ice	and	fed	to	the	children. (By	the	way,	the	kids	loved	it.) As	Cynthia,	Tom	and	I	walked	through	the	store,	I	began	to	explain	principles
that	would	help	them	in	the	future. Almost	any	type	of	food	that	has	been
packaged—in	a	box,	jar,	can	or	bottle—has	been	processed	and	is	likely	to
contain	toxic	chemicals. These	toxic	chemicals	either	can	be	deliberately	added
to	the	foods	(food	additives),	or	they	can	result	from	food	production	practices
(chemical	residues). Whatever	the	source	of	these	chemicals,	processed	foods
(such	as	breakfast	cereal,	bread,	canned	foods,	frozen	foods,	oils	and	vegetable
shortenings,	soft	drinks,	ice	cream,	cookies,	cake	and	candy)	are	loaded	with
them. In	addition	to	their	lack	of	nutrition,	the	high	toxic	content	in	processed
foods	makes	them	a	poor	choice. A	variety	of	food	additives	are	used	to	enhance	flavor,	color	and	texture;	to
help	foods	process	better;	and	to	extend	their	shelf	life. In	all,	more	than	three
thousand	FDA-approved	additives	are	in	use	today,	and	the	average	American
ingests	more	than	ten	pounds	of	them	per	year. Imagining	someone	eating	ten
pounds	of	toxic,	synthetic	chemicals	a	year	is	difficult,	but	we	do	it—a	little	at	a
time,	without	realizing	how	it	adds	up. Although	food	additives	must	be
approved	for	safety,	frequently	they	are	initially	determined	to	be	safe,	only	to
be	removed	later	from	the	market	due	to	unanticipated	harmful	effects. Do	not
assume	that	food	additives	are	safe	just	because	the	FDA	has	approved	them. Furthermore,	researchers	usually	test	one	additive	at	a	time,	even	though	we
eat	them	in	combination. Almost	no	research	goes	into	studying	the	safety	of
food	additive	combinations. Our	modern	exposure	to	many	different
combinations	of	food	additives	is	a	gigantic	and	dangerous	chemistry
experiment. The	combined	toxic	effects	of	food	additives	were	reported	in	a
study	conducted	by	B.	H.	Ershoff	(published	in	a	1976
Journal	of	Food	Science
)
that	examined	three	different	FDA-approved	food	additives:	an	artificial	color,an	artificial	sweetener	and	an	emulsifier	(a	substance	that	keeps	oil	and	water
from	separating). When	fed	one	at	a	time,	these	food	additives	caused	no	readily
observable	side	effects	in	experimental	animals. But,	when	two	of	the	additives
were	consumed	at	the	same	time,	the	animals	became	sick. When	all	three	were
combined,	the	test	animals	died	in	less	than	two	weeks! Bearing	this	in	mind,
pick	up	an	average	box	of	breakfast	cereal	(or	just	about	any	other	highly
processed	food)	and	count	how	many	additives	are	in	the	product. Obviously,
you	are	eating	these	additives	in	combination. After	examining	the	labels	on
boxes	of	breakfast	cereal	in	Cynthia	and	Tom’s	pantry,	we	discarded	all	of	them
because	the	labels	showed	that	they	contained	artificial	colors,	flavors,
preservatives	and	hydrogenated	oils. Read	the	labels	on	the	foods	that	you
buy.When	a	food	contains	artificial	colors,	flavors,	preservatives	or	other
additives,	do	not	buy	it. What	would	happen	if	we	eliminated	certain	food	additives	from	our	diet? A
study	reported	in	a	1986	issue	of	the
International	Journal	of	Biosocial	Research
addressed	this	question. Between	1979	and	1983,	the	New	York	City	public
school	system	gradually	removed	foods	containing	artificial	colors	and	flavors
from	the	school	lunches	served	to	more	than	one	million	children. During	this
same	period,	without	any	other	changes	being	introduced,	the	schoolchildren’s
academic	performance	skyrocketed. New	York	City	schools	experienced	the
largest	four-year	gain	in	academic	performance	ever	measured	in	any	city	school
district	in	U.S.	history. How	was	such	improvement	possible? Food	additives	are
toxic;	they	poison	cells. When	you	stop	poisoning	cells,	health	improves. As	the
health	of	brain	cells	improves,	so	does	the	ability	to	think,	learn	and	remember. A	contributing	factor	to	today’s	poor	academic	performance	is	the	burden	of
toxic	exposure	on	the	developing	minds	of	our	young	people. Unfortunately,
once	the	experiment	was	over,	because	of	political	pressure	from	conventional
food	suppliers,	the	New	York	City	schools	reverted	to	“normal”	foods,	and	these
extraordinary	gains	were	lost. Another	risk	in	processed	foods	you	do	not	find	on	the	label:	toxic	chemical
residues. The	manufacturer	does	not	deliberately	add	these	chemicals,	but	they
are	present	in	almost	all	ordinary	commercial	foods. If	manufacturers	do	not	add
it,	they	do	not	have	to	list	it. (Recall	David’s	exposure	to	mercury	in	tuna	fish;
obviously,	mercury	is	not	listed	on	the	label	but	it	is	in	there,	because	it	was	in
the	fish.) Chemical	residues	come	from	many	different	sources,	including
industrial	chemical	and	pesticide	residues,	herbicides,	fungicides,	artificial
ripening	agents,	hormones	and	other	veterinary	drugs	and	packaging	materials. On	our	“tour”	of	hidden	toxic	residues,	Cynthia,	Tom	and	I	took	a	walk	downthe	frozen	foods	aisle. According	to	the	1982–1986
FDA	Total	Diet	Study,
frozen	french	fries	contained	70	different	pesticide	residues. Frozen	pizzas	had
67	industrial	and	pesticide	residues. Frozen	chocolate	cake	contained	61	toxic
residues	and	milk	chocolate	had	93. Peanut	butter	had	a	whopping	183,
including	highly	carcinogenic	aflatoxin,	which	is	produced	by	a	mold	that	grows
on	peanuts. Lurking	in	all	the	aisles	was	another	overlooked	danger:	packaging	materials. The	toxins	in	packaging	materials	(such	as	plastic	wrap,	plastic	bottles,	milk
containers,	juice	boxes,	Styrofoam	and	epoxy	can	linings)	can	leach	toxins	into
our	foods	before	we	eat	them. Foods	coming	into	contact	with	packaging
materials	that	contain	water	or	oil-soluble	toxic	chemicals	can	absorb	these
chemicals,	and	then	the	consumer	ingests	them. Portions	of	the	polymers,
plasticizers,	stabilizers,	fillers	and	even	colorants	in	plastic	wrap	can	dissolve
into	the	food. Avoid	foods	packaged	in	plastic. Choose	foods	packaged	in	more
appropriate	materials,	such	as	paper	and	glass. It’s	ironic	that	people	sometimes
spend	extra	money	to	buy	organic	foods,	yet	the	foods	may	be	wrapped	in	toxic
packaging. Why	purchase	organic	meat	in	a	Styrofoam	tray	topped	with	plastic
shrink-wrap,	or	organic	canned	goods	in	an	epoxy-lined	can? Unfortunately,
these	conveniences	come	at	a	price,	and	that	price	is	the	bioaccumulation	of
toxic	chemicals	in	your	body	and	subsequent	disease. Choosing	Your	Oils:	A	Slippery	Slope
We	continued	our	shopping	trip,	learning	how	to	avoid	foods	that	invite
sickness. In	the	oils	and	salad	d


