By Tracy Frisch, Gabor Mate — 2012
Most genetic studies completely ignore the science of epigenetics, which is how the environment actually turns certain genes on or off.
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Scientists now have more evidence than ever before revealing the intimate, intertwined relationship between the mind and body.
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“In the moment, how many times have you felt something was off and your well-meaning friends have met you with, ‘Well, are you sure? Where’s the evidence?’” asks Jasmine Marie, an Atlanta-based breathwork practitioner and the founder of Black Girls Breathing.
Your breathing rate and pattern is a process within the autonomic nervous system that you can control to some extent to achieve different results.
Finland’s Arctic circle might not seem like a great place to run a marathon barefoot and in shorts—unless you’re Wim Hof. Hof, better known as "The Iceman," has attained roughly two dozen world records by completing marvellous feats of physical endurance in conditions that would kill others.
Linda Graham presents a full toolbox of practices to help you meet the chaos of life with awareness, acceptance, and deep knowledge that you have the strength to work with it all.
Ashley Neese, a holistic practitioner in California, describes breathwork as a deeper kind of self-care, one that can “help you move through blocks you can’t see.” Slow, intentioned, mindful breathing is a tool that can be used “any time, any place,” she says.
A few years ago, a friend told me about an underground breathwork circle she’d attended in Venice Beach—back when breathwork outside of yoga studios was still hush-hush. It was totally trippy and cathartic she told me. People were convulsing, shouting, sobbing uncontrollably.