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Transform Your Life
One Breath at a Time
 February 2009
Al Jean and Don at Book Release

"The authors offer the mind-body tools needed to break bad breathing habits and recapture the respiratory power we're born with. Exercises like "the 6-second breath" aren't just quick and simple, they can provide relief from conditions like high blood pressure, anxiety, pain, and even asthma and premature aging."

-Publishers Weekly Review/Web Pick of the Week for
"Perfect Breathing"

WE WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO TURNED OUT FOR OUR BOOK RELEASE PARTY LAST MONTH. It was a spectacular success. Pictured above is us with Jean Auel, author of the best-selling "Clan of the Cave Bear" and several others. Without her support, our book never would have seen the light of day. We can't thank her, and all of you, enough for believing in us.

We received a great review from Publishers Weekly in late January. Click here to read the full review. We also got a nice mention in the March 2009 issue of Martha Stewart's Body + Soul magazine.

This month we're presenting an essay we did with Heiner Fruehauf, founding professor of the School of Classical Chinese Medicine at the National College of Natural Medicine here in Portland. He offers a Qi Gong method, called Tumo, that warms up the body basically through breathing and visualization. Amazingly, it works. Give it a try.

If you haven't yet snagged your copy of "Perfect Breathing," it's available at fine retail bookstores and shipping NOW online from Barnes & Noble and Amazon. Visit our website for more details. We're proud and excited, and hope you will be too.

Introduce the concepts of Perfect Breathing to your next conference, corporate offsite or health fair. Let us help with a custom presentation or keynote address on the benefits of mindful breathing. Please visit our companion site, Perfect Breathing, to help you get started.

Stay Warm with Qi Gong's Tumo
Heiner Fruehauf talks about generating body heat
Heiner Fruehauf

Here's an essay we did wth Heiner Fruehauf, founding professor of the School of Classical Chinese Medicine at the National College of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon.

Classic Oriental medicine teaches that we are literally somewhere between heaven and earth. All traditional medicine began as a way of breathing the universal energy (chi) that our bodies are programmed to receive. The universe provides nourishment and breathing is our way of absorbing it.

In Oriental medicine, the organs have a different function than in Western medicine. The lung is the master of chi and that of course involves the breath. There are many types of chi in the body, but breath chi is the most fundamental. The Chinese know that this is very ancient knowledge. They have found texts created around 200 BC that talk about breathing through your pores. The fact that these exercises were compiled and mature at about 200 BC leads scholars to believe that the knowledge was probably developed around 1000 BC and originated around 2000 BC.

One Tibetan exercise that specifically focuses on breathing is Tumo. The Chinese name for it, "Bow Ping Qi," means "precious bottle breath." Tumo is a great exercise for generating tremendous amounts of body heat in a short amount of time using just the breath and visualization.

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HOW-TO: The Nurturing Meditation
In honor of Valentine's Day here's an exercise to bring partners closer together

This nurturing mediation is a simple yet profound Tantric breathing exercise to help sustain energy in a relationship and draw partners closer together. It allows couples to communicate on at least three levels:

  • On the conscious level, skin to skin;
  • On the respiratory level, breath to breath; and
  • On the most subtle level chakra to chakra (which, as you may remember, are disks of energy that correspond to specific areas of the body - the base of the spine, the genitals, behind the navel, the heart, the throat, between the eyebrows and the crown of the head). Over a period of time such regular communication creates a kind of synergy between the partners' chakras.
Couples lie together spoon fashion on their left sides (for reasons of energy flow, according to the ancient Tantric texts). Whoever feels the most in need of nurturing, whoever has experienced the most stress that day, should take the inside.

Click here for the complete exercise...
PERFECT BREATHING: Transform Your Life One Breath at a Time
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Perfect Breathing can change your life. In both the book and on our website, we illuminate a simple, dynamic pathway to limitless human potential based on not only some of the most contemporary scientific information ever compiled, but on centuries-old teachings and techniques. We share simple awareness tools, techniques, information and insight from influential people from all walks of life and professions who have harnessed the energy of the breath and who offer personal and inspirational experiences that give potent testimony to the influence conscious breathing can provide.

To order your copy of the book visit Barnes & Noble Online or Amazon.com

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Al Lee offers seminars and keynotes on Perfect Breathing techniques
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With everything that is happening right now - world events, the economy, the holidays - many people are experiencing unprecedented levels of stress and anxiety. Let us show you, your group, or your association how to take advantage of the most powerful techniques available for managing stress and minimizing its affect on your health, performance, and emotions. Our simple system is easy to learn and takes just minutes a day to integrate into your personal and professional life. It's a gift that keeps giving, year after year.

Al Lee is a seasoned speaker and dynamic presenter, and can custom-design a Perfect Breathing program that will spice up your next corporate offsite, health & wellness fair, or convention, and will provide participants with everything they need to start using their most powerful source of energy - the breath - to dramatically improve their health, performance, and emotional well-being.

Coming Up
"Perfect Breathing" Book Signing
Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009
Place: While Away Books, 932 W. Harvard, Roseburg, OR
3-5 p.m.

"Perfect Breathing" Book Signing
Sunday, March 1, 2009 | Gold Beach, OR
Place: TBA

For Perfect Breathing Seminar bookings email Al Lee at: al@perfectbreathing.com and visit him at www.perfectbreathing.com

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The Perfect Breath Staff
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