Using cameras inside the body, he found that deep, diaphragmatic breathing stimulated the cleansing of the lymph system by creating a vacuum effect which sucked the lymph through the bloodstream. This increased the rate of toxic elimination by as much as 15 times the normal pace. Lymph, Lymph Glands, and Homeostasis , J.Shields, MD 25 No. 4, Dec. 92, pg. By altering breathing to a slow diaphragmatic mode, blood pressure decreases. Elevated blood pressure is a major American health problem.
Women comprise about two-thirds of that number.
Hyperventilation is probably the most common of the so called stress-related breathing disorders. A Dutch study, conducted by a doctor named Dixhoorn, compared two groups of heart attack patients. The first group was taught simple diaphragmatic breathing, while the second group was given no training in breathing. The breathing group had no further heart attacks, while 7 out of the 12 members of the second group had second heart attacks over the next 2 years. Many healings of other physical troubles have occurred in my clients after they started to integrate breathing practices into their lives.