vivation: The Skill of Happiness, Philadelphia, PA: Xlibris Corporation.
Lewis, Dennis (1996) The Tao of Natural Breathing: For Health, Well-Being and Inner Growth. SF, CA: Mountain Wind Publishing.
Minett, Gunnel (2004) Exhale: An Overview of Breathwork, Edinburgh, Scotland: Floris Books.
Sky, Michael (1990) Breathing: Expanding Your Power and Energy. Santa Fe, NM: Bear & Co.
Swami Rama, Rudolph Ballentine and Alan Hymes (1979) Science of Breath: A Practical Guide. Honesdale, PA: The Himalayan Institute
Brach, Tara (2003) Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of the Buddha. New York, NY: Bantam Books.
Chopra, Deepak (2000) How to Know God: The Soul’s Journey Into the Mystery of Mysteries. NY, NY: Three Rivers Press
Gawain, Shakti (2002) Creative Visualization: Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Your Life. New World Library, Nataraj
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Katie, Byron (2004) I Need Your Love – Is That True? New York, NY: Harmony Books/Random House Inc.Katie, Byron (2006) A Thousand Names for Joy: Living in Harmony with the Way Things Are. New York, NY: Random House
Dyer, Wayne W. (2007) Change Your Thoughts - Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao. Hay House, Inc.
Mipham, Sakyong (2003) Turning the Mind Into an Ally. New York: Riverhead Books
Ruiz, Don Miguel (1997) The Four Agreements. San Rafael, CA: Amber-Allen Publishing.
Taylor, Kylea (1995) The Ethics of Caring: Honoring the Web of Life in Our Professional Healing Relationships. Santa Cruz, CA: Hanford Mead Publishers.
Smith, Huston (1992) Forgotten Truth: The Common Vision of the World’s Religions. NY, NY. HarperCollins Publishers.
Tolle, Eckhart (1999) The Power of Now: A Guide To Spiritual Enlightenment
. Novato, CA: New World Library.
Gach, Michael Reed (1990) Acupressure’s Potent Points: a Guide to Self-Care for Common Ailments
Kelder, Peter (1998) Ancient Secret of the Fountain of Youth. (The Tibetan Five Rites) Doubleday Publishing
Usui, Mikao (1990) The Original Reiki Handbook
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