 by three feet across, place the tree at right level, below any graft union, then mix rock/gravel dust and compost in with the original soil in roughly a 5-20-75% ratio. Then I provide a future nutrient supply by topping with a good compost/rock
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Fruiticulturedust mulch, berming up the outside to create a wide watering basin. In richer soil, like
garden soil, a smaller hole and less immediate root zone fertilization may be sufficient. Consider all of the tree catalog suggestions, also library books if you wish (but question those “how to’s” that sound unnatural), water the trees as needed, and enjoy a pure and beautiful relationship! n
“Then what is the answer? Integrity is wholeness, the great beauty is Organic wholeness, the wholeness of life and
things, the divine beauty of the universe. Love that, not man apart from that, or else you will
share man’s pitiful confusion, or drown in despair when his days darken. ”
-Robinson Jeffers
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Stephan and Eli Reeve’s Fruiticulture farm on Maui
The groundcover is not grass; it is perennial peanut, a nitrogen fixer183
FruiticultureThe Time is Ripe to Join & Lead
by Don Weaver & David Klein, Ph.D.
Be Such A Person
by Don Weaver
Envision a genuine, healthy civilization as one where the great diversity of human be -
ings recognize our natural interdependent place in the far more diverse Planetary tree of
life, and consciously work and live to enrich, support, and strengthen the entire growing tree. I encourage you to explore the challenges and relationships in your life, and consider
well the ecological wisdom of simpler, more natural living, enjoying the fantastic variety of beautiful, delicious, perfectly nourishing plant foods we can grow and eat without vast expenditures in processing, packaging, refrigeration, fossil fuels, and other prob -
lems addressed earlier. I invite you to join the great work of giving back to the Earth more than we take, so that we may all survive, thrive, and continue a conscious evolution of Life on a small planet! May these wonderful words inspire us all to take action:
“Be such a person and live such a life,
that if every person were such as you, and every life such as yours,
this Earth would be God’s paradise. ”
-Phillip Brooks
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FruiticulturePersonal & Planetary Health:
Inextricably Intertwined Matters of Integrity
by David Klein, Ph.D. The time is ripe for all of us to change our worldview, visualize, come together, meet,
share, learn, plan, teach and cooperatively create the kind of world we want to live in. It is our responsibility to do the right thing every day in the loving spirit of integrity. Someone once said:  “We must be passionate about a mission greater than ourselves. ”
Our mission is the greatest of all: to come together, think with reason and act with
integrity in restoring our world to a condition of sustainable health. We can choose to have faith that the current global crisis will force humanity to wake up to our symbiotic kinship with all life on Earth, assume a humble attitude of gratitude for all our gifts,
reconnect with our sense of empathy for all life, and take responsibility for stewarding our shared “nest, ” and restoring the natural order of our world by abiding by the prin-ciples of Fruiticulture. “If humanity does not opt for integrity, we are through completely. It is absolutely touch and go. Each one of us could make the difference. ”
-R. Buckminster Fuller
What is it to be a truly conscientious human being, a good citizen of the Earth? To act with integrity in all matters needing care. “It’s not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity. ”
-Francis Bacon, Sr. It is our life, our world—if we desire to live in Paradise, we each have to take full respon -
sibility for making things better at every turn. “Real integrity is doing the right thing,
knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not. ”
-Oprah Winfrey
It is our choice whether we will diligently work toward optimizing our health, restoring the planet, caring for all that is vital to our existence, bringing light to darkness and
creating a fruitfully sustainable world. 185
Fruiticulture“Integrity is telling myself the truth. ”
-Spencer Johnson
We can choose to do the right thing, acting with integrity, or we can be lazy, ignore the
work at hand, compromise our ideals, make excuses, gripe, pass the buck, assume it will get done by others, think change is impossible, worry, lose hope, despair, give up, do nothing, be silent and surrender our human spirit...it’s our choice. “Courage is the foundation of integrity. ”
-Keshavan Nair
Or, we can harness our passion, take the reins, marshal our energies and live our lives purposefully, with optimism and integrity. “Integrity is the essence of everything successful. ”
-R. Buckminster Fuller
Do you believe the excuses your mind conjures, defeating your innermost desires to actualize perfect health? Do you see obstacles in your path, feel disempowered and be -
lieve you cannot be an effective agent of planetary change? None of these notions are real or true; none are worthy of your attention; none serve your highest good; none con-tain any essence of the human spirit. “One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised. ”
-Chinua Achebe
Imagine your loftiest dreams in every aspect of your life coming to fruition and pas-sionately move toward them every day. Positive, constructive action renews life. Think, believe and act passionately, expressing, sharing, synergising, exemplifying and enjoy -
ing the process of improving every aspect of your life, your world and of creating the best possible future for you and yours. Allow the goodness within you to manifest your deepest desires. It begins with prudent care of our health and extends to the benevolent stewardship of all life on Planet Earth. “Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and
imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace,
the slaves of the ordinary. ”
-Cecil Beaton186
FruiticultureLive as the embodiment of the best of all human traits: integrity. Let us each bring all
the goodness in our heart to the world, for the love of life and good of all. “Goodness is the only investment that never fails. ”
-Henry David Thoreau
Please Join Us! The net gains of global Fruiticulture are, in a nutshell, the fruition of our deepest dreams
of Paradise, or, if you prefer, Heaven on Earth. This is achievable on a global scale, pre -
cisely because of these four big reasons:
 1. Fruiticulture is far easier and cheaper than any other form of agriculture, and it’s
doable in all non-polar regions. 2. In physically performing Fruiticulture farm work, we feel well in mind, body and
spirit. 3. The Fruitarian Diet is far more delicious, nutritious, and health-promotive than any
other diet; it enables us to realize our full potential as the person we have always longed to be. 4. Fruiticulture will induce tangible improvements in every aspect of life on Earth. With the “100th monkey effect” in mind, please be the “next monkey” by joining us in teaching and living Fruiticulture. You’ll feel better, be happier, and your example will spread the most vital message that the world needs to see and hear. We will be thrilled to hear from you, and all small and large deeds will be greatly appreciated and abun-dantly rewarded by Mother Earth and all her children! By the very act of sharing this
ebook with others, you will be setting the effort in exponentially greater motion! Love in combination with integrity is the force that will drive this great transformation. Together we will co-create the vibrantly healthy world in which we wish to thrive! Contact UsDavid Klein, Ph.D.: dave@digestionperfection.com • 808-572-0861 (Maui, Hawaii, USA)
Don Weaver: earthdon@yahoo.com
The Fruiticulture Institute: www.fruiticulture.com
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Fruiticulture
“To arise at dawn each morning refreshed,
Brimming with the energy of enthusiasm,
Luxuriated by the sensations of a vibrantly healthy body,
Immersed in vibrations of pure euphoria,
Warmed by the glinting rays of the sun, and
With a heart yearning to share an ocean of love
Is the nectar of Fruitarian living. Sharing fruit,
Your high vibration, and
Your unique wisdom
With all those whose lives you touch, and
Giving to Mother Earth in the Fruiticulturian Way are
The Virtues of a noble being. ”
-David Klein, Ph.D.188
FruiticultureAbove: Dr. Robert Sniadach teaching at Rawstock, Sebastopol, California
Below: Neil Coshever giving a fruit tree grafting workshop for the
Maui chapter of Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers
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FruiticultureAbove: Dr. Douglas Graham lecturing on Fruitarian Health
Below: Fruitarian bodybuilder Charlie Abel, author of The Raw Food
Bodybuilding Training Manual, Big Island, Hawaii
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Above: A Permaculture farm
Below:


 house. There are various
ways to do this. Generally a room should be set aside for
spiritual and creative activity. An altar can be set up with
pictures of deities or gurus, sacred objects like statues,
gems or crystals, or harmonious shapes, colors or geomet-
rical designs. Incense, flowers, fragrances, bells or music
can be used. Some prayer, meditation or relaxation should
be done daily at this place. Ideally our house should be a temple, but at least one
portion of it should be kept as a place of healing and med-
itation where we can go to be renewed. We should resort
to such a healing room whenever our physical or mental
energy is drained. In severe cases, a patient may have to
stay in such a healing room for extended periods. In terms of our external environment, we must reestab-
lish our communion with nature. We should spend a cer-
tain amount of time regularly in communion with nature. We can go hiking, camping or merely work in the garden. We must draw into our lives the energy of the sky, moun-
tains, plains and waters. We must link up with the cosmic
life-force that alone has the power to heal our individual
life-force. Our individual life-force cannot heal itself if it
becomes a closed system, apart from Nature. We must bring higher impressions into our workplace. Perhaps a small portion of it can be made into an altar or
at least a garden. We must bring higher impressions into The Cycle of Nutrition for the Mind
our social interaction. This can be done by going to spiri-
tual places like temples, doing chants, rituals or medita-
tions in a group. Impressions to Reduce the Three Doshas
The following pages provide an outline of impressions
to reduce the Doshas. These are explained in detail in the
appropriate chapters on diet, herbs, aromas, color therapy,
mantra, Yoga and meditation. Vata-reducing Impressions
Nature: sitting or walking quietly and peacefully
by a garden, forest, river, lake or ocean, particularly
where it is warm and bright
Sensory:
1. sound — calming music and chanting, classical
music, chanting, peaceful silence
2. touch — gentle and warming touch or massage,
using warm oils like sesame or almond
3. sight — bright and calming colors like combi-
nations of gold, orange, blue, green, white
4. taste — rich and nourishing food abounding in
sweet, salty and sour tastes, with moderate use of
spices
5. smell — sweet, warm, calming and clearing fra-
grances like jasmine, rose, sandalwood, eucalyptus Ayurveda and the Mind
Activity: gentle exercise, Hatha Yoga (particularly
seated and inverted postures), Tai Chi, swimming,
hot tubs (but do not stay in too long), relaxation,
more sleep
Emotional: cultivating peace, contentment, fear-
lessness and patience; releasing fear and anxiety,
having the support of good friends and family with
regular social interaction
Mental: anti-Vata mantras like Ram, Hrim or Shrim,
concentration exercises, strengthening memory
Spiritual: meditation on strong, benefic, happy or
peaceful deities like Rama and Krishna, or protec-
tive forms of the Divine Mother (like Durga orTara)
or Divine Father, prayers for peace and protection,
developing discrimination and insight
Pitta-reducing impressions
Nature: sitting or walking by flowers, river, lake or
ocean, particularly when it is cool; walking at night,
gazing at the night sky, moon and stars
Sensory:
1. Sound — cooling and soft music like the sound
of flutes, sound of water
2. Touch — cooling, soft and moderate touch and
massage with cooling oils like coconut or sun-
flower The Cycle of Nutrition for the Mind 185
3. Sight — cool colors like white, blue and green
4. Taste — food that is neither too heavy nor too
light, abounding in sweet, bitter and astringent
tastes, with few spices except those that are cool-
ing like coriander, turmeric and fennel
5. Smell— cool and sweet fragrances like rose, san-
dalwood, vetivert, champak, gardenia or jasmine
Activity: moderate exercise, walking, swimming,
cooling Asanas like shoulder stand
Emotional: cultivating friendship, kindness and
courtesy, promoting peace, forgiveness, compassion
and devotion; releasing anger, resentment, conflict
and hatred
Mental: anti-Pitta mantras like Shrim, Sham or Ma,
practicing non-judgment and acceptance, listening
to other people's points of view
Spiritual: meditation on benefic and peaceful
deities like Shiva (in his peaceful form), Vishnu or
benefic forms of the Divine Mother (like Lakshmi);
prayers for universal peace, cultivating surrender
and receptivity
Kapha-reducing impressions
Nature: vigorous hiking or walking in dry or desert
regions, high mountains, or on sunny and windy
days in open areas Ayurveda and the Mind
Sensory:
1. Sound — stimulating music, strong and ener-
gizing sounds, singing
2. Touch — strong, deep body massage with dry
powders or stimulating oils like mustard
3. Sight — bright and stimulating colors like yel-
low, orange, gold and red
4. Taste — light diet emphasizing pungent, bitter
and astringent tastes with liberal use of spices,
occasional fasting
5. Smell — light, warm, stimulating and penetrat-
ing fragrances like musk, cedar, myrrh, camphor
and eucalyptus
Activity: strong aerobic exercise, jogging, sun-
bathing, wind-bathing, saunas, reducing sleep
Emotional: cultivating detachment, service to oth-
ers and selfless love; releasing greed, attachment,
and clinging
Mental: anti-Kapha mantras like Aim, Krim or
Hum, cultivating wakefulness, mental exercises and
games (like chess), breaking with the past and with
tradition
Spiritual: meditation on active or wrathful Deities,
including strong forms of the Divine Mother (like
Kali) or of the Divine Father (like Rudra), medita-
tion on the Void or on the inner light 187
12. Outer Treatment Modalities:
Diet, Herbs, Massage and
Pancha Karma
reating the mind is unlikely to be successful if
Twe do not also consider the condition of the
body. In this chapter we will examine the phys-
ical treatment methods of Ayurveda and how they
used relative to the mind. These begin with the most basic
factors, which are diet, herbs and massage. Because they
are explained in detail in regular Ayurveda books, we will
only examine them generally. Diet
The food that we eat affects not only our body but our
entire state of mind. As is the quality of our food, so
becomes the quality of our consciousness. Similarly, unless
we change our diet, we are unlikely to be able to change
our consciousness. We can all easily observe how different
foods affect us. Food that is heavy, like steak, makes the
mind heavy and can cause irritability, dullness and depres-
sion. Food that is light, like fruit or salads, makes the
mind light, and in excess causes lightheadness and insom-
nia. Food that is balanced and full of the life-force, like
whole grains and cooked vegetables, improves sensory
function and promotes mental harmony and clarity. If we
want to calm our emotions or raise our state of conscious-
ness, we cannot ignore the food we eat or our dietary
habits. 188 Ayurveda and the Mind
Diet is one of the most important therapies in Ayurve-
da. In fact, Ayurvedic treatment begins with the proper
diet. The physical body, after all, is made up of food which
builds the tissues. While diet is not central to treating
psychological conditions, it cannot be ignored. An
Ayurvedic diet can be a very helpful factor for treating the
mind. This section does not aim at outlining a complete
Ayurvedic dietary therapy. That can be gained from other
books on Ayurveda.5' Here we will deal primarily with the
mental and emotional effects of food. Food provides three levels of nutrition: 1) Physical
(outer level) — five elements; 2) Mental (inner level) —
sensory and mental impressions; and 3) Spiritual (core
level) — three gunas. Food itself is a physical substance composed of the five
elements of earth, water, fire, air and ether. It provides the
first or physical level of nutrition directly, the other two
indirectly. The second and third levels of nutrition occur
on the levels of the mind (Manas) and consciousness (Chit-
ta) respectively. This was discussed in the chapters relating
to sensory therapies and the functions of the mind. However, because food affects the other levels of our
nature through a physical medium, it takes its influence
deep into the unconscious. Food nourishes the vital force
that sustains autonomic and instinctual reflexes. Through
the vital force, the


