Breathwork Therapy, The Whole Body Perspective

By Nancy Gardner


For many years, the world of allopathic medicine has ignored the holistic approach outright. However, as more people have sought a more balanced and affordable way of dealing with disease, the world of science demonized those treatments as dangerous or irrelevant. In recent years the scientific community has been forced to study alternative treatments, such as breathwork therapy.

For a patient and their physician to appreciate why and how many holistic methods can be effective, they must first acknowledge that there is a connection between the mind and the body. This can be difficult for a doctor trained only in pharmaceutical treatments to accept. However, how we feel about our lives, our illness, and ourselves can impact whether or not we get well.

Those who follow esoteric practices hold fast to this notion of mind and body connection, stating that one must heal the mind as well as the body in order for health to occur. While negative thinking is a normal part of life and must be acknowledged, when allowed to rule our thoughts it can result in terrible depression. Doctors have long seen that depressed patients do not respond as well to therapy as those who seek to hold to a shinier disposition.

Deeper breathing helps to calm the mind. Psychologists have begun to utilize these methods to treat a host of psychological issues, and they have found great success in treating those who suffer panic attacks. Because a panic attack can cause one to hyperventilate, a patient who is able to control their breath can actually help themselves through these moments of anxiety.

Individuals who live with Asperger Syndrome have utilized this method to great success. By controlling their breath, they can control the way they handle an attack of anxiety in social situations. This ability helps to lessen the stress for those who care for them, and it gives them a greater sense of control over their own reality when they do not melt down in public.

For anyone undergoing treatment for breathing-related ailments such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, controlling the breathing is very important to maintaining oxygenated blood. In order to maintain a healthy and functioning body, one must have the proper oxygen saturation, and this is tested every time such a patient sees their doctor. Deep breathing helps bring more oxygen into the blood, and this helps clear the mind and heal the body.

The average person, when breathing, only fills their lungs with normal aspiration. However, there are times when the body needs more O2, and will force us to inhale all the way through the diaphragm in what we call yawning. The body demands this of us whenever our oxygen saturation is low because there are more shallow blood vessels in the diaphragm.

Anyone facing an illness is warned to discuss any procedures they undergo with their doctor. If they do not appreciate the answers their physician gives, it may behoove them to seek a holistic MD. No matter what expert they see about their illness, it is important that they do the research and find the treatment options that they are most comfortable with.




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