"Light" and "heavy" air
If you look into the office where your colleagues have been discussing something for several hours and arguing about something, you'll immediately notice - well, the air is heavy here. They are already breathing with difficulty, and they do not think much, because in the office not only the amount of oxygen decreased, but also the ion balance was sharply disturbed. Ions are the smallest particles of air that are formed by the action of cosmic and solar radiation, as well as the natural radioactive field of the Earth. They are easy and heavy. Air, saturated with light ions, easier to part with oxygen, so it breathes freely and thinks well: impulses along nerve fibers are transmitted quickly, the head is clear. For example, during a thunderstorm in the atmosphere, a lot of light ions are formed, including ozone - it cleans the air, causing us a light euphoria and cheerfulness. And heavy ions (like the union of molecules with dust) hardly give oxygen to the cells, so they worsen the state of health - they slow down thinking, cause headache, a feeling of drowsiness and fatigue. Ionizers increase the number of light ions and ozonize the air, causing the bacteria to die in it. Before the procedure, we eliminate the dust in the house and carefully ventilate it - otherwise we will get a lot of heavy ions. For rooms that are difficult to ventilate, there are air conditioners that ionize the air.
Under the roof of your house
"Internal" air consists of one hundred chemical components, the fifth part of which is harmful for us. Poisoning the air furniture from chipboard - it spreads the vapors of formaldehyde; many varieties of linoleum exude styrene; some types of wallpaper contain salts of heavy metals. Carpets, synthetic floor coverings and heavy curtains are full of dust, and the vacuum cleaner does not eliminate it, but only grinds and dissolves in the air. In pots with flowers and in a damp bathroom often grows black mold, whose spores cause allergies, chronic rhinitis and conjunctivitis.
Do not poison yourself.
Choose at repair as much as possible natural materials: floors - wooden, wallpaper - paper, paints - on a water basis. The most "healthy" furniture - wooden, from the array, and if you are forced to take from MDF or chipboard, then look closely, so that it is whole and without chips, otherwise the formaldehyde will evaporate through the damaged surface. In the bathroom, put a powerful hood and always wipe the floors dry, so that there is no mold. And all of us should think about whether there are so many green plants, carpets, curtains and bedspreads in the house ...
Atmosphere of rest
Do you want to shut off, rise up and regain your common sense? Go to the mountains and you will experience the feeling: "I'm above my troubles, I do not care about them." Oxygen in the mountain air is less than in the plain, and with its deficit, hemopoiesis is stimulated: more erythrocytes become, hemoglobin increases. And in a few days we feel a surge of vivacity. The brain in conditions of easy oxygen starvation does not spend its energy on "chewing" the sorrows, but switches to the mode of operation in the current moment - what is important now is important. And in the mountain air there is no dust, soot, exhaust fumes. It is free of bacteria (solar radiation, very active at such an altitude, with them), and it is a real panacea for citizens suffering from frequent colds, bronchitis and influenza. Are you afraid of heights? Go to Spain, where on the gentle slopes of the Pyrenees grow olive plantations and a lot of medicinal herbs - thyme, thyme, rosemary. The air is saturated with essential oils of olives and spicy herbs, it calms not only crazy nerves, but skin irritations and eczema.
Maestro of Madness
We very badly endure a dry hot wind that blows as if from a stove or from hell. This is what is emerging in the deserts of North Africa and Arabia. At first the sands begin to mourn "sing", as the air chases the masses of grains of sand from place to place, and then a strong wind blows for weeks and the temperature rises to 50 degrees. The constant seasonal wind from the mountains, which in Switzerland, Austria and Germany is called a hair dryer, is alarmed. With its approach, people complain of inexplicable longing, nervousness, migraine, insomnia. The cores are especially bad. Residents of southern France can not stand the cold and strong wind from the north, which blows for weeks, and at this time everyone feels uncomfortable. He was called Mistral (in translation from Provencal - "maestro") - for the fact that he controls the mood of a huge number of people. Bunin devoted to him a magnificent story of the same name. A similar wind in the north of Spain is called tramontane. He "bears the microbes of insanity," said Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Spanish psychiatrists point out that some people have tramontane causing severe depression, while others have a creative tide and unusual capacity for work.
