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The word "embodied" is one of those terms, such as "grounded" or "centered" that can be discussed forever without being experienced.Defining embodiment, though, can be quite tricky, because much of what is taught in western societies about the body devalues the felt experience.The categories of formal learning, particularly anatomy and physiology, are taught with the fundamental source being cadavers (dead bodies), and conceptualizations that do not include our own vitality, or life force. Without the felt experience, embodiment is just another concept that can be discussed ad nauseum. The felt experience (or "phenomenology" in academic-speak) is the path away from these endless discussions and conceptual befuddlement.This book provides a basic training on how to become aware of our physiological functioning and our sense of vitality. A part of this training comes from becoming hyper-aware of how we breathe. This awareness makes it possible to feel our own organs and how they function and interrelate. To help us refine our awarenesses of our own organs we are entirely fortunate to learn and practice methods, developed over thousands of years by Indian and Chinese cultures.With these fundamentals this book leads us through a series of connected experiences using mudras to feel our organs, the flows of our life force (Qi) and the flow of that life force through our meridians. From that we learn to feel our own chakras and sushumna (central channel), and our ability to perceive our connections with our environment and ecosystem. This then provides the basis for a body sense of our spiritual existence and development. Thus the definition of embodiment evolves into deeper awareness within our bodies and deeper connection to the world.

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Comme tout être vivant, vous respirez. Mais êtes-vous certain de bien respirer ? La respiration influe directement sur de nombreux paramètres de votre bien-être quotidien et peut vous permettre d atteindre différents objectifs : préserver votre capital santé et développer votre énergie, mieux gérer votre stress et vos émotions, vous relaxer en toutes circonstances, améliorer la qualité de votre sommeil, adapter votre organisme à l effort et mieux récupérer, augmenter votre pouvoir de concentration... Souvent considérée comme naturelle, la respiration est très souvent oubliée ; il est pourtant essentiel de travailler et d améliorer votre processus respiratoire, de le développer et de le rendre plus performant en respectant les principes énergétiques et physiologiques naturels. Pour chaque thème, après vous avoir expliqué les différents aspects de la respiration et présenté ses bénéfices, les auteurs vous proposent des exercices illustrés, simples et efficaces, issus de différentes méthodes complémentaires (sophrologie, yoga, stretching...). En fin d ouvrage, une évaluation vous permet de tester votre respiration et de constater les progrès accomplis.

Breathing exercises --- Exercices respiratoires

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Yoga is hugely popular around the world today, yet until now little has been known of its roots. This book collects, for the first time, core teachings of yoga in their original form, translated and edited by two of the world's foremost scholars of the subject. It includes a wide range of texts from different schools of yoga, languages and eras: among others, key passages from the early Upanisads and the Mahabharata , and from the Tantric, Buddhist and Jaina traditions, with many pieces in scholarly translation for the first time. Covering yoga's varying definitions across systems, models of the esoteric and physical bodies, and its most important practices, such as posture, breath control, sensory withdrawal and meditation, Roots of Yoga is a unique and essential source of knowledge.

Yoga --- Yoga --- Yoga --- Breathing Exercises

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Breathing Exercises --- Lung Diseases, Obstructive --- rehabilitation