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Recieved: 1999/09/15 06:55
Subject: Re: [K-list] Drugs vs. Breath??
From: Ville Vainio

On 1999/09/15 06:55, Ville Vainio posted thus to the K-list:

On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Broomstick Broomhilda wrote:

> Has anyone experienced strong responses from any of the breathing exercises
> that they teach in yoga books etc. that have the same "mind altering"
> effects like all of these psychoactives we have been talking about?

In TV I saw a documentary about a healing center that mainly treated drug
addicts. The center was found by Stanislav Grof, and it teached
"holotropic breathing". It seemed to consist of short, rapid breathing
with eyes closed, with new age music playing in the background all the
time. The people were lying on matresses, and they were completely out of
it. In fact, I have never seen people being so out of it even after taking
large doses of psychedelics. They made weird noises, and kept turning
around. They were tripping alright.

However, I don't believe these "natural" breathing excercises are any
safer than the illegal drugs. They just may be more effectice, or then
maybe they aren't.

Ville Vainio - vvainioATnospamtp.spt.fi http://www.tp.spt.fi/~vvainio
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