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Breathing
*  inhaling air.
*  oxygenate blood.
* PERC for short periods of time can adversely affect the human nervous system.
* affects our entire being
  - the flow of hormones through the endocrine system
* also affects daily life, and the utilization of correct breath can greatly reduce stress
  - can relieve insomnia, by relaxing the body and reducing the activity of the mind
  - contributes to better health
* also helps move blood through the veins
  - remove heat
  - to connect to where tremendous potential energy is stored
  - increases in anger or fear, at least in most cases
* are used for land animals
  - livings
  - oxygenating blood
  - respiration
  - survival
* becomes deeper, sending oxygen-enriched blood and nutrients throughout the body
  - difficult because the muscles of the respiratory system weaken
  - rapid and dyspnea is pronounced just before death
  - shallow and rapid during episodes of stress
  - shallower and quicker as the lungs work to oxygenate the blood
* can be difficult, and strength and coordination quickly disappear
  - the tool to stop the mind from racing
  - cause an animal to lose a lot of water
  - make people feel calm and happy
  - sometimes be abnormal from birth
* cause a desire to drinks
  - asthma attacks
  - choking
  - coughing
  - hyperventilations
  - pain
  - relaxation
  - warm air
* causes cancer
  - the patients chest to contract and relax
  - turbulence in the upper air passages
* connects all systems in our bodies.
* consciously is the simplest, most immediate way to change consciousness and feel better.
* correctly can be the difference between a healthy body and ill health
  - bring on a state of elevated emotions
  - helps build and strengthen the chest muscles and also increases lung capacity
* correctly is the key to better fitness, muscle strength, stamina, and athletic endurance
  - very important to our mental and physical well-being
* cures tummies too A simple way to help digestion is digestive breathing or bhastrika.
* deeply can give a person more physical energy
  - help a person relax
* deeply helps to allow the feeling to process
  - clean our blood by removing the carbon dioxide and increasing oxygen
  - increases the body's intake of oxygen
  - well-known stress reliever and has a multitude of health benefits as well
* describes the process of inhaling and exhaling air.
* diaphragmatically increases oxygen intake and nourishes the brain and body.
* enables oxygen to mix with the wine, which speeds the aging process.
* exercises cause more oxygen to be pushed through the walls of the lungs
  - enhance lung capacity, and swimming provides aerobic exercise
* fills the body and the muscles with oxygen.
* fully helps by keeping the lungs pure and increasing the flow of fresh blood
  - is to live fully
* function of lungs as well as the muscles that move the chest and lungs.
* gas exchange, taking in oxygen from the surroundings and letting out carbon dioxide.
* gets easier with the build up of muscle in the body.
* gets heavier and faster to meet the demand for more oxygen
  - take in more oxygen for the muscles
  - oxygen into the body, but aerobic respiration occurs at the cellular level
* has little to do with art
  - very little to do with oxygen
* helps the body to relax and to awaken at the same time.
* helps to calm nerves
  - facilitate relaxation
* improperly can trigger anxiety, panic attacks, depression, headaches and fatigue.
* increases the flow to all systems and assists in expansion of the physical body.
* influences the mind and the emotions, and vice versa.
* involves both inhalation and exhalation.