 we rid ourselves of the ideas that create the illusions of our
diseases we open ourselves to the potential for creating perfect health. I prefer to think of any disease or injury problem in terms of ener gy. As you
recall from reading the chapters in the first half of this book, all is ener gy
and ener gy is a vibration. When your body is immobilized in any way it is
due to frequencies that are incompatible with your personal higher harmonyfrequencies of perfect health, as created by spirit. When you are able to
identify the frequencies of disease and provide new ener getic solutions, the
negative frequencies can be permanently dislodged and removed. Y our job
in bringing pardon to injury is to first be ener getically balanced. I encourage you once again to look back in chapter two to Patanjali’ s
observations on higher awareness. When you become steadfast in your
abstention from ignorance (false identification with the ego) you are able to
bless and even heal yourself and others by your mere presence in their
energy fields. Being balanced ener getically is actually returning to your
normal state of grace by meditating, having unconditionally loving
thoughts, feeling connected to spirit, being cheerful and, in essence, living
in the faster vibrations of higher spiritual consciousness. In those higher
frequencies, there is no room for the idea of something being impossible or
incurable. My friend Stephen Lewis has written a book titled Sanctuary: The Path to
Consciousness. It is a novel yet it is based on fact as he knows it. He writes
enthusiastically of healing ener gies and the removal of incompatible
energies from the body. Some of it sounds “way out” and will be rejected
by those who are entrenched in the exclusive model of medicines, drugs,
surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy as the only treatment modalities
available for removing diseases from our lives. I have been in the ener getic balancing program and have seen it work for
others and me in my life. Remaining open to all possibilities has allowed
me to see a breakthrough into a healing consciousness, and a deeper
awareness of well-being. I have a very strong knowing that there is much in
the universe and ener gy balancing that has yet to be touched on. Letting go
of the concept of incurable allows you to truly move into the realm of
perfect harmonious ener gy, which is what is meant by spiritual
consciousness, and to realize that there is nothing in God consciousness that
wants us to be warped or injured or plagued by disease. Recognize your
own spiritual perfection and you will come to know the absurdity of
anything ever being viewed as impossible. WHA T IS HEALING?When anyone is experiencing illness or injury as Saint Francis calls it, they
have in some way become disconnected from God. A process of rejoining
accomplishes spiritual healing; what I call God realization. It has nothing to
do with the names of diseases, the swallowing of medicines, or the work of
a skilled sur geon. Healing is a rejoining of the self to the whole. I have
repeatedly referred to diseases (as well as discord and disharmony) as
illusions, since all that is of God is good, and everything is of God. I want
to expand upon this as we look at this process of healing. When I speak of disease as an illusion or being unreal, I do not mean to
imply that it is nonexistent. I do not ask you to fool yourself into believing
that that which exists in you or others is only in your imagination. As Joel
Goldsmith reminds us in The Art of Spiritual Healing :
When disease (like death and sin) is called unreal, it is not a denial of
the so-called existence of these things: It is a denial of their existence
as a part of God or reality.... In the realm of the real, the kingdom of
God, the discords of sense have no existence. That however does not
change the fact that we suf fer from them... the beginning of wisdom
is the realization that these conditions need not exist. Healing then is not accomplished by asking God for relief, since God is not
a withholding God, but in seeking relief through God and rising to the place
where you become rejoined in that highest ener gy spiritual field which is
where God always is. Healing then is a rising above the concept of the
physical or material and into God realization, and the term unreal or illusion
refers to the unreality of disease in a realm of wholeness and spiritual
consciousness. As Saint Francis beseeches God to bring pardon to injury, he
asks that he be rejoined in this spiritual wholeness and that he allow that
consciousness to radiate outward to any and all who live in the “unreal”
world of disease and disharmony. When you know that your true essence is
spirit, and you live there in your mind, your body will follow suit and
healing will eventually be the result. To witness healing is a miraculous event, and it takes place daily in a
myriad of ways. A blemish disappears as healing invigorates the skin. Symptoms of a cold that lingered suddenly have no impact on you. Y our
nose stops running, your temperature returns to normal, your upset stomachis soothed, your broken finger mends. All this “healing” is nothing more
than a return to wholeness. Y our thoughts have a lot to do with this healing
process. The closer you stay in harmonious bliss in your thoughts to God, the more
you facilitate this one power of the universe in flowing ener getically
through you. Y our thoughts and low ener gy patterns can activate an ulcer
and so can they activate the flow of chi to remove that imbalance. The
mind-body connection is real, but the God-body connection is the essence
of all healing. T o see yourself connected to the highest spiritual ener gy
vibrations and to work at staying in that space is to see the underlying
principle of healing at work. Now you might ask, why did Saint Francis die of tuberculosis, and why did
Jesus die on a cross, and why do saints get cancer and die if they are in
touch with this highest ener gy of wholeness? Like disease, death is unreal,
in that it has never happened in the spiritual kingdom. When Saint Francis
was asked why he didn’ t heal himself of his terminal illnesses he replied, “I
want everyone to know that it is not me who does the healing.” T o the
spiritual master, death is unreal, not nonexistent, unreal. Because reality at
the spiritual level is infinite, no one is ever born, and no one dies. The
reality of the spiritual level is formless, timeless, and boundaryless. Living
in that dimension is living in the realm of wholeness. Bringing pardon to injury is just like rejoining the body with God
consciousness. When this occurs, that which we call healing seems to take
place miraculously. As Saint Augustine put it so succinctly, “Miracles
happen, not in opposition to nature, but in opposition to what we know of
nature.” If you know that healing is nothing more than God realization, and
you abandon all thoughts of being separate from that consciousness,
including fear of illness and death, then you create an ener gy field for
rejoining with spirit. This is healing and Saint Francis asks you through his
prayer to be an instrument of this process. WHA T IS A HEALER?In her marvelous book, The Physician W ithin Y ou, Gladys T aylor McGarey,
M.D., relates a conversation with her son Carl, who had just finished his
internship and was specializing in orthopedic sur gery. After he had told his
mother of his fears about having people’ s lives in his hands, she related,
“Carl, as a sur geon you may pull an incision together and suture it well, but
you cannot make it heal. If you think you are the one who does the healing,
you have a right to be scared. But if you understand that you are a channel
through which healing moves, and that you are contacting the healing force
within your patients, you have nothing to fear. You will have awakened the
physician within them and sent them on their way to heal themselves.”
As you begin living your life on the spiritual plane you will discover that
both your body and your mind become instruments of God when you are
able to bring a kind of consciousness to the sick or injured wherein you are,
in effect, bringing the potential for pardoning or releasing the disease itself. Healing occurs when we approach our own healing power through faith in
our spiritual perfection and an abiding sense of unconditional love. The
healer is not performing the healing, but bringing pardon in the form of
unconditional love and the faster ener gy of spiritual consciousness to bear
on the injury, while turning the entire process over to God. As you af firm your spiritual perfection you actually set into motion the
universal law. It is through the surrendering of your doubts and fears, the
laying aside of your little ego and living the principle of existence, which is
the principle of thoughts becoming things. It was the thoughts or mental
conditions that created the illusion of illness as separate from the divine,
and it will be your own thoughts of spiritual perfection that will allow the
healing force to work through you in your self, as well as in others. I am not speaking here of the laying on of hands or the world of the occult,
but merely the awareness that a healer


