Tuesday, May 26, 2009

# 7 - Meat Eating and Flexibility

By staying on a vegetarian diet for 3-4 weeks, we may notice that our body feels more flexible than before. If and when we revert to eating meat again, our body feels less flexible, apparently due to added resistance in meat fiber. Curiously enough, meat eating not only reduces flexibility, it has also been known to increase aggression. The darker the meat, the greater the aggression, and so on.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

# 6 - How to Extend Life Span

When we consider the human lifespan as being entitled to 500 million breaths, barring any unnatural interventions, deep breathing can extend our lifespan simply by elongating every breath until we have used up our full entitlement. When we learn to breathe slow, deep, and deliberate, we also enjoy a greater sense of tranquility.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

# 5 - Enhancing Lung Capacity

Studies have shown that, of all the air we breathe in, only 5% gets used. Enhancing lung capacity through deep breathing allows more oxygen to enter the bloodstream. So by observing the 1:2 inhale:exhale ratio, we naturally also eject more carbon dioxide, thereby de-toxing the system more effectively.