Revenge of the Element
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina wiped out half of New Orleans. The wind not only crashed houses, it raised the water level in Mississippi and the nearest lake, driving a wave over six meters high through the streets. After the hurricane, the population of the legendary jazz city has decreased, according to various sources, by 30-40% - people left the danger zone. Why was the element so destructive? According to one of the versions, to all the fault of human self-confidence. In earlier times, New Orleans was surrounded by marshes overgrown with a powerful shrub. There was a tidal wave in it, when hurricanes were approaching. Then the swamps were drained, the bushes were cut down, the city was completely defenseless against the power of the wind, and nature took revenge for folly. The air element governs us as a conductor - a large symphony orchestra. Breath touches us - and the strings of our soul sound in unison. The air of our house, the atmosphere of rest, the wind of change and the hurricane of feelings - how many meanings and secrets are hidden in this seemingly familiar and inconspicuous element of the eye. Let's touch some of her secrets.
And what about us
Hurricanes, fortunately, are much more modest. But the seaside dunes, which protect the shore from the waves, should not be touched anyway. For Latvia are characterized by western wet winds. Storms and storms are played out in October-November, and strong snowstorms - in February. In July 2008, a tornado appeared near Liepaja - a rare phenomenon for us. He did not do any harm.
Esoteric view
Air embodies the power of thought and is a male energy - self-willed, active and impetuous, like fire, but more subtle and spiritual. This element is responsible for the birth of ideas, inspiration. Air establishes connections, transmits information, paves the way from feelings to thoughts, puts emotions in verbal form.
European analogue
In India, it is believed that the air contains prana - a special kind of energy that nourishes the mind and spirit, like food the body. Without prana, the nervous system does not work well: we experience apathy, we reach everything with difficulty and pain, we forget and forget fast. Deficiency of prana is a creative impasse. There is a sufficient dose of prana - thought soars over everyday life, original ideas come to mind, the need to learn new things comes back. In Europe in 1927, the well-known psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich reported that he discovered the orgone - a gas without color, weight and smell, which permeates the whole atmosphere of the Earth and is pure energy. Because of his discovery, he first quarreled with all his fellow psychoanalysts, and then with Einstein, who at the first stage showed interest in his research. Reich was of a disagreeable character and did not forgive anyone for distrust and doubt. In 1940, the scientist constructed a special battery of the orgone and used it to treat oncological diseases. For the orgone Reich literally gave his life: in 195! year in the US, he was convicted of illegal treatment of patients using an unknown technique and put in prison, where he died two years later of a heart attack.
Where to find prana
In nature. Most of all prana is collected in the mountains and near the flowing water. It is saturated with air above the river, near the brook, spring and waterfall. Especially a lot of prana on the shore of mountain streams - it's not for nothing that the hermits of all religions preferred to build their huts there. Prana is best absorbed in a state of peace and tranquility - just look and breathe.
Where it is not exactly
In places of a large crowd of people - in the hospital, crowded bus, at a football match.
Make friends with the wind
We love the wind for being completely free, symbolizing change, pushing ahead and cooling the hot head. As the esotericists say, the wind is the active hypostasis of the air, the source of energy. You can make friends with the winds. In the morning, as soon as you wake up, look out of the window and feel the movement of air on your face. Mentally say hello to him. On the street, face the wind and imagine what he wants to tell you. Once a week, build a grand draft in the house: the wind will quickly cleanse the stagnant energy and clear the mind of all living in the house. For the duration of through ventilation (20-30 minutes), leave the house. Friendship with the wind guarantees you a constant flow of necessary news, information and rumors.
Ritual for desire
At your house or at the cottage, set the flagpole with a flag that rinses in the wind. You can hang out colorful ribbons or your personal banner from a fabric of any color. Write a wish on the cloth. If you live in a city apartment, attach a light and transparent tape with a desire outside the living room window.
Winter ritual for a challenge through the blizzard
If you want to receive news from someone who is dear to you and need it, write his name on pieces of paper, a blizzard of frosty night, go to the intersection, tear the sheets into small pieces, let them dance with snowflakes and twice shout the important name for you as loudly as possible, first in the wind, then against the wind.
