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Vishal
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# Posted: 16 Apr 2007 07:21 · Edited by: Vishal
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When our body encounters stress, among many changes that take place in our body, one noticeable change that happens is the way we breathe. It becomes more shallow and fast. Similarly, when we are relaxed, our breathing is deeper and slower. Just like each action has an equal and opposite reaction, by becoming aware of our breath and taking slow, deep breaths whenever we encounter stress can relax our mind and body significantly.
Stress is just the opposite of relaxation. When you are relaxed, you cannot get stressed.
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Dr_Broadland
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# Posted: 23 Jul 2007 14:12
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One of the least known aspects of knowledge in connection with stress is the role of and alteration in breathing patterns.
As state earlier by Vishal, in a stressed person, breathing "becomes more shallow and fast" One of the recent advances in management of stress is the relaxation techniques of yoga. T o many yoga means exercise and a moderate amount of physical stress to the body. However, there is one aspect of yoga where relaxation is paramount. It is also known as "meditation". Yes, meditation is form of yoga and what do they teach you first in yoga – exercise type and meditative type?
You guessed it right. It is deep breathing, and control of breathing. Breathing is essentially an "autonomic" process of the body, and by controlling breathing you are training yourself to control many of the autonomic functions. These, i.e. breathing, pulse, blood pressure, are the first ones to get affected in stress, and are amenable to treatment via meditative yoga.
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# Posted: 23 Jul 2007 14:31
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Hyperventilation and tetany
One of the symptoms of stress is rapid breathing. Of particular importance is the knowledge that some people who get episodic stress and go into panic attacks, may also hyperventilate to an unreasonable extent leading to tetany.. This is yet another example of stress eventually causing, what looks like an alarming physical illness. The persona actually seems to gets a fit.
In the past this was thought to be a false illness or a result of hysteria. It is however,, a genuine process of chemical changes in the blood form loss of carbon dioxide resulting in reduced calcium ion in the blood causing tetany. People who have taken first aid training know that the first treatment is putting a paper bag over the face to let the person breath his oven air increasing the carbon dioxide level in the blood and reverse the chemical changes that caused tetany in the first place.
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Vishal
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# Posted: 24 Jul 2007 01:17
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Excellent advice Dr_Broadland! Great to have on on board 
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TajviRAC
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# Posted: 13 Apr 2008 07:21
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Hello, could you plz explain the term "tetany"?
i guess hyperventilation is to breath in more air then normal.
but how does the carbon di oxide play a role here?
i always knew that CO2 is harmful for health. and when it reaches certain level, one may die even.
cheers ,
taj
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