Mark,
to your question about results of our 3 years doing the exercise.

First, we started because my daughter was getting asthma attacks
in the night and doctor prescribed using an albuterol inhalator
machine and twice a day steroids. During the aggravated time
(typically caused by allergy to some plants and by any colds) she
could barely run.

In search of alternatives to continious steroids which I distrusted
knowing about side effects, I found the exercise,
and we started doing it twice a day.

We tried to do exercise _during_ the attack too, as
it is supposed to stop it. In fact it always worked for
us. It took usually 2 rounds of "pump", "hugs" and "pump and hugs"
to make her feel better enough to sleep.

After about 2 weeks attacks were gone. We did not start with steroids
actually, and we no longer had to use inhaler.
Gradually we went to one time a day exercise, usually evening.
Attacks did not come back.
She would occasionally (once or twice a year) become congested that
gives you a feeling that attack might come, but we made sure we
intensify exercise in such cases, do it twice a day. Attacks did not
come anymore.

Now she is quite sporty, playing basketball for a teem already 2
years, dancing with a professional performing group and generally very
active. No restriction for activity either outside or inside.
One thing worth noting is that she is doing very well mentally
too. Learned to read page-wise text with 3.5 years old and now in
second grade finishing 4th grade math-book. I am not sure exercise
helps directly, but trust and closeness that parent develops while
doing exercise every day helps to do other systematic things together
such as teaching stuff.

For myself, I think I have reduced accidence of colds (to which I
am normally prone) about twice. I did not miss a single day
of work for last 5 years because of a cold (mind you that just
before we started an exercise I was so bad that I got a pneumonia
and had to use inhaler for 2 weeks).
Weight -- well, I never had problems with it before, but than
5 years ago I came to USA with its double-cheeseburgers, and it
started to show in gaining 10 pounds or so. Maybe without Strelnikova
it would be worse. Anyway, I got it back down by intensifying my
other exercises (staff) by trying to do it about 3 times a week.
Pressure - it is staying very well so far. Hard to say what
is helping there.


Regards,
Evgenij