BREATHING

Getting to basics is essential to living our best lives. Knowing the most important factor in life is breathing, my question is do we breathe properly? From my study over the years and my personal lack of attention to the question, my answer is NO. Knowing something and not respecting the truth about it is not worth saying one knows it....especially an energy as important to life as THE BREATH.

It is not my intention at this time to go into a drawn out assessment of the importance of THE BREATH. We all know if we don't BREATHE, we die. What we don't necessarily know, appreciate or respect is there is quality to THE BREATH and as we give honor to that, we gain  energy, expel toxins, cause our heart, lungs and cells to work more efficiently and so much more. As a person who suffers with a chronic illness for which there is no cure for...YET....my commitment to health is now more guarded knowing the weaknesses of my body. CCSVI/Multiple Sclerosis has been a drag in my life for 40 years. I was diagnosed 18 years ago, but the 20 years prior of some assessments were it's in my head, she's a hypochondriac or a malingerer. None of those were correct.....I wasn't even crazy....YAAAY...I'm sane but surely sick....THANK YOU!

Anyway, before I proceed into a rant I'm trying to avoid, my journey to respect THE BREATH began in earnest once again on March 14, 2011. Since then, I've been committed each day to set aside time to the art of THE BREATH. The trigger for me was being released from the hospital in January that was a near death experience and calling my former yoga teacher from a few years back upon my discharge. He was kind enough to send me his new DVD titled "CHAIRS AND BEYOND". Living long term through chronic illness, always having to stop and restart, even remaking and reengaging while trying to live normally causes one to become tired of having yet another thing TO DO. All that takes more time instead of just seeking the "normalcy" of living. Things we may have found pleasurable now seem to be yet another chore, even pursuing truths such as this topic.

Thanks to my instructor Martin for putting me on a course again to recommit to a better quality of life. (When he revamps his website, I will post the link.) A difficult existence this is, but I AM, WAS and ALWAYS WILL BE DETERMINED TO LIVE "MY BEST LIFE". My CHOICE is to live with HOPE, DEDICATION and COMMITMENT to the VISION, PASSION and PURPOSE that resides and rules from within.

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http://www.holisticonline.com/yoga/hol_yoga_breathing_importance.htm

TBC and BE BLESSED!

HOW A FAMOUS PERSON SPEAKS ABOUT CCSVI/MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, etc....

Recently, a certain celebrity made appearances on shows like Oprah and Monique. His celebrity causes people to listen to his voice and his story because it is the loudest and the most seen face of multiple sclerosis. That being said, Montel doesn't speak for me nor any of my friends I am connected with in my very personal life, many on Facebook or anywhere else. I was diagnosed with  multiple sclerosis 18 years ago, suffered with it's effects 20 years pre diagnosis and have had to regroup and reorganize my life every step of the way to adjust to live a new and often uncomfortably different life.

WORDS AND THE WAY THEY ARE SAID HAVE MEANING....ESPECIALLY BY THOSE WHO PEOPLE LISTEN TO AND KNOW THEIR NAMES....IMPLIED OR NOT....TRUE OR NOT...

Montel Williams has during the course of his talk show and even now represents no one I know. He has on numerous occasions referenced that he is "still a contributing member of society",.....WELL, SO AM I AND EVERY OTHER PERSON I KNOW....even though we have had to rearrange life on different terms but still figure out how to survive. No, many are no longer able to work, do the type of work we used to, can't afford to go back to school, start a new business, etc, etc., etc.,......There was no driver, administrative assistant, nanny to care for my children. So what does one do when they must a life clouded by a chronic disease...they just keep trudging along until they just fall apart....at least that's my story and that of others I know.

As a matter of fact, I even bought the Live Well machine, but it had nothing to do with him, but that purchase adds to his bottom line. No problem, I still a a consumer too. We do although plagued with this illness.....spend money. I thought it was a good piece of equipment for me to use to regain or maintain aspects of my health. It really was not something I really could afford outright, but saw it on Easy Pay on QVC for 5 payments that got it to my home. The jury is still out on that one for me since we don't use it too much. I can't function on my own anymore, need to rely on my spouse to be my caretaker, cooking, cleaning, take me places. I haven't driven for a few years. All that seems to be lost though will be regained...Call me crazy...but that's my HOPE and BELIEF SYSTEM...that's one thing I have left...and will hold onto...SOMETIMES THAT'S ALL YOU'VE GOT.....

The thing is the people I actually look up to are those whose stories have truly triumphed adversity in any area of life and pushed forward in spite of it all. I couldn't cry each time I thought of the emotional toll this disease had burdened my life with. My "audience" meaning family and friends would have listened but that wouldn't have served me well since my health would have suffered more from that added self administered stress load. I couldn't cry at work everyday around my co-workers, that would have led to me being taken out by security or sent for counseling. There wasn't or isn't much space for tears even now as one still strives to push through the terrible effects of m.s. Still after so much time, interruption and devastation caused, one must be determined to manage to hold onto a vision of success and continue to fight to regain footing of their life.

Sufferers with ms need a cure, and my long term problem I will write about again concerning the angst I have with the multi-billion dollar pharmaceuticals and other industries the prey off those of us who are sick and CCSVI - Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Intervention although a new option that is angioplasty to correct venous malformation is not being heard. Although angioplasty for CCSVI is not a cure it is the only thing that has made sense to me in all these years and thousands of others who opted to have the procedure performed mainly in the past 2 years and maybe up to 3 for others. I will post links later this week for anyone seeking further information, or let the internet be your starting point with Dr. Paolo Zamboni who pioneered the theory of CCSVI.

This post was written on a whim as my tweeting began so please overlook any errors as I just felt compelled to write tonight based upon an entry on a FB. So, thanks to my friend Keisha on Facebook who traveled with Oprah to Australia last year as one of the audience members for posting about the TWEETING tonight. Hopefully the TWEETS bring more awareness as this is coming to the close of MS AWARENESS MONTH! TBC and BE BLESSED!