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Are You Holding Your Breath?

Karen Lee Richards
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Co-Founder of the National Fibromyalgia Assn.

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Karen Lee Richards

Tuesday, October 30, 2007
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I used to joke that I depended so much on my daily calendar to keep up with my busy life that I had to write "breathe" in every day so I didn't forget. Unfortunately, now there's more truth than humor in that statement.  Do you ever catch yourself holding your breath for ...
  1. whoa! i thought it was just me
    mj or malia io
    Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at 12:47 AM
    thank you karen, you're the first person i've heard address this. i do this and you just valadated something that i thought was just something that i was doing. thank you so very much. wonderful article
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  2. Ditto
    Adrian Serra
    Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at 08:07 AM

     

    Hello - yes, you are so right , but after learning , which sounds weird, how to breathe , I do better ... thanks for the post ..

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  3. It's me too....
    Marie
    Friday, November 02, 2007 at 10:42 PM

    I am so glad that you brought it here. We read so much about fibro. It is the first time I see this mentionned. Having practice yoga since ....(hum...) won't say for how long, it might say my age, breathing  is the corner stone of our body. Even if I know about it and used to teach breathing techniques, I catch myself so often holding it. Breathing helps me get over the hump of pain for long enough to bypass breakthrough pain meds very often. I realized over the years that, that kind of pain may pass, it only takes something to get my mind off the pain and breathing is the only way for me.

    I just went through a very stressful time were the pain could have eat me raw. if it was not for breathing I don't know what I would have done.

      Thank you so much for bringing this.

    Marie

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