Storm and a storm of feelings
Some witch rituals are conducted in a storm, so that they reach colossal power. Especially from black magic, designed to destroy - breaking relationships, divorce or illness. Extraordinary power is given to curses sent into a thunderstorm. In stormy weather, we manage to throw out a storm of feelings without any harm to those around us - anger, envy, grief, resentment, anger. Type a handful of small heavy objects - for example, bolts, nuts. Go out into a deserted place, rise on the dais and forcefully throw objects down, into the wind, uttering out loud everything that has boiled on your soul.
Air people
These include those who were born under the air signs: Gemini, Libra and Aquarius. The Man-Air is intelligent and witty, inspiration is not alien to him, he likes women and knows how to be charming. He has a weak instinct for self-preservation. If he is passionate about something, he works on wear, until I fall, or he risks his life for adrenaline. After all, air is a gas that seeks unlimited expansion. If your man belongs to the elements of Air, you will constantly have to hold him. This is how Marina Vlady and Vladimir Vysotsky acted. Perhaps without it, he would have died earlier, at a critical age for "air" men - 37 years (plus or minus two years). So it happened with Pushkin, also a representative of the air element. The Woman-Air commands only because she is not able to obey. She works a lot, because she is interested. She is always in the thick of events: "Who is the witness? I'm a witness, but what happened? "She appreciates the beauty of people, buildings, clothes, pictures, landscapes. But never in everything to the end does not join and in all doubts, beginning with himself and ending with a beloved man. If you belong to air signs, remember: you can not cling to men, you are too easy for this, let them hold you and do not let you out of your arms. Look at the writer Françoise Sagan. She has been actively catching and holding men all her life, getting into them with antipathy because of her exorbitant efforts and eventually giving up on them.
Lazurite - for stability
Romantic blue stone with golden sparks attracts to the woman-Air friends, develops her intuition, increases vitality, strengthens health, gives soul harmony. They wear lapis lazuli on their breasts - a necklace, a pendant, and a bracelet on the wrist in the pulse region.
And about health
When we change the frequency and depth of breathing, the concentration of gases, the speed and direction of metabolic processes change in the brain and internal organs. There are different breathing techniques that allow us to heal, calm down, enter into ecstasy and experience mystical experiences.
Buteyko's Breath
It is recommended to breathe shallowly, superficially and with a small frequency in order to increase the concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood, to relieve spasms of the bronchi, vessels, digestive tract and slow down the metabolic processes. Helps with bronchial asthma, frequent ARI and bronchitis. Reduces appetite and allows you to lose weight.
Breathing on Neumyvakin
We breathe slowly, shallowly, with a long slow exhalation. We do exercises every day for several minutes with a delay of breathing - on a shallow inspiration for 20-30 seconds. The technique of Neumyvakin dilates blood vessels, improves the blood supply to the brain. As the author believes, his method heals from migraine, chronic fatigue and another dozen different ailments.
The Breath of Yogis
During inspiration, the diaphragm is lowered, the stomach protrudes slightly, during exhalation - it rises, returning to its place. It can be easy or deep, the main thing is to connect the diaphragm to the breathing. Calms, balances, relieves muscle and emotional tension. Helps to absorb a lot of prana. Grafts a philosophical view of life.
Holotropic breath
Invented by a scientist, psychiatrist and psychologist Stanislav Grof to enter the subconscious, the experience of his birth, and also to travel through the astral world and his past lives. First, Stanislav Grof studied the work of the psyche with the help of LSD, and when the drug was banned, he used the same breathing rhythm as people had on LSD to introduce the altered consciousness. The principle is to breathe very deeply, very intensely, to saturate the brain with oxygen and to rebuild the work of its enzyme systems up to visions and incredible experiences. Practiced only in the presence of a mentor or an instructor, since emotions when immersed are very strong and are painful and unbearable. And someone has to watch over you, hold your hand and calm. Helps to make a creative breakthrough, to find a new goal in life, to understand yourself.
Pilates breathing
You breathe only with a difficult cage that inhales as much as possible, spreads out to the sides, exhales - returns to the original volume. The abdomen is tight and tight, its muscles are strengthened, you become slim, the posture improves, which is the purpose of the method.