@laura-f, thank you! I've shared such reactions with people and I'm sure many have thought I'm crazy (well, maybe ... but not about that!) I've received a lot of acupuncture over the years and it's generally been okay, but like you said -- too much of a good thing is not necessarily good for me. So interesting about it messing with your immunity homeostatis. That's a really good way of describing it.
And don't get me started on pharmaceuticals. A doctor once prescribed Clonazepam and rather than it calming me, it triggered a major panic attack.
Oh, I'm the Queen of Adverse Reactions !
I have to warn doctors every time they suggest a new prescription that I will fall into the .01% of people who react badly to it that is mentioned in those little pamphlets that come with the meds.
I mean, how many people do you know who can't take phenobarbital because it gives them panic attacks and makes them throw up?? LMAO
@jeanne-mayell @laura-f Thank you both for pointing out the important precautions involved with shamanic breathing.
I just want to clarify that the breath work in my Quantum Process isn't really meant to be used as the the full "Breath Journey healing modality" but rather as a way to quickly achieve a deep or enhanced meditative state in order to allow energy to flow more easily.
As @stargazer pointed out, this deep meditative state can be achieved in many different and gentler ways (Body Scan Meditation, Yogic Breathing, Chakra Clearing, etc). In my case I tend to get impatient and just want to jump right to the "doing" part... Perhaps I should meditate on achieving patience through meditation.. ? ? ? ?
Also, as always, I encourage everyone to ask for Guidance from Spirit before trying any new exercise/technique. Your Guides know what is best for you and your current state of being.
@jeanne-mayell, thanks for mentioning the cold shower. I take my regular showers at night because I can often feel exhausted after I have one. It's a steam-heat-autonomic dysfunction thing. But one time I was forced to take a cold shower, and felt better -- not that I-need-to-lay-down-before-I-collapse feeling.
@frank I know you were cautious in how you presented the breath work. (I always think of your garden with such fondness and all those amazing things you are growing. You are devoted to true healing.) I wanted to add extra caution because the YouTubes about it don't always provide that caution and when there are thousands of people reading about a healing approach, there are bound to be some people who either shouldn't be doing it or don't realize how to do it safely.
The rapid breathing that you described is also an ancient Native American shamanic practice that, if I recall correctly, was used as a path to astral realms though only after a deep state of calm and grounding in Spirit had been achieved (prayer, sacred chant and the drumming).
One doesn't have to be a trained 'spiritual scholar' or an adept or any other 'professional' guide to connect with Spirit's sacred light and flow of healing and imbuement, and as you said, your own guides and intuition know what's best for you.
The veils are very thinned right now with the New Moon's energetics (on the significant anaretic 29') and we all have the opportunity for a 'reset', a new beginning after releasing old patterns that no longer serve us. This involves doing the shadow work, releasing control to Spirit and allowing our blockages to surface and flow away. The 5D is a new dimension for all of us at present as the spiritual realms are permeating ...
We are all mirrors and teachers of one another ... with gratitude to everyone here ☀️??
@deetoo. Regarding cold showers as a healing technique, When I got chronic lymes disease years back (which I believe is gone now), the lyme literate doctors told me not to give into the need to sleep or laze around. They said, the pathogen wants you to just slow down so it can proliferate and your immune system is more awake when you are active.
Then a friend told me about the power of cold showers in arousing the immune system. Here is a summary of the health benefits of a cold plunge --not just cold showers but icy plunges -- by Andrew Weil, M.D. Note that he ends with a warning for anyone with high blood pressure not to do it:
1. Boosting the immune system: a study from England found that taking daily cold showers increased the numbers of disease-fighting white blood cells (compared to people who took hot showers).
2. Preventing injury: Soaking in a cold bath (also known as an "ice bath" or "cold therapy") is said to help reduce swelling and tissue breakdown in runners after distance runs.
3. Enhancing male fertility: Not exactly good to take cold showers, but bad to take hot showers.
4.He advises against it for anyone who has high blood pressure. Low temperatures (including cold weather) constrict blood vessels. As a result, blood pressure rises because more pressure is needed to force blood though narrowed blood vessels.
@jeanne-mayell I do the cold shower rinse after my hot shower as well. It’s definitely very intense but have a lot of great healing benefits to it.
There’s many cryotherapy in my area and it’s become extremely popular.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/319740#benefits
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The shock therapy of icy cold waters is well known in Scandinavia... they call it 'Sisu', bravery, a mindset to turn challenges into opportunities...
Ice swimming in the sea is said to cure all ailments, and has scientifically been proven to induce euphoria, to boost immune and makes the body produce more of the hormone seratonin and dopamine... the sauna afterwards is taken to sweat out toxins and relax those tortured icy muscles...
Sounds a bit like driving a nail into the trunk of a Wisteria tree to shock it into blooming lols ... but I would love to try wild-swimming (the Norwegians call it 'Friluftsliv') in that Baltic sea for at least a minute or two ?
In the mean time, the cold shower will have to suffice, and the sauna has to be one the great Ska inventions of all time ;)
I am half Finnish and I grew up ingrained in the concepts of steadfast determination and achievement of fortitude in mind, body, and spirit. That is the essensece of sisu.
It is thought to be something Finns are born with like DNA in our blood. My pioneer Finnish Grandparents emigrated to Alaska in 1901 leaving their beloved friends and family' behind thousands and thousands of miles away never to see again.
That alone took immense courage that exceeds normal bravery but the all of their lives and all of my aunts and uncles lives and in fact all of us children born into the family faced challenges that no one believes when i share my stories.
Its not the water or going into cold water. Its going into the river of life. All Scandinavians bathe in oceans, rivers and lakes then head for the sauna.
Sisu has no real definition to a Finn but translators say "guts" is the closest English can come.
We consider it a sacred energy.