BREATHING AUDIT
Majid Ali, M.D.
One can alter one's medical history dramatically by the
way one breathes.
We overbreathe to breathlessnessCand
sicken ourselves in many ways. The purpose of this
breathing audit is to assess respiration in an objective
and quantifiable way. This test should take less than
ten minutes, including the time taken to read this
protocol for conducting a self-audit of breathing.
Rapid and shallow breathing slowly and steadily
disrupts the finely orchestrated balance between oxygen,
carbon dioxide (CO2), acidity, and free radical activity
in the lungs, circulating blood, and mitochondria (the
cellular structures that generate energy with
oxygen-driven energetics).
Here are two spiritual considerations about
overbreathing to breathlessness. First, the primary
reason one overbreathes is that one thinks too much
about oneself. Second, the real spiritual antidote for
overbreathing is compassion, which, simply stated, is
thinking about others. For compassion to be authentic,
it has to be universal. The struggle for authetic
compassion is a tall order. Until one reaches a place of
such compassion, Limbic Breathing, in my view, is the
best beginning.
How does Limbic Breathing
work? Briefly, Limbic Breathing facilitates healing in
chronic disorders by:
● Readjusting metabolic
thermostats
● Readjusting neurohormonal thermostats
● Readjusting
oxygen-driven cellular energetics
● Readjusting philosophic and spiritual thermostats
So, Limbic Breathing
delivers its clinical benefits and restores health by
improving:
● Metabolic pathways
● Neurohormonal pathways
● Oxygen-driven cellular energetics,
● Bringing in philosophic and spiritual equilibrium, and
in essence
● Returning us to our true nature.
BREATHING AUDIT
(To be done daily for one
week)
Name:
________________________________ Date:
_____________________
Step 1
Count respirations for one
minute. Breathe as you usually do.
Enter number of breaths per
minute in the table below.
Write three words to describe
how you feel NOW in the table below.
Step 2
Breathe Limbically (breathe in
normally, breathe out slowly) for three minutes
You might experience some
discomfort as you breathe out slowly. Accept some discomfort
but do not struggle too much. Return to normal breathing for
three breaths if dismcort persists, then breathe limbically
again.
Step 3
Breathe as usual for one
minute
Step 4
Count respirations for one
minute. Breathe as effortlessly as you can.
Enter number of breaths per
minute in the table below.
Write three words to describe
how you feel NOW in the table below.
Please read also:
FEWER BREATHS, MORE ENERGY
Limbic Breathing for Better
Health Through Improved Mitochondrial Function
and read read chapter 4 in
Dr. Ali's book
The Cortical Monkey and Healing
(1990)
For detailed information about
Limbic Breathing
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