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LIFESTYLE EVERY BREATH IS COUNTED By Chaina Karmakar The slower and deeper the breath is, chances of getting healthier increased. One starts experiencing the mystery of universe. 46 www.yogicherald.com Apr./May 2019 M ind Body Emotions….connecting link is Breathing. As breathing is an autonomous process, we take it for granted and do not pay any attention to it. Once the breathing gets disturbed everything falls apart. Sleep gets disturbed, followed by fractured physical and mental health. Conscious breathing or awareness to breathing helps us restore everything, like sleep, sexual energy, calm mind, where health is a byproduct. When one starts paying attention to breathing it opens us to so many new things about the self which so far are unknown to us. Once there is harmony between these three layers, we start getting insights about ourselves. Usually everyone gets this message, but because of our ignorance or chaotic mind we cannot listen to this or we cannot trust. With practice it takes us on a different frequency level, where everything is guided for example body starts conveying messages what to eat and what to not eat, when to take rest or take a pause. If we don’t listen to the message, body knows how to heal it. Sometimes it happens through vomiting, loose motion, fever, frequent urination, excessive water intake, cold or cough.