Shallow Breathing or Shallow Breath or Reduced breathing exercise 4-A.

How to stop or prevent heart attack, stroke, asthma attack, sei ures, and other li!ethreatening situations using Bute"ko breathing exercises Heart, stroke, asthma, epileps" and man" other patients, as tens o! research studies hav e !ound, breath much more than the medical norm #See this $able with %4 medical paper s&. 'uring attacks, strokes and sei ures the" breathe even heavier. 'eep breathing R(' )*(S bod" ox"genation. Hence, instead o! !re+uent and deep breathing, "ou need a slow er and shallower breathing pattern. ,t is called -shallow breathing- or -shallow breath- or reduced breathing-. $his is the main Bute"ko breathing method exercise. .er" heav" bre athing and low bod" ox"genation are possible when/ 0& "ou take large inhalations1 2& the " !orce!ull" exhale air out o! the lungs, instead o! simple relaxation o! all breathing muscl es to produce +uiet natural exhale1 %& "ou are likel" to breathe using "our chest, not the d iaphragm. 3earn more here, i! "ou missed this important idea/ 4 regular breathing patterns and bod" ox"genation How one can get a lighter and easier breathing pattern. ,t is rather simple/ take smaller in halations using their tumm" and then relax all breathing muscles !or exhalations as show n here/ 0. Relax all "our muscles in an" com!ortable position #sitting, l"ing, etc.&, which is !avor able !or complete relaxation. Such relaxation normall" produces +uiet spontaneous exhala tion. 2. At the end o! this exhalation, pinch "our nose with two !ingers and hold "our breath ! or about 0-2 seconds. %. Since the !eeling o! air hunger at the end o! this breath holding is not strong, take in #or inhale& less air than "ou did be!ore #4breathe less5& but using the tumm" mainl" or onl" 4. 6or exhalation, "ou need 7ust to relax, while keeping all breathing muscles, including c hest-shoulders and diaphragm muscles, completel" relaxed. 8. Again, take in #or inhale& small amount o! air #4breathe less5&.

 9. And 7ust relax all the bod". :. *ontinue to breathe in such a shallow relaxed manner, with constant air hunger !or ab out 0 minute. Repeat again and again this 0 minute c"cle !rom steps 2 to 9/ short breath hold #0-2 s& smaller inhalation relaxation o! all muscles !or exhalations. ,n other words, ever" minut e "ou do short breath holds #0-2 s& and RB #reduced breathing& between them, as shown here/ Breath hold #0-2 s& - Reduced breathing #0 min& - Breath hold #0-2 s& - RB #0 min& - Breath hold #0-2 s& - RB #0 min& - Breath hold #0-2 s& - RB #0 min& -; About "our medication ,! "ou !eel that "ou cannot alleviate the upcoming attack, use 0<% o! "our standard medica tion. A!ter taking medication, continue the (mergenc" =rocedure. >onitoring the severit " o! the s"mptoms. ,! it is still not possible to stop an attack #e.g., angina pectoris&, again take 0<% o! "our usual dose. 'o the (mergenc" =rocedure once more. Russian medical do ctors and practitioners !ound that most patients could eliminate their s"mptoms in 0-8 mi nutes #Bute"ko, 0?::&. @ptional/ Additional practical recommendations in order to have better relaxation Ahen "ou are not sure about chest-shoulders-neck-7aws muscles, tense them maximall" or almost maximall" !or 0-2 s and, then, relax. $hat can be done with the whole area o! m uscles or, i! di!!icult, with separate muscular groups, one b" one. )sing such tensing-relaxing, clearl" and vividl" visuali e "our bod" or bod" parts, !irst, d uring tensing, as a steel spring, which is hard and strong, and seconds later, during relaxa tion, as a large so!t piece o! dough or 7ell" !ish !loating in the ocean. @ther images, o! cour se, can be used, e.g., during tensing, as an over-in!lated water-!illed balloon, resilient and !irm, which suddenl" loses pressure and becomes so!t and shapeless and !illed with air du ring relaxation. Since muscular tension during the breathing exercises should be experienced onl" in the area o! the diaphragm, one can imagine and visuali e how all tension, stress and pressure

descend or slide down !rom the head, neck, shoulders, and chest to the area around the di aphragm. Bou can massage this area #chest-shoulders-neck-7aws muscles& with "our hands or, i! " ou have a relative or !riend around, ask him<her to do that. 'uring the (mergenc" =rocedure, the relaxation o! the diaphragm and skeletal muscles is possible, onl" i! the amount o! air in the lungs is near the ph"siological volume #such a lu ng state is achieved, when people suddenl" lose their consciousness or are properl" relax ed&. Having more air in the lungs is undesirable, due to the appearance o! tightness in res pirator" muscles. Ceep in mind that Bute"ko breathing method exercises allow maximum time spent in a state o! relaxation !or all muscles o! the bod". $his is also true !or -reduc ed breathing- #-shallow breathing- or -shallow breath-& when it is used to prevent and sto p heart attack, stroke, sei ures, and asthma attack.