Asthma & Allergies

[Guest guest]

Greetings,

Beginning April of 2003 after my first white tantric yoga event, I have

had seasonal allergies and asthma. They last for two to three months

and taper off gradually. I have not been allergy tested, but assume

they are caused by something blooming this time of year. The allergy

symptoms, sneezing and watery eyes are something I can live with and

don't medicate. I do take pulmicort and albuterol for the asthma as

infrequently as possible and with the necessity of the breathing and

having found no holistic medication that will prevent of stop an attack

in progress, I feel resigned to continue. Practicing yoga, especially

mantra and pranayam is difficult with shortness of breath. The after

effects of the albuterol are like a jolt of adrenalin which is

altogether unpleasant. I would welcome any suggestions to alleviate or

even heal this condition.

Sat Nam

Joan

 

 

[Guest guest]

Just a suggestion -

I have gotten relief from my asthma by using glutathione trans-dermal

cream. Glutathione is very important in the body's detoxification system,

and evidently my body is not able to detoxify enough to offset the causes

of the asthma right now. This product is made at a compounding pharmacy,

and you will need a prescription to get it.

 

Also, albuterol is meant to be used only in emergency situations. It

shouldn't be used on a regular basis because of steroid side effects. There

are other medications which can be used more frequently to reduce

inflammation and constriction that don't have such a strong unpleasant

reaction. Talk to your doctor about one of these. The one I have is called

Advair, but there are several classifications of asthma drugs besides the

steroid type.

 

I just bought a wonderful book called The Asthma Breakthrough by Henry

Osiecki, published by Vital Health Publishing. I found it at a small

whole-foods store in my area. I recommend it to you - it has comprehensive

information on asthma triggers, medications, food interactions,

environment, nutrition and supplements for asthma and alternative

treatments.

 

Margaret T. Simpson (California)

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Hi Joan,

 

I've given this matter a lot of thought. Just why doesn't yoga

(pranayama) fail to get asthmatic breathing back to normal?

 

It now seems clear to me that yoga and other breathing techniques from

the East as well as techniques in the West such as Middendorf, teach a

sensitivity to breathing sensations and more particularly the flow of

prana, chi (ki) or the "breath wave" in the case of Middendorf. This

might be related to a sensiitivity to blood oxygen saturation.

Mainstream medicine on the other hand stresses the importance of data

gotten from special apparatus (spirometers, peak flow meters), which

seem far removed from natural breathing.

 

I guess that if you intensively look for prana or chi feelings you may

find that asthmatic shortness of breath may be resolved. Diaphragmatic

breathing doing the classical exercises or even just sucking you thumb

tends to open your bronchi so that they are out of the line of fire as,

possibly, in normal breathing. It seems to little use for mainstream

medicine to keep on stressing inflammation of the bronchi without taking

into account the fact that they may naturally widened and kept open.

 

On the whole therefore, reviewing the many writings on the subject of

asthma will show that "sensitive" breathing or lack thereof may play a

critical role and could explain the failure of mainstream treatment

(large increase in asthma incidence in step with the use of modern

medications and the present day medical understanding of asthma) because

of different principles.

 

In other words yoga has better insights into breathing than western

medicine into breathing. Hope this helps, Richard Friedel

 

joan richards wrote:

 

>Greetings,

>Beginning April of 2003 after my first white tantric yoga event, I have

>had seasonal allergies and asthma. They last for two to three months

>and taper off gradually. I have not been allergy tested, but assume

>they are caused by something blooming this time of year. The allergy

>symptoms, sneezing and watery eyes are something I can live with and

>don't medicate. I do take pulmicort and albuterol for the asthma as

>infrequently as possible and with the necessity of the breathing and

>having found no holistic medication that will prevent of stop an attack

>in progress, I feel resigned to continue. Practicing yoga, especially

>mantra and pranayam is difficult with shortness of breath. The after

>effects of the albuterol are like a jolt of adrenalin which is

>altogether unpleasant. I would welcome any suggestions to alleviate or

>even heal this condition.

>Sat Nam

>Joan

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[Guest guest]

Thank you, Richard for the wealth of information and for the love in

your heart to be so concerned for another.

 

My teacher, Guru Singh, has me focusing on this as part of my expulsion

of grief, ancient grief and opening to my

true voice. This asthma has only been with me for the past two years

and has manifested about a week after I

attend White Tantric yoga meditation in April. I prefer looking at

from that aspect rather than it being a reaction

to a seasonal pollen or mold.

 

Happy breathing!

 

On Sunday, May 15, 2005, at 02:48 AM, Richard Friedel wrote: