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JUNE — JULY 2007 @ REVIEWS HOW TO SWAP ASTHMA FOR LIFE Finally, he outlines a code of conduct that frontier science that is changing our under- by Michael Clark, NUQAA holistic Buteyko practitioners must abide by; _ standing of consciousness and reality. The Well Naturally Pub. House, UK, 2007 __ this constitutes useful advice, too, for the McTaggart introduces her own exciting ISBN 978-0-9555839-0-2 (261 pp tpb) client in selecting the right teacher. experiment in which readers can participate Available: http://www.wellnaturally.co.uk A Q&A section, a paper on the theoretical _after completing her practical program of hat the UK alone has five million diag- premises of the Buteyko Method and a glos- _ "intention exercises" designed to aid medita- sary cap off this very informative book. tion, visualisation and focus of intent. She's nosed cases of asthma and 18,000 new . . set up a website, http://www.theintention cases each week is cause for great concern, and UK Buteyko practitioner Michael Clark THE INTENTION EXPERIMENT experiment.com, to allow participants to link is determined to do something about it. In by Lynne McTaggart up to focus the collective power of positive fact, he met Prof. Buteyko, developer of the — Free Press/Simon & Schuster, USA, 2007 intention on specific targets, e.g., in remote scientifically based breathing technique that — ISBN 0-7432-7695-7 (289pp hc) healing of individuals, clearing pollution or overcomes "overbreathing", just months Available: http://www.simonsays.com generally helping make the planet a vette before he died in 2003 and promised to n the follow-up to her book The Field (see P'@C€ with more compassionate people. She spread the word about the technique. NEXUS 8/06), London-based health and has the support of consciousness scientists Brenda Dunne and Robert Jahn of the PEAR lab at Princeton University and Fritz-Albert Popp and colleagues at the International In his book, Clark gives a brief history of spirituality author Lynne McTaggart asthma before describing the different types | explores what shamans and mystics have of asthma and their triggers, which can known since time immemorial: that : Paar A : A : : F Institute for Biophysics in Germany in include allergens such as animal dander, thoughts are things with a tangible energy desionine experimental protocols and pollen and dust mite dirt, airborne pollu- and can exert influence on other things for signing exp P ° analysing the results of each experiment. It will be interesting to see more proof that the power of our thoughts, intentions, imagery and actions can change the world. tants, perfumes, bacteria, poor diet (e.g., too good or ill, thus affecting physical reality. much acidifying rather than alkalising food), | Furthermore, the power of thought, or inten- stress and even fear. He then discusses the tion, can transcend time and space. conventional asthma medications and their Experiments into the so-called "observer" side effects, and follows up with information — effect in quantum physics were stepped up about Buteyko's treatment and the science of __ over 30 years ago to test "directed remote respiration and breathing. mental influence" and "intentionality", and In the following sections, Clark explains here McTaggart highlights some landmark some essential breathing and posture tech- scientific research illustrating how intention niques that have been used successfully in works, how it can be used in one's life, and teaching asthmatics how to breathe properly _ the conditions that optimise its effect. Tom i without hyperventilating. This condition Rosenbaum and Sayantani Ghosh's work causes a depletion of carbon dioxide in the with "mutable" crystals, Cleve Backster's lungs, which causes the blood vessels to research on plants and cell cultures reacting Ti & spasm and tissues to be starved of oxygen. to human intent, Elisabeth Targ and Marilyn oe The Buteyko breathing method restores bal- _—_ Schitz's "Love Study" on the effect of Ty tention ance to the respiratory system. "remote staring", Stanley Krippner's z= Next, Clark looks at other alternative asth- _ research into brain coherence of indigenous a pe riment ma treatments from acupuncture to yoga, and spiritual healers, and Mitch Krucoff and and hints at why your GP may not have Suzanne Crater's "MANTRA" studies of i t heard of the drug-free Buteyko technique. directed prayer groups are just some of the Finally, he outlines a code of conduct that holistic Buteyko practitioners must abide by; this constitutes useful advice, too, for the client in selecting the right teacher. A Q&A section, a paper on the theoretical premises of the Buteyko Method and a glos- sary cap off this very informative book. frontier science that is changing our under- standing of consciousness and reality. McTaggart introduces her own exciting experiment in which readers can participate after completing her practical program of "intention exercises" designed to aid medita- tion, visualisation and focus of intent. She's set up a website, http://www.theintention experiment.com, to allow participants to link up to focus the collective power of positive intention on specific targets, e.g., in remote healing of individuals, clearing pollution or generally helping make the planet a better place with more compassionate people. She has the support of consciousness scientists Brenda Dunne and Robert Jahn of the PEAR lab at Princeton University and Fritz-Albert Popp and colleagues at the International Institute for Biophysics in Germany in designing experimental protocols and analysing the results of each experiment. It will be interesting to see more proof that the power of our thoughts, intentions, imagery and actions can change the world. NEXUS = 69 www.nexusmagazine.com