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cancer medication, anti-viral drugs, etc. 8. Lack of fresh air and physical activity. 9. Lack of exposure to sunlight. io. Lack of exposure to common microbes in the environment. Living
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        As we have seen, the brain uses more fuel than
any other area in the body, and the creative brain requires a lot
more fuel than a normal brain. Because of this, people with creative brains are the ones who get shaky or irritable if they go too long without eating. This, of course, is an adrenaline
effect. So it’s important for them to eat frequently, every three
or four hours. However, anyone with any type of ADHD
requires fuel for the brain. The safest and most logical approach
for all people with ADHD, then, is to eat a small low-glycemic
carbohydrate meal about every three hours. For people with creative type ADHD, this timing is
especially critical. They need to eat often because
their brains are more active. For all people with adrenaline dominance conditions, the
importance of eating breakfast has to be stressed. And breakfast
needs to be a balanced meal of protein and low-glycemic
carbohydrates. This may be a challenge at first, since excess |   121 MANA gINg Ex CESS  ADRENALINE
adrenaline can take away the appetite, so people with excess
adrenaline conditions may be used to skipping breakfast. But
if lunch is their first meal, it means the brain and muscles
have gone without fuel for at least 16 hours. As a result, these
people are most likely living on adrenaline, that is, they are
caught in the insulin-sugar-adrenaline cycle that keeps their
adrenaline level high. However, if they follow the protocols
outlined here, their adrenaline levels will be significantly lower
at night, and their appetite for breakfast will return. The brain uses more fuel than any other area in the
body, and the creative brain requires a lot more fuel
than a normal brain. For some people, it is also important to eat a low-glycemic
snack just before bedtime so the brain doesn’t run out of fuel
during the night. A bedtime snack is recommended if any of
the following symptoms are occurring at night: tossing and
turning, restless leg syndrome, teeth grinding, hot flashes,
awakening through the night, or nighttime urination. Those with mixed type ADHD —showing characteristics
of both types—need to observe the meal timing for creative
type ADHD, since their brains also use large amounts of fuel. HORMONAL TREATMENT: PROGESTERONE
Progesterone cream, used correctly, is vital to controlling excess
adrenaline; it represents 30 percent of achieving success with the protocol. Progesterone cream is available by prescription
in various strengths from a compounding pharmacy, or it can
be obtained as an over-the-counter (OTC) preparation. The object is to obtain a cream that is bio-identical, which  122  |
ADRENALINE DOMINANCE
means it is identical in molecular structure to the progesterone
produced by both men and women. The cream is made from
a natural source, either yam or soy. If an OTC label says
“wild yam extract” and does not also say “USP progesterone,”
it is best to avoid that cream, since the body has no way of
converting yam extract into progesterone. Bio-identical progesterone cream is extremely safe. I have
never heard of anyone overdosing on progesterone in this form. Some people have an allergy to soy-based products; people with
this allergy may develop a rash where a soy-based bio-identical
cream is applied. Bio-identical progesterone cream is extremely
safe. I have never heard of anyone overdosing on
progesterone in this form. Application: How Much, When, and Where
The initial dosage I recommend is 50 mg, three times a day,
applied one to three minutes before breakfast, lunch, and
dinner. Later on, doses can be adjusted downward as the
symptoms lessen. The best way to determine if the dose is correct is to assess
how the person is feeling. He or she should no longer be
getting hypoglycemic (sleepy) between 3 and 4 p. m. or while
in a car or after eating. The person may have started to lose
weight. If excess adrenaline was a concern, the person should
be more relaxed, sleeping better, focusing better, and less
irritable. Premenopausal women should experience a marked
reduction in PMS, cramps, breast tenderness, and so on. Migraine headaches and asthma should be gone. |   123 MANA gINg Ex CESS  ADRENALINE

The best way to determine if the dose is correct is to
assess how the person is feeling. If the person is still getting sleepy in the afternoon, he
or she may not be applying the cream at the right times. For
controlling insulin, timing can be critical. The body releases
insulin as soon as food hits the tongue, so the progesterone
must be in the bloodstream before eating. Since progesterone
is short-lived in the blood stream, I recommend applying
the progesterone cream one to three minutes before a meal. The body puts out the most insulin in the afternoon, so the
progesterone cream application just before lunch is possibly
the most important of the day. For people who have creative type ADHD


 to perceive the reality that underlay
personalities: the origin of emotional sickness lay in people’ s belief that
they wer e  their personalities. And so, as though of its own, a clinical
practice resumed and eventually became huge. People came from all over
the United States. The practice had two thousand outpatients, which
required more than fifty therapists and other employees, a suite of twenty-
five of fices, and research and electroencephalic laboratories. There were a
thousand new patients a year. In addition, there were appearances on radio
and network television shows, as previously mentioned. In 1973, the
clinical research was documented in a traditional format in the book,
Orthomolecular Psychiatry. This work was ten years ahead of its time and
created something of a stir. The overall condition of the nervous system improved slowly, and then
another phenomenon commenced. There was a sweet, delicious band of
ener gy continuously flowing up the spine and into the brain where it created
an intense sensation of continuous pleasure. Everything in life happened by
synchronicity, evolving in perfect harmony; the miraculous was
commonplace. The origin of what the world would call miracles was the
Presence, not the personal self. What remained of the personal “me” was
only a witness to these phenomena. The greater “I,” deeper than my former
self or thoughts, determined all that happened. The states that were present had been reported by others throughout
history and led to the investigation of spiritual teachings, including those of
the Buddha, enlightened sages, Huang Po, and more recent teachers such as
Ramana Maharshi and Nisar gadatta Maharaj. It was thus confirmed that
these experiences were not unique. The Bhagavad-Gita  now made complete
sense. At times, the same spiritual ecstasy reported by Sri Ramakrishna and
the Christian saints occurred. Everything and everyone in the world was luminous and exquisitely
beautiful. All living beings became Radiant and expressed this Radiance in
stillness and splendor. It was apparent that all mankind is actually motivated
by inner love but has simply become unaware; most lives are lived asthough by sleepers unawakened to the awareness of who they really are. People around me looked as though they were asleep and were incredibly
beautiful. It was like being in love with everyone. It was necessary to stop the habitual practice of meditating for an hour
in the morning and then again before dinner because it would intensify the
bliss to such an extent that it was not possible to function. An experience
similar to the one that had occurred in the snow bank as a boy would recur,
and it became increasingly dif ficult to leave that state and return to the
world. The incredible beauty of all things shone forth in all their perfection,
and where the world saw ugliness, there was only timeless beauty. This
spiritual love suf fused all perception, and all boundaries between here and
there, or then and now, or separation disappeared. During the years spent in inner silence, the strength of the Presence
grew. Life was no longer personal; a personal will no longer existed. The
personal “I” had become an instrument of the Infinite Presence and went
about and did as it was willed. People felt an extraordinary peace in the aura
of that Presence. Seekers sought answers but as there was no longer any
such individual as David, they were actually finessing answers from their
own Self, which was not dif ferent from mine. From each person the same
Self shone forth from their eyes. The miraculous happened, beyond ordinary comprehension. Many
chronic maladies from which the body had suf fered for years disappeared;
eyesight spontaneously normalized, and there was no longer a need for the
lifetime bifocals. Occasionally, an exquisitely blissful ener gy, an Infinite Love, would
suddenly begin to radiate from the heart toward the scene of some calamity. Once, while driving on a highway, this exquisite ener gy began to beam out
of the chest. As the car rounded a bend, there was an auto accident; the
wheels of the overturned car were still spinning. The ener gy passed with
great intensity into the occupants of the car and then stopped of its own
accord. Another time, while I was walking on the streets of a strange city,
the ener gy started to flow down the block ahead and arrived at the scene of
an incipient gang fight. The combatants fell back and began to laugh, and
again, the ener gy stopped. Profound changes of perception came without warning in improbable
circumstances. While dining alone at Rothmann’ s on Long Island, the
Presence suddenly intensified until every thing and every person, which hadappeared as separate in ordinary perception, melted into a timeless
universality and oneness. In the motionless Silence, it became obvious that
there are no “events” or “things” and that nothing actually “happens”
because past, present, and future are merely artifacts of perception, as is the
illusion of a separate “I” being subject to birth and death. As the limited,
false self dissolved into the universal Self of its true origin, there was an
inef fable sense of having returned home to a state of absolute peace and
relief from all suf fering. It is only the illusion of individuality that is the
origin of all suf fering. When one realizes that one is the universe, complete
and at one with All That Is, forever without end, then no further suf fering is
possible. Patients came from every country in the world, and some were the
most hopeless of the hopeless. Grotesque, writhing, wrapped in wet sheets
for transport from far -away hospitals they came, hoping for treatment for
advanced psychoses and grave, incurable mental disorders. Some were
catatonic; many had been mute for years. But in each patient, beneath the
crippled appearance, there was the shining essence of love and beauty,
perhaps so obscured to ordinary vision that he or she had become totally
unloved in this world. One day a mute catatonic was brought into the hospital in a straitjacket. She had a severe neurological disorder and was unable to stand. Squirming
on the floor, she went into spasms and her eyes rolled back in her head. Her
hair was matted; she had torn all her clothes and uttered guttural sounds. Her family was fairly wealthy; as a result, over the years she had been seen
by innumerable physicians and famous specialists from all over the world. Every treatment had been tried on her and she had been given up as
hopeless by the medical profession. A short, nonverbal question arose: “What do you want done with her,
God?” Then came the realization that she just needed to be loved, that was
all. Her inner self shone through her eyes and the Self connected with that
loving essence. In that second, she was healed by her own recognition of
who she really was; what happened to her mind or body did not matter to
her any longer. This, in essence, occurred with countless patients. Some recovered in
the eyes of the world and some did not, but whether a clinical recovery
ensued did not matter any longer to the patients. Their inner agony was
over. As they felt loved and at peace within, their pain stopped. Thisphenomenon can only be explained by saying that the Compassion of the
Presence recontextualized each patient’ s reality so that he or she
experienced healing on a level that transcended the world and its
appearances. The inner peace of the Self encompassed us beyond time and
identity. It was clear that all pain and suf fering arises solely from the ego and
not from God. This truth was silently communicated to the minds of the
patients. This was the mental block in another mute catatonic who had not
spoken in many years. The Self said to him through mind, “Y ou’re blaming
God for what your ego has done to you.” He jumped of f the floor and began
to speak, much to the shock of the nurse who witnessed the incident. The work became increasingly taxing and eventually overwhelming. Patients were backed up, waiting for beds to open, although the hospital had
built an extra ward to house them. There was an enormous frustration in
that the human suf fering could be countered in only one patient at a time. It
was like bailing out the sea. It seemed that there must be some other way to
address the causes of the common malaise, the endless stream of spiritual
distress and human suf fering. This led to the study of the physiological response (muscle testing) to
various stimuli, which revealed an amazing discovery. It was the
“wormhole” between two universes—the physical world and the world of
the mind and spirit—an interface between dimensions. In a world full of
sleepers lost from their source, here was a tool to recover, and demonstrate
for all to see, that lost connection with the higher reality. This led to the
testing of every substance, thought, and concept that could be brought to
mind. The endeavor was aided by my students and research assistants. Then
a major discovery was made: whereas all subjects went weak from negative
stimuli, such as fluorescent lights, pesticides, and artificial sweeteners,
students of spiritual disciplines who had advanced their levels of awareness
did not go weak as did ordinary people. Something important and decisive
had shifted in their consciousness. It apparently occurred as they realized
they were not at the mercy of the world


