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All Europe has gone mad about breathing exercises. For four or five years I have made money by treating people who had ruined their breathing by such methods! M
by givan 6y ago
All Europe has gone mad about breathing exercises. For
four or five years I have made money by treating people who
had ruined their breathing by such methods! Many books are
written about it, everyone tries to teach others. They say: "The
more you breathe, the greater the inflow of oxygen," etc., and,
as a result, they come to me. I am very grateful to the authors
of such books, founders of schools, and so on.
If, for example, we change our breathing, we change the
rhythm of our lungs; but since everything is connected, other
rhythms also gradually begin to change. If we go on with this
breathing for a long time it may change the rhythm of all the
organs. For instance, the rhythm of the stomach will change.
And the stomach has its own habits, it needs a certain time to
digest food; say, for example, the food must lie there an hour.
If the rhythm of the stomach changes, food may pass through
more quickly and the stomach will not have time to take from
it all it needs. In another place the reverse may occur.
It is a thousand times better not to interfere with our machine,
to leave it in bad condition rather than correct it without knowledge.
To work on oneself one must know every screw, every nail
of one's machine—then you will know what to do. But if you
know a little and try, you may lose a great deal. The risk is
great, for the machine is very complicated. It has very small
screws which can be easily damaged, and if you push harder
you may break them. And these screws cannot be bought in a
shop.
One must be very careful. When you know, it is another
thing. If anyone here is experimenting with breathing, it is
better to stop while there is still time.
Gurdjieff G. I. - Views from the Real World (Experiments with breathing talk)
- prox 6y agoAs someone who has done yoga, I must agree to an extent. Many yogateachers are simply not adept enough nor qualified to teach about breathing. But there are experts out there and breathing disorders are a thing, so it does pay off to learn more about it especially if you have some complaints that could be derived from breathing wrong. Problem is that few, even GPs are not often well versed in the matter. That said simply focussing on calm and being relaxed (breathing) carries little harm.
- twox2 6y agoSo how do you recommend a layman improve their breathing without fucking themselves up? Is it so complicated that we can't do it on our own without professional help?
- lozf 6y agoHe's quoting Gurdjieff: https://holybooks-lichtenbergpress.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/Views_from_the_Real_World_-_Gurdjieff.pdf https://holybooks-lichtenbergpress.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content...
- glxxyz 6y ago> If anyone here is experimenting with breathing, it is better to stop while there is still time. Stop experimenting or stop breathing?
- jodrellblank 6y ago> and, as a result, they come to me. Why do they go to you? (Your profile suggests you're a web developer, rather than a doctor).
- lima 6y agoIt seems to be a quote?
- jodrellblank 6y agoFrom where? It's not a quote from the article.
- jhardy54 6y agoPlease use quotation marks or a blockquote (>) for quotes. It took 4 paragraphs until you mentioned that you were quoting an Armenian mystic.
- thecoppinger 6y agoThis, on the surface, seems to be a load of rubbish spread by a mystic who had a motivation to make things seem complex and difficult so that they can reel you in and teach you 'the right way', while parting with your money and/or attempting to recruit you into their cult. TL:DR; I'm skeptical, and don't think adding a quote in this manner with no other context/insight is of any value to the overall discussion of this thread.
- nprateem 6y ago20 years of breathing practice here and it sounds like rubbish to me too. I think this guy had a conflict of interest.
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