Breathing in Good Health

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To take a deep breath, to breathe a sigh of relief, to catch your breath – everyone knows expressions having to do with breathing. "But a lot of people know little about the importance of proper breathing for health," noted Gisela Schmachtenberg, chairman of the Berlin-based Working and Research Group on Respiratory Education and Therapy. Someone under emotional stress or with tensed muscles usually breathes shallowly, high in the chest. This is no problem so long as it is temporary. "[But] continual shallow breathing can result in functional disorders such as digestive problems or even cardiac arrhythmias," warned Britta Jacob, a respiratory therapist in Hamburg. Respiratory therapy can help. "A person’s breathing is as individual as his or her fingerprint," Jacob added. What’s more, one’s manner of breathing changes with the situation and circumstances. Someone in a good mood instinctively breathes properly: deeply through the nose and with the diaphragm. This raises and lowers the lungs, which also visibly raises and lowers the abdominal wall. "Our internal organs are literally massaged," Jacob said. At the same time, the body takes in sufficient amounts of oxygen and metabolism is stimulated. Respiratory therapy helps people suffering from respiratory illnesses such as asthma or chronic bronchitis, or who have migraines or pains in joints or muscles. In cases of severe, incurable illnesses like pulmonary fibrosis, it can ease the symptoms and improve the quality of life. Actors, musicians and teachers can strengthen their voices with respiratory therapy, which is also used to treat panic attacks, burnout and depression. Depending on the problem, a respiratory therapist will try to help a patient with breathing massage or breathing exercises. "It’s always a matter of creating inner freedom and boosting the powers of self- healing," Jacob said. Respiratory therapy focuses on sharpening body perception, on being better able to sense and understand one’s breathing and consequently oneself. Respiratory therapy arose in the early 20th century from a combination of eastern knowledge of breathing, western breathing instruction and elements of gymnastics, dancing and psychotherapy. One of the best-known respiratory therapists was Ilse Middendorf (1910-2009), a German who authored Der Erfahrbare Atem, a book known in English as The Experience of Breath in its Substance. Breathing also plays a large role in psychosomatics and psychotherapy. "Breathing independently at birth is the most significant event in our lives," remarked Wolfram Schueffel, for many years director of the Psychosomatic Clinic at Marburg University Hospital’s Centre for Internal Medicine. "For nine months, we’ve moved without making a distinction between breathing and drinking. But then we’ve got to make that distinction for the rest of our lives." In his private practice, Schueffel treats people whose symptoms cannot be explained by a clinical finding alone. The symptoms include rapid heartbeat, difficulty breathing, panic attacks, depression and serious chronic pain. He uses functional relaxation techniques that, just as in respiratory therapy, aim at achieving better self-perception. – dpa

Demo Tanpa Senjata Ikhwan Mesir

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MENGAPA IKHWANUL MUSLIMIN MESIR HANYA DEMO TANPA SENJATA ketika melawan tentera As-Sisi sedangkan mujaheedin mengangkat senjata di Syria? Kalau diteliti tindakan ganas dan kejam tentera As-Sisi, mereka boleh saja mengangkat senjata tetapi ini tidak mereka lakukan dan tindakan mereka bukan tidak bersebab. Mengikut maklumat yang diberi oleh ketua perisikan Saudi Arabia Prince Bandar bin Sultan, negara Saudi memainkan peranan penting dalam memusnahkan Arab Spring dengan tujuan untuk menghalang Islam sebenar berkuasa di timur tengah. Mengikut sumber, dalam pertemuan dengan ketua perisikan rahsia Britain (Mi6) Robert John, beliau menjelaskan perancangan terperinci yang dibuat oleh Saudi untuk mengekang kemarahan gerakan Islam di rantau tersebut. Saudi memujuk Ikhwan Syria bangun menentang Bassyar Assad dengan cara perang bersenjata yang akhirnya Ikhwan Syria akan keluar nanti dalam keadaan lemah berbanding jika mereka meneruskan dengan cara aman sebagaimana sebelum ini. Saudi menghantar golongan salafi ke Syria untuk mematikan mereka di sana kerana mereka memang mahu mati di medan. Hizbullah Syiah berjaya dilibatkan dengan perang di Syria yang akhirnya menyebabkan Hizbullah dikutuk oleh semua negara Sunni. Mengikut sumber, inilah juga yang cuba dibuat di Mesir bila mana Prince Bandar dikatakan telah menawarkan bantuan senjata kepada Ikhwan Mesir dengan tujuan untuk memastikan Ikhwan akan dihancurkan oleh tentera Mesir dengan alasan Ikhwan adalah gerakan bersenjata. Ikhwan Mesir menolak bantuan tersebut kerana faham tujuan sebenar disebalik bantuan itu. [ Sumber: Assyabu newspaper].