Preksha Dhyana Human Body Part 2

Author(s): Jethalal S Zaveri
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati

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Scientific Complete Breathing
To Breathe is to Live
It is possible to live without food for many days, without water for several days but without air, normally, not more than a few minutes. Thus breathing is the great vital source of energy. It is life. Each and every activity of life is intimately connected with the process of breathing.
One aspect of the function of breathing is to supply the cells' of our body with oxygen and the other one is to eject carbon dioxide from them. Energy-production in the cells needs oxygen. Carbon dioxide is a by-product of energy-releases and if allowed to accumulate, it will poison the cells.
Supreme importance of proper breathing cannot be overstressed. Unfortunately, only a few really breathe properly and completely. Rest of us breathe more or less badly. In fact, an average person today is not breathing, but is merely avoiding suffocation. Many of the symptoms of poor health are caused by insufficient oxygenation of blood, and slow circulation. Not only are the nerves, glands and vital organs inadequately nourished, but the excretory systems cannot function properly and the bodily wasteproducts are not removed efficiently. Those who breathe badly have to struggle with problems in all directions : health, profession, emotinal life. Not only do we breathe badly, but often the purity of the air leaves much to be desired. Consequently our nervousness and irritability increases and even the slightest physical effort may leave us 1. See "Respiratory System" in Part 1 of this book.