Revelation of the Breath

Sharon G. Mijares is a practicing psychologist and teaches at National University and Brandman University. She is the coeditor (with Gurucharan Singh Khalsa) of Psychospiritual Clinician's Handbook: Alternative Methods for Understanding and Treating Mental Disorders; editor of Modern Psychology and Ancient Wisdom: Psychological Healing Practices from the World's Religious Traditions, and coauthor (with Aliaa Rafea, Rachel Falik, and Jenny Eda Schipper) of The Root of All Evil: An Exposition of Prejudice, Fundamentalism, and Gender Imbalance.

"…shows us what a profound tool for well-being, healing, and creativity our breath can be when used consciously … this book is highly concentrated—a lot comes through in each short chapter. It is not excessively complex or technical. It speaks to the professional and to the layperson." — AHP Perspective"Breathing is taken for granted in today's busy world, yet it is vital to all sentient beings. The Revelation of the Breath approaches the topic from a variety of perspectives, all of them contributing toward an appreciation of one's breath not only for survival but for transformation. I suspect that readers of this incredible book will never breathe in quite the same way again." — Stanley Krippner, coeditor of Varieties of Anomalous Experience: Examining the Scientific Experience

• AcknowledgmentsForewordSeyyed Ali Kianfar Shah Nazar Uwaiysi IntroductionPart I: Eastern Breathing Practices 1. Ancient and Modern Yoga: A Science of Breath, Healing, and EnlightenmentSharon G. Mijares, Ph.D.2. Tibetan Buddhism and the BreathMichael Essex, M.D., and Timothy Laporte, M.A., with Drupon Samten Rinpoche3. The Breath of the Tao and the Tao of BreathingBenjamin Tong, Ph.D.4. Breathing Respect: Breath and the Martial Way of Aikido Darrell Bluhm, ShihanPart II: Western Breathing Practices 5. Character Armoring: Walls Between Oneself and the World Vincentia Schroeter, Ph.D.6. Birth, Rebirthing and Learning to BreatheMichael Sky7. The Healing Potential of Holotropic Breathwork Stanislav Grof, M.D., and Kylea Taylor, MFT8. Freediving: Learning Not to BreatheOrion Garland9. Buteyko: A Method for Healing with the BreathRussell and Jennifer Stark10. Breathexperience: A Somatic Science and Art of LivingJuerg Roffler with Ilse MiddendorfPart III: Middle Eastern Breathing Practices 11. Jewish Mysticism: Kabbalah and the BreathSheldon Z. Kramer, Ph.D., and Maura Richman, M.S.12. The Holy Breath: Breath in the Cosmology and Spiritual Practice of the Aramaic JesusNeil Douglas-Klotz, Ph.D.13. The Divine Vibration in the Breath—A Song of LifeSonia GilbertPart IV: Further Explorations of the Healing Power of the Breath 14. The Natural Breath: A Dialogue between Western Somatic and Eastern Spiritual Approaches to the Body Awareness of BreathingNeil Douglas-Klotz, Ph.D.15. Be Wary When You Breathe: Respecting Its Wisdom, Power, and BeautySharon G. Mijares, Ph.D. 16. Children Learning to Breathe: An Education for Our FutureKen Friedman17. Breathing for a Better WorldPuran BairContributorsIndex