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stress and tension, the color of the breath exhaled begins to change from dark to gray, per-
haps even off-white, a message from your mind that it is cleansed and refreshed.
BREATHING ENERGY
From a point beneath your feet, bring energy up through the chakras to a place above your
head. Then spiral it around you and down back to where you started. You can fill the spiral
with light or color, whatever feels best for you. If you encounter someone around whom
you tend to become drained, run the energy quickly up and down.
The Absolute Minimum
■ Alternative therapies seek to access the native energy field of the body
through breathing, physical manipulation, and conscious effort, and to har-
ness that energy to create healing and increased health.
■ Balance, spirituality, energy, and breath control lie at the center of most soci-
eties’ healing traditions, and of all the alternative therapies described in this
guide.
■ Breathing exercises are the most accessible and inexpensive of all alternative
treatments.