 bacteria and foreign particles. (b) The burden of the body and toxic load gets reduced and blood is purified. (c) During OP the metabolism is increased and keeps the body in a persistent
state of health. (d) During OP, nervous stimulation releases/inhibits hormones and other
secretions and brings about homeostasis. The immune system is also
strengthened. According to Ayurveda Tridosha principle the doshas Vata, Pitta and Kapha in
balance is health and imbalance is disease. OP with sesame oil is prescribed as a
daily routine. Keeping oil gargles in the mouth daily balances three-Doshas and cures
diseases. OP cures diseases based on the principle of Homoeopathy what causes a disease cures it. Benefits of OP:
a) OP is both preventive and curative. b) It is easy, safe and affordable home therapy. c) OP saves your money, keeps you healthy and makes you more productive. Conclusion
There is a saying "Health is Wealth". This fact dawns on us when we are already threatened by
a serious chronic disease, which has no cure except daily medication. Keeping healthy is our primary responsibility. You should be an example for your family members
in keeping good health. It is never late, to begin OP and observe healthy habits and become
healthy. A healthy person is "cost, time and efficiency effective and is a good manager”. OP is
easily the best to keep your mouth and body healthy. Be one by Practice. In this age of modern medical advances to think of or have such a simple therapy as OP is
God given Great Gift. OP maintains homeostasis in the body and keeps the body healthy without necessity for
medicines. My sincere advice to all is “Practice OP and Experience good health” and that will be good
for you, your family and the nation in saving expenditure, increasing productivity and in
spreading Health and Happiness. MAY ALL BE HEALTHY AND HAPPY
Information for Practitioners
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publication. It should not be altered, changed, distorted, or abridged. Please send me a few
copies. I am at your service to explain advice and demonstrate OP to any group in a meeting or assembly
and clear doubts during practice. Write to me with a self-addressed stamped envelope. Write your experience and help in the promotion and propagation of OP. Send copies to the News
Papers and periodicals and a copy to me. Print media is the best to promote this therapy. If you
do not want your name to be published do not hesitate but write that also. There is a book in English on OP under publication on the subject by me. It contains complete
details about OP, frequently asked questions with answers, specific diseases with advice,
testimonials (120) on diseases cured, a chapter on healthy habits and how OP cures diseases as
oil used in mouth and in terms of Homeopathy, Ayurveda and Modern medicine and diseases
cured. Effect of OP on Ageing and Longevity is included. Details about each of the subjects with
frequently asked questions and answers are given. Tummala Koteswara Rao (Retired Lt Col T K Rao)
"TUMMALA", No. 2815, 5th cross, Vivekananda layout,
Ward no 13, T. Dasarahalli, Bangalore - 560 057. Telephone: 091-80-28395528. Web site: www.oilpulling.com
APPEAL TO ALL
Well Known Law in Physics :
What is proved theoretically may not always be proved experimentally but
what is proved experimentally can always be proved theoretically. Testimonies provide the experimental proof and I gave briefly an indication of the theoretical back
ground of “How does OP cure Diseases” under Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Modern medicine and
the effect of sunflower swishing in the mouth for 15 to 20 minutes in detail in my Book on OP “OIL
PULLING, A UNIVERSAL REMEDY’. Prevention of sickness is good, not only for you personally but also for the family, society, your
organization and the country. Minimizing expenditure, increasing productivity, reducing personal
and family suffering, minimizing the load on public and private health care systems and increasing
availability of medical facilities to deserving cases are the benefits of preventive health care. The Governments of the world, World Health Organization, Corporations, Companies, NGOs and
all those who are interested in the welfare/improving the health of people, may consider to get
verified that OP is an important curative as well as preventive measure in the promotion of health
to confirm for themselves, whether these findings are valid and hold good. If the results are valid,
propagate OP at the national level. This will improve health of people at the least cost. A healthy
nation will become a wealthy nation. Ayurveda texts contain the primary preventive routine to be followed for maintaining health by all
individuals in Swastha Vritha. They could be suitably modified for the present day conditions and
propagated among the people. Formulation of these rules and educating the people will improve
the health of people at minimal cost and reduce the burden on health services besides being cost
effective. The daily and seasonal practices increase immunity, resistance and preserve the health
of the individual. The practices are preventive, curative and prophylactic for maintenance of
health. Web site:-www.oilpulling.com – contains all the details given in this small booklet. I earnestly request all those who come across this to propagate by any method they think
appropriate. Those with a web site of their own may consider giving a link to this web site. It is superfluous to state that Media is the major player in spreading the message in the
whole world. I have no doubt left they will give maximum coverage as they had done
before.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        What they say about OP – A few extracts
I have been doing OP since two years with my family members. It is ahealthy and good habit
and has no side effects. - Dr. Arvind M. Sangolli, M. S., Consultant Surgeon (ENT), Bangalore
I am a retired government medical officer. Now a day, diseases are developing fast,  people
are exploited by costly drugs, tests and fees and poor people cannot afford. You know our
country is poor and the medical treatment cost is much more than before. You have to be
congratulated for the meritorious work in spreading OP to nook and corner of A. P and helping the
poor to get rid of diseases cheaply, safely and that by staying at home without drugs, tests and
fees.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the recommended duration of practicing Oil Pulling?,
A: The text does not explicitly mention a specific duration for practicing Oil Pulling. However, it does mention that Dr. Karach said that chronic diseases may take a year to cure, while acute diseases can be cured in 2-4 days.
Q: What are some of the testimonials and benefits shared by the individuals who have tried Oil Pulling?,
A: The text includes numerous testimonials from individuals who have experienced significant improvements or cures from various diseases and health issues, such as asthma, allergies, constipation, diabetes, and more. These testimonials highlight the benefits of Oil Pulling, including improved digestion, reduced pain, and improved overall health.
Q: What are some of the precautions to be taken while practicing Oil Pulling?,
A: The text mentions several precautions, including not swallowing the oil, not spitting where people walk or on vegetation, and not stopping OP if you experience any adverse reactions. It also emphasizes the importance of continuing OP even if you experience any initial worsening of symptoms, as this is a sign that the disease is being cured.
Q: Can anyone practice Oil Pulling, regardless of their age or health status?,
A: According to the text, Oil Pulling can be practiced by anyone above the age of 5 years, including children, and by people with various health issues. However, it is recommended that people with certain conditions, such as heart disease, consult a doctor before starting the practice.
Q: What is the recommended frequency and duration of Oil Pulling?,
A: The text does not provide a specific frequency or duration for practicing Oil Pulling, but it does mention that it is essential to continue practicing OP even if you experience any adverse reactions.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>PRAISE FOR
AYURVEDA MAMA
“I’ve always been fascinated by the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda. Dhyana’ s
book was my go-to for valuable insights thr oughout my pr egnancy—and
these age-old principles supported me and my baby tr emendously. I’m sur e
you’ll gain just as much fr om it as I did.”
—Miranda Kerr, model and CEO of KORA  Organics
“Ayurveda Mama is a must-have guide for every par ent seeking to offer the
best physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual car e to their child. Dhyana
Masla exemplifies how to transform the primor dial needs of conception,
pregnancy, and childcar e into sacr ed practices that will also evolve the
consciousness of both par ents and childr en. Thank you, Dhyana, for
sharing your most intimate journey of mother hood so eloquently and
cheerfully.”
—Divya Alter, Ayurvedic chef, culinary educator, and author of What
to


