Shunned

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Joel

I was shunned. Elementary school was prison for me. Continue reading →

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Life-Changing Skill

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Joel

Life-changing Skill

Breathing can be a life-changing skill on the path to Total Self Renewal. I took Ki Breathing into my life from years of Aikido practice in Japan. Few people are aware of even the basic mechanics of breathing and its effects on our mind and body. Fewer know breathing as a potent skill for peak performance, flow, and transformation. Continue reading →

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Breathing Moods and Feelings

Posted on July 25, 2018 by Joel

Breathing Moods and Feelings

You may be familiar with how breathing reflects feelings and moods. For example, rapid and shallow breathing can be a symptom of anxiety. But how can breathing change moods and feelings? I like to think of it as breathing moods and feelings. Continue reading →

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Oxygen Therapy

Posted on July 22, 2018 by Joel

Oxygen Therapy

Stamina

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A two-year-old girl drowning victim in cardiac arrest was revived at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. She had no speech, gait, or responsiveness to commands. Just constant squirming and head shaking. Fifty-five days post-drowning, she received 100% normobaric (barometer at sea level) oxygen therapy for 45 minutes twice a day. She became more alert, awake, and stopped squirming.

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Attention Therapies

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Joel

Attention Therapies reach places in the mind and body where words cannot go. Attention Therapies have the power to restore the balance trauma took away from us.  But it is not a quick fix. It takes action more than reading and understanding.Attention Therapies Continue reading →

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Coherent Breathing Packs a Blissful, Relaxing Punch

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Joel

Coherent Breathing

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A web search for Coherent Breathing brings up more than four million hits including a free app in the App Store. Possibly overkill for what can be described as five breaths a minute.  But the ultra simple technique packs a blissful, relaxing punch. Heart rate, blood pressure, blood-rate-flow, and brainwaves come into a coherent frequency. Continue reading →

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Stressed Leading Stressed

Posted on July 7, 2018 by Joel

Stressed Leading Stressed

Blind Leading Blind

Stress is a significant cause of disease, yet doctors themselves cannot break the cycle of stress. Continue reading →

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BREATHING, CORE ATTENTION THERAPY

Posted on July 3, 2018 by Joel

Few people are aware of even the basic mechanics of breathing and its effects on your mind and body. Fewer know of breathing as a major skill for peak performance, flow, and transformation.

Breathing

Snoqualmie Falls

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Peak Performance Breathing

Posted on June 27, 2018 by Joel

Ki Breathing

Breathing can be a life-changing skill on the path to Total Self Renewal. I took Ki Breathing into my life from years of Aikido practice in Japan. Few people are aware of even the basic mechanics of breathing and its effects on our mind and body. Fewer know breathing as a potent skill for peak performance, flow, and transformation. 

Breathing for Peak Performance

Snoqualmie Falls, Washington State

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Misophonia: Stop Crunching the Salad

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Joel

Misophonia

MisophoniaPhoto credit: Neil. Moralee on Visualhunt.com / CC BY-NC-ND

When I was teaching I could not filter out sounds in the classroom. If I began talking to the class and heard someone whispering, I could not go on. I was devastated if someone tapped a pencil or crinkled a paper. I devised a system of checkmarks for participation that included minuses for talking to others, even whispering. My classroom was unnaturally silent. Continue reading →

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