Hi Mark!
I wish all the pharma-companies would make their experiments
on themselves :-) Anyway, it was a rather dangerous experiment
(admittedly I also tend to do things like than occasionally, such
as not eating for 3 days etc). Amazing that it worked out well
for you. I did not expect that it works also for food allergies.
There must be some more effects at works beyond straightening and
widening the bronchi and invigorating the breathing system.
Or maybe it is still the same - food allergy still might cause
some constriction of airways and mucus evolution,
but as they become wider and stronger, it does not cause much discomfort.

As for blues...everybody has them. It is natural.
We are self-learning systems, so we need a negative feedback.
Otherwise how will we know if we are doing well or not?
As we are much more complex information processing systems then
amoeba, the feedback also goes much more deep than just pain/pleasure,
it occures on system level and is experienced as "overal feeling"
good or bad. Thinking and analysing what in particular is causing
it and executing the conclusions is the way to turn the feed-back to
positive eventually.
It is only recently and with strong encouragement of pharma
companies that such conditions started being treated with medications.
I don't think this is right. The world where everybody is perpetualy
happy can be easily implemented by providing everybody with
daily dose of cocaine. But this would will die out very fast, as
we will become blind without positive/negative feedback to our actions
and thoughts. It is easy to fall over the cliff wandering around blind...
I am not saying that we should try to feel bad, or focus on bad
feelings. I would say to focus on the objective facts and analysis
of solutions. Once problem is solved, mood will improve automatically.

But another thing I keep reminding myself is that
"thinking" itself is a physical process that requires energy and
good bodily functions (that is where exercise actually helps).
It is no point to think about complex problem
when tired. So I use "Scarlet" method in this case - "I will not think
about this today, I can think about it tomorrow" when tired or when
some problem is notoriously not converging. Maybe you don't have
enough data to find solution, or maybe you need some random insight
that did not come today, it might come tomorrow and will for
sure come eventually...

Regards,
Evgenij

--- In strelnikova_exercise@yahoogroups.com, mclaym1@... wrote:
>
> Hello Evgenij,
>
> Yes, breathing exercises will not win the biggest loser contest.
However,
> nobody is asking them to win one.
>
> I just conducted one experiment recently. I have eaten and drank
everything
> that used to cause an allergy attack in the past: coffee almost
every day,
> citrus fruits, and even nuts. I have done it for my own
experimentation
> purposes. There was no allergy attack, but there were some symptoms
of allergy that
> were quickly eliminated by breathing exercises. Therefore, breathing
> exercises get an A mark in my book.
>
> I wish they were just as effective for other conditions I have. I
assume I
> need patience to reach results. I started to have many blues (bad
moods)
> lately due to having business difficulties and current inability to
make progress.
> I do not know how you deal with them. The effect of exercises on
them is
> only short-lived in my case.
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>
>
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