, 214
during pregnancy, 90, 110
for vata balancing, 22
acid reflux/heartburn, 98–99, 110
in newborns, 252–53, 319
pitta imbalance and, 24
adoption, 216–18
adrenaline, 121, 151
affirmations, 131
agni, 54
after childbirth, 179, 279–80
after C-section, 214
healthy, 270–71
impaired, 271
in postpartum, 200–201, 202supporting, 127, 213
air element, 15, 17, 18–19, 174, 201
alfalfa juice powder, 127
Allison, Jenny, Golden Month,  171
almond flour, 298
almond milk, 215–16, 292
almond oil, 310, 313
almonds, 99, 102
Almond Date Shake, 291
Almond-Date Laddus, 215–16
Dry-Fruit Laddus, 276
for lactation, 260, 263
for ojas building, 95, 128
powdered, 56, 69
alternate-nostril breathing ( nadi shodhana ), 104
benefits, 22
instructions, 22–23
postpartum, 210–1 1
ama (toxins), 112, 179, 201, 212, 280
amalaki (aka amla, Indian gooseberry), 58, 59, 99, 102
amniotic fluid, 95, 144, 146, 147
anemia, 24, 99–100, 127
anxiety, 76
about childbirth, 116, 121, 165
agni impairment and, 271
body therapies for, 66, 181
essential oils for, 311
and health, overall, 8, 11, 12
herbs for, 58, 100, 200, 212, 303–4, 305, 307
lack of sleep from, 207
ojas depletion and, 272
postpartum, 175, 192, 195, 204–6, 209
vata imbalance and, 19, 20, 62, 94, 155
apana vata, 95, 102, 120, 123, 154–55, 175
aphrodisiacs, 57, 305, 307
apples, 273, 285
sauce, 297–98
Sautéed and Stewed Apples, 123, 296–97
apricots, dried, 273, 276, 284
arborvitae oil, 319
arnica tablets, 177, 215
artava dhatu, 87
asafetida (Hing), 294–95
ashoka, 55, 199, 217ashwagandha
in basti, 125
description, 302–3
Mood Milk Tea 2, 307
postpartum, 181, 205, 207, 208, 210
preconception, 57
during pregnancy, 100
transdermal, 209
asparagus, 284, 296
association, power of, 72–73
asthi dhatu, 86
attachment ( raga ), 10–1 1, 12, 34, 38
auric field, 192, 238, 242
aversion ( dvesha ), 10–1 1, 12, 34, 38
avocado, 128, 260–61, 270, 278, 285
awareness, 12, 37
and breath, connection between, 96, 210
of fetus, 85
for healing, 229
during labor, 159–60
spiritual, 78–80
Ayurveda
on gestation, imprinting in, 2
goal of, 14, 16
on health, overall view of, 8–9, 98
on newborns, 238, 240, 244–45
nutritional focus of, 267–68
as personalized science, 15
on postpartum, 185, 191–92
as science of life, 7–8
Ayurvedic postpartum doulas, 181, 183, 197, 203, 206, 211, 212
Ayurvedic practitioners, consulting, 17, 62, 147, 206, 211
B
babies
constitution of, 72
essential oils for, 310, 319–20
unborn, reflecting on, 142–43
in womb, 73, 103
See also  newborns
baby showers, 197–98
bala, 125, 181, 205, 207
bananas, 260–61, 273basal body temperature, 62–63
basil
fresh, 285
oil, 313, 315, 316, 317
basmati rice
kanji, 292–93
kitchari, 294–95
Rice Gruel, 277
basti (warm oil enema), 125, 129, 151, 181, 202, 206
baths. See herbal baths ; sitz baths
bedtime, 21, 66, 207
beets, 99, 100, 270, 285
Iron-Rich Dal, 294
Steamed Veggies, 296
belly wrapping
after delivery, 153–54
instructions, 182
postpartum, 180, 197, 202, 207, 215
bergamot oil, 317
Bhagavad Gita, 71, 80, 81, 159
Bhakti tradition, 10
birth plans, 128–29
delivery, 130
for labor, 129–30
pain coping techniques, 132–33
partner/support person’ s responsibilities, 131–32, 133–34
birth stories
author ’s daughter, 161–67
author ’s son, 156–61
peace with, 214
sacredness of, 142
birthing, 149–50
catching baby, 135, 153, 161, 163
considerations for, 115–18
daily rituals to prepare for, 123–24
“en caul,” 144
ideal, envisioning, 128
locations for, 119–21
as natural, 142, 164
nourishment immediately after, 153
positions, 108, 130, 133, 163
premature, 95
shoulder dystocia, 156
support during, 148type of, breastfeeding and, 261
Birthing Ayurveda  blog, 127
birthing centers, 121, 147
birthing partner roles, 148, 150, 152, 154, 156
black pepper/peppercorns, 21, 28, 104
Garlic Chutney, 289
Hot Milk Tonic, 290–91
for postpartum, 179, 212, 275, 278, 283, 286, 292–93, 294–95
Blackwell, Sarva, 174, 182, 217
Blossom, Scott
on kapha, 26–27
on pitta, 23–24
on vata, 19
blue lotus, 206, 306
description, 305
essential oil, 318
blue tansy oil, 314
bodily tissues (dhatus)
of embryo, 85
nourishing, 259, 281
types, 54
bodily ur ges, suppressing, 95
body
Ayurvedic view of, 9–10
after childbirth, 175
emotions in, 226
identifying with, 41
knowing of, 142, 164
memory of, 2–3
nourishment and, 268
postpartum care of, 180–81, 196
surrendering, 191
body time ( kayakalpa ), 192
Brahma Samhita, 80
brahmi (a.k.a. water hyssop), 58, 100
infused oil, 152, 181, 182, 204, 205, 207
in teas, 208, 306
brain
formation, 1–2, 86
neuroplasticity of, 45
support for, 58
brain fog, 58, 208
Braxton-Hicks contractions, 143–44, 146, 165–66
breastfeeding, 174, 258–59, 261, 280antigalactogogues, 254
Ayurvedic guidelines on, 240
breast milk, quality of, 278
challenges in, 195, 262


