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2. Dietary Guidelines
a. Avoid all diary products, white sugar, sweets, white flour and white rice. When
problem has subsided, then we can start taking small quantities of dairy products while watching body?s reaction. b. Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables. c. Drink plenty (6 or 8 cups per day) of warm liquid daily. This may be water, herb teas, or water with lemon. Do not drink refrigerated or iced drinks. d. When one has a cold, an onion and garlic soup spiced with pepper, cinnamon ginger and cloves, opens up nasal passages and allows congestion to flow out. e. In some cases use of natural vitamin C tablets can be helpful.
3. Facing emotional factors is essential for healing cause of breathing problems. There are various ways in which we can find relief from these emotional factors and then eventually analyze them and transcend them. a. Self-analysis or objective-self observation can free us from various emotional attachments and fears. b. Positive thinking, affirmations, and positive thought projection can neutralize negative emotions and tendencies. c. Various Body-centered catharsis techniques in addition to reprogramming techniques such as EMDR, TFT and EFT can free us from emotional based psychosomatic symptoms.
4. Exercises and Techniques
A. With help of various exercises and techniques we seek to: 1. Remove blockages and tensions from upper back and chest area. 2. Develop greater freedom and control over muscles of breathing. 3. Bring blood and healing energies to chest area. 4. Open up nasal passages if they are blocked. 5. Stimulate harmonious functioning of adrenal glands and immune system.
B. Techniques will need guidance of an experienced coach are: 1. To start with we can simply practice deep breathing exercises. These exercises will give us relief from tension and may even bring cause for our emotional tension to surface so that we may see it more clearly and objectively. 2. Exercises for upper back and chest can also bring considerable relief from emotional tensions. 3. Deep relaxation techniques are also very effective for relaxing whole system so that muscles of breathing may function more freely. 4. In guided deep relaxation sessions source of emotional blockages can be researched through regression.
We can care for our bodies and minds and they will care for us.
(Adapted from forthcoming "Self Healing" by Robert Elias Najemy. His book "The Psychology of Happiness" (ISBN 0-9710116-0-5) is available at http://www.amazon.com and http://www.HolisticHarmony.com. His writings can be viewed at http://www.HolisticHarmony.com where you can also download FREE articles and e-books.
Robert Elias Najemy is the author of over 600 articles, 400 lecture cassettes on Human Harmony and 20 books, which have sold over 100,000 copies. He is the Founder and director of the Center for Harmonious Living in Greece with 3700 members. His book The Psychology of Happiness; ISBN 0-9710116-0-5 is available at www.amazon.com and http://www.HolisticHarmony.com. where you can view and download FREE articles and e-books.