* is accomplished through contraction of the muscles of the rib cage and pelvis
  - affected, and individuals are very susceptible to infections
* is also an activity
  - important part of rhino communication
  - related to positive emotions
  - the result of practice and conditioning
* is an activity
  - automatic body function and is essential to human survival
  - example of the interrelationship of body systems
* is an important factor in stretching for relaxation and full effectiveness
  - part of relaxation therapy
  - integral and necessary part of man
  - at the heart of virtually every meditation system
  - basic to reducing test anxiety and improving focus and concentration
* is both a voluntary and involuntary function of the human body
  - the most important function of the body and the most neglected
  - brought about by the movement of the diaphragm and the ribs
  - considered the best way to connect mind and body
* is deep and regular, and structural muscles are relaxed, without being flaccid
  - from the lower solar plexus
  - done by gills or lungs, sometimes by both
  - driven by the muscular diaphragm
* is essential for natural life
  - to lifting
* is fundamental for reducing test anxiety and improving focus and concentration
  - to our existence
  - impaired, and the development of cancer is common
  - important so moisture can evaporate
  - integral to yoga
  - like inhaling gumbo
  - noisy in severely affected animals
  - nourishment for the body and food for the brain
* is one of the few body functions that is under both our conscious and unconscious control
  - most important functions of the body and all other functions depend on it
* is only part of the process of bringing oxygen to where it is needed in the body
  - possible if the thoracic cavity remains airtight
* is our gateway to our voluntary and autonomic nervous systems
  - link to life energy and watching to consciousness
  - most primal function
  - primary energy source
  - primarily by means of the folded skin on either side of the body
  - rapid but laboured, with some animals partly choking on their saliva
* is regulated by the concentration of carbon dioxide in blood
  - mouth and chest
  - seen as the impetus for the body
  - slowed, stopped, or irregular and if they are unconscious, they are difficult to wake
* is something common to every human being
  - vital to peoples lives
* is stimulated by gently pinching the body with forceps
  - rubbing a finger over the chest and back
  - synonymous with being alive
* is the basic rhythm of life
  - chief means of taking in prana to increase vitality of the living being
  - enactment of the essential state of becoming that is being alive
  - internal dialogue of our nervous system
* is the key to Yoga
  - a conscious life and good health
* is the link between our mind and body
  - to the body and watching to the consciousness
* is the most fundamental principle of life
  - palpable rhythm of our physical life
* is the physical act of inhaling and exhaling
  - action of taking air in to the system and releasing gaseous waste
  - primary antidote for fear
* is the process by which air enters the bloodstream, via the lungs
  - of moving oxygen-rich air into and out of the lungs
  - vehicle which delivers the oxygen
  - ventilation of the lungs by negative pressure
  - thought to adjust autonomic nerves
* is truly automatic and a newborn baby can breathe properly
  - where the voluntary and involuntary merge and affect each other
  - used to relax physically and mentally
  - usually automatic, and is regulated in the medulla oblongata of the brain
  - very important when playing tennis, especially when things get tight
  - vital to people's lives
  - what makes the sound what gets notes to resonate and penetrate through an ensemble
* is, ideally, timed to the heartbeat.
* key element in stretching, proper breathing is important for a successful stretch
  - to eliminating stress and restoring balance and lightness to our beings
* major concern because the lungs are the last organs to develop.
* means living.
* muscular activity that requires energy just like any other.
* natural response to life.
* normally is very important for normal growth.
* occur only over the first letter of a word, and only if that letter vowel or a rho.
* occurs as naturally as possible, since infants control their inhalation and exhalation.
* occurs through a pair of nostrils located on the top of the nose
  - spiracles and trachea
  - the skin, mouth, and throat
* often makes a wheezing or whistling sound.
* passive activity for the most part.
* promotes the Relaxation of body with mind.
* properly has a dramatic impact on our mental and physical health
  - is one of the key elements to singing
* refers to the mechanical process of moving air into and out of the lungs
  - process by which air enters and leaves the lungs
* shared space.
* starts at the nose and mouth.
* stops because the airway collapses and prevents air from getting into the lungs
  - soon after the heart stops beating
  - when the airways are blocked
* takes place by lungs changing size
  - through the air passages leading from the nose and mouth into the lungs
  - with the gills, which, in some species, can be moveable or able to vibrate
* tends to naturally shift to a shallow and rapid quality when one is nervous.
* unique process in the human body.
* universal process.
* very important part of yoga practice and also a very important part of our health
  - natural well regulation function of the body
* vital function
  - part in our individual existence
* way of creating a feeling of unity or becoming conscious of the flow of existence.