 itself when it is provided with essential
information that then becomes activated by intention. This in turn prompts
inspiration, humility, and surrender, and these tendenci es become
progressively more operative. When dominant, they lead to dedication and
perseverance. In addition to these aspects of consciousness, progress is
greatly aided by expert guidance and the usefulness of the calibrated levels
of consciousness of the teachers and the teachings. Illusion is the secondary, automatic consequence of positionality. What
happens in a miraculous transformation is that the positionality dissolves,
allowing for a greater contextualization, outside of time and place, by which
the linear content is replaced with the nonlinear (context).When carefully examined, one finds that all opinions are worthl ess. They
are all vanities and have no importance or intrinsic merit. Everyone’ s mind
is loaded with endless opinions,  and when seen for what they are, opinions
are really only mental activity. What is of more importance, however, is that
opinions stem from and reinforce positionalities, and it is these
positionalities that bring on endless suffering. To let go of positionalities is
to silence opinions, and to silence opinions is to let go of positionalities. The evolution of consciousness is one’s karmic inheritance because it is a
quality innate to human consciousness itself.... The value of watchful
witnessing is that even just awareness of an ego defect tends to undo it. By
surrender and prayerful invocation, Divine Will facilitates transition from
the lesser to the greater, for the Self effortlessly supports and energizes
intention. The totality of the self is held within a larger underlying nonlinear field
of awar eness that is always present. It represents context rather than
content. By analogy, it would be like looking at the planet Earth from outer
space, where space is the context and Earth is the content.... With
surrender, obstructions are dissolved by the infinite compassion  of Divinity
that unconditio nally loves all that exists, for that existence is the
manifestation of God. Only illusions could make this obvious truth not
apparent. Error occurs when we cling to the belief that I am “that.” Truth is
unveiled when we see that one has “that” or does “that,” instead of is“that.”
When it learns of the benefit of letting go of egocentric goals, the ego
itself then becom es the springboard to spiritual inquiry and the means to its
own transcendence, realizing that humility is strength, not weakness, and
that it is wisdom and not ignorance. The ego—or more accurately, the belief that one is the ego— obscures the
Realization of the Reality of the Self as the Oneness of All That Is. The
dissolution of the ego results in liberation from the bondage of the illusions
that create suffering. These illusions are susceptible to fearless scrutiny that
reveals the underlying fallacies. The only tool needed is the willingness to
unreservedly surrender all beliefs, opinions, and attitudes to God. The activation of spiritual poten tiality is a consequence of nonresistance,
which is like the flower that opens and responds to the warmth of the sun by
virtue of its intrinsic qualities imbued by Creation itself. It is not really necessary to subdue the ego but merely to stop identifying
with it. The clever ego can extract the juice/payof f of secret gratification and
pleasure from anything it arbitr arily selects. Actually, it is always just the
same goal over and over again. The “what” that is desired is actually
irrelevant. The locus is imagined  to be “out there” but is actually “in here,”
for the pleasure gained is subjec tive and internal. The relinquishment of this
single, solitary goal unveils the Reality of the Self—which is the innate
prime source of all happiness—and its Realization terminates all wants and
desires. The locus of happiness is always solely from within. Pleasure is
transitory; joy and happiness are from within. To watc h the mind from a detached position is educati onal and
nonstressful, and it can be done with equanimity. From thinking that we are our minds, we begin to see that we have  minds
—and that it is the mind that has thoughts, beliefs, feelings, and opinions. Eventually we may arrive at the insight that all our thoughts are merely
borrowed from the great databa se of consciousness and were never really
our own. Prevailing thought systems are received, absorbed, and identified
with; in due time, they are replaced by new ideas that have become
fashionable with us. As we place less value on such passing notions, they
lose their capacity to dominate us. We experience progressive freedom of,
as well as from, the mind. This in turn ripens into a new source of pleasure;
fittingly, the pleasure of existence itself matures as one ascends the Map of
Consciousness. All thinking, from a spiritual viewpoint, is merely vanity, illusion, and
pomposity. The less one thinks, the more delightful life becomes. Thinkingness eventually becomes replaced by knowingness. That one “is”does not really need any thoug ht at all. It is helpful, therefore, to make a
decision to stop mental conversation and useless babbling. Once thoughts, like objects, are depersonalized, they become devalued
and lose their attraction. Thoughts and feelings arise from desire, and the
mind desires what it values. To clear the mind, merely note that nothing at all is of special or unique
“value” or “worth” except by invested, superimposed, and projected belief. Therefore, withdraw value, worth, importance, and interest. With practice, one can stay focused on the quality of conscious ness as a
process without  actually getting involved  in the “what ” that is being
processed or experienced. Those who have  tried Zen meditation know that the first thing  taught is
the handling of discomfort of the physical body by letting go of resisting the
experience, cancelling out thoughts about it, and becoming one with it,
thereby disappearing it. If the goal of life is to do the very best one can do at each unfolding
moment of existence, then through spiritual work, one has already escaped
the primary cause of suffering. In the stop-frame of the radical present,
there is no life story to react to or edit. W ith this “one-pointedness” of mind,
it soon becomes obvious that everything merely “is as it is,” without
comment or adjectives.The essential nature of spiritual work is to stay focused on what arises
from instant to instant and become aware of “what” is experiencing and
where it is being experienced. The intent of meditation is detachment, especially detachment  from the
notion that thoughts are “mine” or represent “me.” In Reali ty, they are
merely “its,” as is the mind itself. The idea of ownership arises from the
personalization of these thoughts due to familiarity because the mind (like a
camera) was present to record these past thoughts, events, and memories. However, it recorded them only because they were imbued with
importance. Note that little roadside detail is recalled from a boring cross-
country drive. The mind’ s inner camera records what is valued. A usefu l decisio n or choice is to decide to stop mentally talking about
everything and refrain from interjecting comments, opinions, preferences,
and value statements. It is therefore a discipline to just watch without
evaluating, investing worth in, editorializing, commenting, or having
preferences about what is witnessed. Every life experience, no matter how “tragic,” contains a hidden lesson. When we discov er and acknowledge the hidden gift that is there, a healing
takes place. As the payof fs of the ego are refused and surrendered, its grip on the
psyche lessens, and spiritual experience progresses as the residues of doubt
are progressively relinquished. As a consequence, belief is replaced by
experiential knowledge, and the depth and intensity of devoti on increase
and may eventually supersede and eclipse all other worldly activities and
interests. Letting go of the old is facilitated by willingness, courage, and faith. Spiritual progres s literally benefits all mankind in that it raises  the general
level of consciousness. Even one iota makes a difference.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        OceanofPDF. comALSO BY DAVID R. HAWKINS, M. D.,
Ph.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: Who is the author of this book?,
A: The author is Dr. David R. Hawkins.
Q: What is the main theme of this book?,
A: The book is about the process of surrendering the ego and realizing the true self.
Q: What is the purpose of the ego, according to the author?,
A: According to the author, the ego's purpose is to satisfy its own survival and self-interest, and to seek pleasure and gain.
Q: What is the author's approach to spiritual growth and self-realization?,
A: The author recommends a process of surrender, self-reflection, and devotion, as well as the importance of humility and compassion.
Q: What is the author's view on the concept of the ego?,
A: The author views the ego as an illusion, an obstacle to spiritual growth, and a source of suffering.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Another obstacle
to spiritual growth is impatience. This can be overcome


 on health. Iatrog enesis, or
doctor-induced illness, can result from drugs, surgery, radiation, and
chemotherapy. Iatrogenesis is one of the leading causes of fatal
disease. Appro ximately one out of every ve people admitted to a
research hospital acquires an iatrogenic illness. Nobel prize-wi nning microbio logist René Dubos describes the new
threats to health arising out of technological innovation. He says it
is a painful and richly documented paradox that every drug of
proven worth can itself become a cause of disease. Some of the toxic eects are extremely indirect and delayed. They result from disturba nces in the physiologica l and
ecological equilibrium of the organism. Their mechanism  does
not reside in chemical or physiological reactions involving
direct cause-eect relationships, but rather in complex
interrelated responses made by the whole integrated organism,
including its indigenous microbiota. 8
Another consequence of focusing more attention on the disease
than the patien t is that the doctor can eradicate the tumor but has
no means of promoting the health of the patient. This enables one to
say, “The treatment was a success, but the patient died. ” For
example, chemotherapy claims success at treating the disease and
yet cannot necessarily impro ve the longevity of the patient. John
Cairns of the Harvard School of Public Health states:Each year about 3,000 patients under age 30 are being cured by
chemotherapy who would otherwise have died. Only two
percent of the patients who die of cancer are under 30,
however. For the vast majori ty of cancers, which arise in older
patients, the results of chemotherapy are much more
controversial. …  Apart from the success with Hodgkin’s disease,
childhood leukemia and a few other cancers, it is not possible
to detect any sudden change in death rates for any of the major
cancers that could be credited to chemotherapy. 9
The other major paradox of the Western medical model is that it
separates the indivisible. Western medicine has so successfully
dissected the human body that it suers from “overseparation,”
where the whole is no longer perceived as a meaningful entity. What was one indivisible circle, an unbroken continuum, became a
straight line of successive causality in which events became random,
losing their intrinsic relation ship to each other. The mind has been
separated from the body; the disease from the person who has it; the
specic pathogen from the disease process as a whole; the parts
from each other; the sympto ms from the source of the ailment; and
the patients from their self-responsibility and self-power. This overseparation occurred at the dawn of modern Western
civilization when matter was severed from the immaterial, human
from nature, and process was frozen in xed and absolute laws. Dualism shatte red unity. This division has made us susceptible to an
inversion of process whereby the means (technological, industrial,
and scientic innovation) governs our ends (human values) and
people become the “objects” rather than the “subjects” of their own
activity. This has distorted our image of what the world is and who
we are within it. The world man has made is impressive but lacks
integrity—it no longer ts together, and neither do we know our
place within it. When people are like machines, modern medicine
becomes oblige d to keep the machine running. Its purpose is dened
as avoiding death rather than enriching life. Bodies must be kept
alive at all costs because to die is considered intrinsically evil—death is the enemy to be conquered. Life and death are no longer
part of a continuous cycle. In ancie nt culture nothing was intrinsically good or evil, it was
simply a matter of how one stood in relation to it. For an old person,
it could be a gift to die with grace and ceremony just as it had been
a gift to live— to preserve the tissue without the spirit would have
been an oense, an insult worse than death. The center of Western civilization has been commerce, industry,
and information—the proliferation of economic transactions,
manufactured products, and data. As Westerners we have been able
to produce the world we live in, to control it by achieving power
over nature. But the Wester n model is exclusive. It excludes the
mysterious and intangible from its reality because the immaterial
cannot be tamed, contained,  and controlled. In an eort to achieve
mastery over the world, connectedness with nature and humanity
often perish. Physicist Roger Jones comments upon the legacy of Descartes:
“His genius, which has cleanly cut through the dense web of
primitive mystery, has also severed our felt connection to the
universe. ” This is where the Chinese model, still based on ancient
principles, can help the Cartesian separation become whole again. Science historian Joseph Needham tells us that “the mechanical
view of the world simply did not develop in Chinese thought, and
the organicist view in which every phenomenon was connected with
every other  … was universal among Chinese thinkers. ” Rather, he
continues, “The harmonious co-operation of all beings arose, not
from the orders of a superio r authority external to themselves, but
from the fact that they were all parts in a hierarchy of wholes
forming a cosmic and organ ic pattern and what they obeyed were
the internal dictates of their own natures. ”
OceanofPDF. comPhilosophy in the East: The Doctor As GardenerCHAPTER THREE
PHILOSOPHY IN THE  EAST: THE DOCTOR  AS
GARDENER
Everything observable by the senses is subject to change and
therefore in motion  … there are interlocking cycles of
change  … one cannot bid the winds and waves to cease, but
one can learn to navigate treacherous currents by conducting
ourselves in harmony with the prevailing process es of
transformation—and thus weather the storms of life. John Blofeld
I Ching
EASTERN PHILOSOPHY IS BASED ON THE PREMISE THAT ALL LIFE OCCURS  within
the circle of nature. 1 Things within this matrix are connected and
mutually dependent upon each other. Nature is one unied system,
the Tac with polar and complementary aspects: Yin and Yang. Nature is in constant motion, following cyclic patterns that describe
the process of transformatio n. When the elements of nature are in
balance, life is harmonic and ourishes. When the balance of polar
forces is upset, disaster looms. Within the Eastern worldview, the human being is a microcosm of
Nature, a smaller universe. Human beings represent the juncture
between Heave n and Earth, the ospring of their union, a fusion of
cosmic and terrestrial forces. The Chinese ideogram for human
being pictures a gure rooted like a tree in the Earth with hands
outstretched like branches toward the heavens, receiving power
from above and below. Sustained by the power of Earth and
transformed by the power of Heaven, humanity cannot be separated
from Nature—we are Nature, manifest as people. As a cosmos inminiature, we are propelled by the same forces. Good and bad are
relative, not absolute. Life and death balance each other. Seen and
unseen, soma and psyche, * are aspects of one continuous process, by
denition everchanging and in ux. 2
Since everything is connected by the circle, health is understood
broadly, den ing the whole being within the social and natural
order. What is good for nature is good for humanity, what is good
for one is good for all, what is good for the mind is good for the
body, and so on. To harm a part is to harm the whole. What is bad
for the heart is bad for the body, what damages one person damages
all people, what injures the earth injures me. Conversely, to restore
and preserve the good health of one body and mind is to foster the
well-being of the whole, the earth and all life upon it. The center of most ancient cultures, from China in the second
century B. C. to twentieth-century native America, was the earth. Human welfare was attached to the rains upon the soil, the wind of
the heavens, and pliable trees embedded in an abundant forest. Chief Seattle, in 1854, summed up this ancient view of how
humanity stands in relation to the world: “This we know—the earth
does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are
connected like the blood that unites one family. Whatever befalls
the earth befalls the sons of the earth. Man did not weav e the web
of life; he is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web, he
does to himself. ”
Most ancient cultures, engaged in tilling, sowing, cultivating, and
harvesting the soil, depended on the fruits of the land for survival. Agrarian cultures experienced power through nature and aspired to
be in harmony with the seasons, rhythms, and patterns that
connected all things with each other. Within this reality, the world
was like a garden. The garden was nature—the living earth, the
human person, the biosphere, the circle of all life. When people are like gardens, then


