This new videos covers the benefits of holding your breath as well as recommendations for practicing it. The benefits go way beyond extra energy and endurance and extend to all the body's organs including the brain. Some of the key points in this video: By working on holding your breath … [Read more...] about Benefits of Holding Your Breath
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Breath of Life
The one constant we can collectively count on is the breath. Every moment we are inhaling the purest form of life. Now, we can go for moments, seconds, minutes, even lengthy minutes without oxygen; however, we must always return to the breath, whether we know it or not. This is the essence of … [Read more...] about Breath of Life
Feeling Energy of Herbs
Today I'd like to tell you a bit more about feeling the energetics of your herbs. Unlike most companies, at Lost Empire Herbs we deal with powders and tinctures instead of pills or capsules. And for a good reason too. When you take a herb in the powder or tincture form the effects can be felt … [Read more...] about Feeling Energy of Herbs
All About Qi
Qi (also spelled chi) is one of the three treasures in Chinese Medicine along with jing and shen. (If you haven’t already, read the Introduction to the Three Treasures here, then move onto All About Jing.) While jing is the foundational energy in our body governing our constitution, aging and … [Read more...] about All About Qi