Touching the Mountain-The Self-Breema Handbook

For centuries, the mountain villagers of Breemava have practiced a simple series of exercises to create vibrant health, vitality, and inner harmony. Based on the highest laws of nature, Self-Breema exercises activate the body's self-healing forces. Now, for the first time, these treasured secrets

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are available to Western readers.

This easy-to-follow manual will initiate you into the extraordinary world of Self-Breema, introduce you to the many benefits of this powerful system, and show you how, in just minutes a day, you can transform tension, stress, and fatigue into new energy and vitality.

Dr. Jon Schreiber, D.C., is Director of the Institute for Health Improvement and of Schreiber Chiropractic Natural Health Center in Oakland, California.
He has helped thousands of people regain and improve their health through Self-Breema, and teaches these simple and amazing execises througout the world.

Contents

Acknowledgments
Dedication
Disclaimer
Preface
1 Introduction
Effects of the exercises
Historic origins
How Breema came to the West
The language of the body
Nurturing vs. stimulating effects
Self-Breema and health improvement
Organization of the book
2 Physiology
Musculoskeletal
Yin and yang
Meridians
Hara
Sarkhaneh
A word on back problems
3 Principles
Suggestions for practice
Find a partner and appropriate space
Find an interest in your mind
Register the effects of the exercise
Seek a balance between form and comfort
Remain a beginner
Hara and connection to the body
Recurrent moves and postures-Standing; Sitting; Brushing; Leaning; Lowering the arms; Holding
How to start each exercise
How to read the exercises
4 Set A: Introductory exercises
Grinding the wheat
Circling the knee
Touching the source
Gushing spring
5 Set B
Chasing the arrow
Harvesting the resin
Touching the mountain
Hulling the walnut
6 Set C
Evening posture
Dancing on the grapes
Erasing the page
Opening the heart
7 Set D
Creating flow
Fire posture
Tilling the soil
Giving to the earth
8 Set E
Closing the gate
Dropping the load
Palming the eyes
Kidney charge
Applying the Self-Breema to common health problems
Table 1 Principal physical emphasis of the exercises
Alphabetical index of exercises
The Institute for Health Improvement
About the autho

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