3 breat hing cycles will be done per minute. You
need to complete it within 2 minutes. Third level
An inhalation is performed for 7.5 seconds, then pause for 7.5 seconds, then
exhale for 7.5 seconds, after which pause for 5 seconds. That is, you
performed 2 cycles of breathing per minute. Perform 3 minutes. Fourth level
An inhalation is performed for 10 seconds, a pause for 10 seconds, an
exhalation for 10 seconds, and a pause for 10 seconds. Only one and a half
breathing cycles  are obtained per minute. Perform within 4 minutes. It is
necessary to bring to 1 breath per minute over time. 8. Double br eathe holding

At the beginnin g, perform a maximum pause on the exhale, then on the
inhale, holding the breath as much as possible. Perform 1 time. 9. The maximum pause

Perform the maximum pause in sitting position. Perform 3-10 times. Perform the maximum pause during walking. Perform 3 to 10 times. Perform the maximum pause during squats. Perform 3 to 10 times. 10. Superficial br eathing

Sit down and choose a comfortable position in order to relax as much as
possible. Perform chest breathing, gradually reducing the volume of
inhalation and exhalation until the breath becomes invisible, or becomes
breathing at the level of the nasopharynx. Lack of air can serve as evidence that the exercise is performed correctly: at
the beginning of the exercise, it is light, then medium and at the end strong. On this shallow breathing you need to stay from 3 to 10 minutes. Note. All these exercises according to the Buteyko method should be
performed only by breathing through the nose and without noise. Before
proceeding to the complex, as well as after the complex is completed,
control measurements of the maximum pause and pulse should be made. Exercises should be performed on an empty stomach. Exer cise "Br eathing on the go"

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You have to go with your head held high, with your chin slightly elongated,
keeping your shoulders back and making sure that the steps are equal in
length. Take a full breath, mentally counting to 8 and taking 8 steps at this
time so that the count corresponds to the steps and the breath was taken as if
in 8 stages, but without a break. Exhale slowly through the nostrils,
counting up to 8 in the same way and taking 8 steps at this time. Hold your
breath, continuing to walk and counting to 8. Repeat this exercise until you
feel tired. It should stop the exercise for a while, and after rest, continue. Repeat the exercise several times a day. Some yogis vary this exercise,
holding their breath and counting to 4, then exhale and count to 8. Try this
option. If it turns out to be easier and more pleasant for you, do it. Chapter 12. Exercises to get rid of illnesses and
health problems

Bronchial asthma

Patients with bronchial asthma should exercise at least 2-3 hours a day. At
rest, and then in motion, it is necessary, by an effort of will, to reduce the
speed and depth  of inspiration and to produce a pause after a long, calm
exhalation. It is also necessary at least 3 times a day (morning, before lunch
and before bedtime) to spend 2-3 long (up to 60 seconds or more) breath
holdings after exhalation, acting in the following order:
1. Sit in a comfortable position, leaning slightly against the back of a chair;
2. After exhalation, hold the nose with two fingers and do not inhale until
the desire to inhale is extremely strong;
3. After a delay, take a slow and shallow breath. After each breath holding, you need to rest for several minutes, and then
repeat the exercise. Regular breath holdings normalize the carbon dioxide
content in the blood and prevent asthma attacks. Stress

1. In a stressfu l situation, hold the breath after exhalation for at least 3
seconds or more. 2. “Candle Blow” exercise is also helpful. Take a full breath and hold your breath without tension. Fold lips and
exhale all the air for 3 sharp exhalations. W ith the first exhalation, air leaves
the abdomen, with a second - from the chest, with a third - from the apex of
the lungs. Keep the body and head straight; perform this exercise
vigorously, with enthusiasm. Repeat no more than 3 times. Anxiety, fear, gloom, depr ession

Experts say that all the negative emotions of people accumulate  in the area
between the ribs and the upper abdomen. 1. If a person has given negative thoughts and attitudes a place in his mind
and wants to get rid of them, then you need to do a simple exercise. Inhale
and exhale deeply three times. You need to breathe calmly, without tension. On the third exhalation, you should try to exhale all the air in the lungs. After that - a short breath hold. Next is a breath. Thus, you can fill yourself
with new life-giving ener gy and free yourself from negativity. 2. Another exercise is called “Moon Breathing”. Performed by the left nostril and left lung. It is recommended to clamp the
right nostril and to press the right lung with something. Performing the
exercise brings passivity, peace, a sense of constancy. The action is
creating, enhanc ing digestion, healing and soothing. It helps with anxiety,
sadness and nervous tension. Fatigue

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Exercise “Stimulating breathing” will help you get rid of fatigue. Take a full breath, hold your breath and perform a long exhale through your
mouth. The air should come out as slowly and completely as possible, with
a whistl ing sound, as when pronouncing the sound “c”. Resistance to the
outgoing sound creates a language. Repeat at least 3 times. Headache

“You have a headache,” wrote Konstantin Buteyko. "Immediately reduce
your breathing. How? Start with a maximum pause between inspiration and
expiration. It most rapidly accumulates carbon dioxide. Exhale and make
maximum pause. If you want to breathe deeply, breathe normally
(superficially), then exhale again and again make a maximum pause. Hold
your breath after it. Y our head brightened, the pain was gone. " Stuffy nose, flu

You woke up: one nostril is blocked, and in the other you feel certain
dryness. Then you need to plug this breathing nostril with a handkerchief,
or bury your nose in the pillow. Hold your breath, sequentially tensing the
muscles in any sequence. A blocked nostril will open. And you get up, and
all also consistently tighten your muscles and hold your breath. But in another nostril there is some unusual dryness. The body needs help. Take the onion head, cut across and bring to the nose. Inhale volatile
onions, sniff to tears and blow your nose. Onion volatile products kill the
influenza viruse s in a few minutes while they are on the mucou s membrane
in the nose. Do the same when you first sneeze. Runny nose

“... a chronic runny nose is like a valve that protects the body  from deep
breathing,” Buteyko explained. “What does a person do? Instead of
reducing breathing, it opens its mouth and breathes even more. And he/she
wonders why he cannot cure a runny nose for 20-30 years. Those, who
understands our theory, should shut his mouth, reduced his breath, and in a
minute the runny nose will end. ”
Cough, asthma, angina pectoris

"You can’t coug h in any way, sputum, which covers the walls of the alveoli,
does not allow carbon dioxide to escape," writes Buteyko. "This is also the
protection of the body. When CO2 accumulates during the cleansing
reaction, it will come out without a cough. ”
“In the Peter and Paul Fortress (Saint Petersbur g, Russia), the guide shows
the camera and says that a revol utionary with tuberculosis was put in it, but
he hated the tsar so much that he cured himself by force of will: he did not
allow himself to cough. This can be done if, at the first urge to cough, make a control pause several
times in a row until the desire to cough passes. Do the same with the
beginning attacks of headache, asthma, angina pectoris. In extreme cases,
you can cough through your nose. At the first urge to cough, take the
correct posture and keep it. This is due to muscle tension, which causes
shallow breathin g and the accumulation of carbon dioxide. The desire to
cough will decrease.”
Tiredness and exhaustion

Take a full breath. Hold the air in yourself for a few seconds. Fold your lips,
as if about to whistle (but do not puff out your cheeks) and then, in small
portions, exhale  forcefully through the hole in the lips. Stop for a moment,
holding the air, and exhale again a little. Repeat this