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OUT: Outsourcing. IN: Insourcing.
"Insourcing." That's at the top of my trending list for 2012. But, how do we make reshoring—bringing jobs back from overseas—real? For America to have a thriving economy and lower unemployment, we need to create more good-paying jobs. And to do that, we'll have to win back some of the jobs that have been shipped overseas for the past decade.
President Obama, to his great credit, gathered about a dozen businesses and many more experts at the White House to strategize on how to bring manufacturing jobs back to America. Within the past year, major consulting firms have published a litany of reports urging businesses to take a look at reshoring. This week, the White House issued its own report.
There is no doubt that some progress has been made. American manufacturing jobs have grown over the past two years—the first time that's happened in more than 15 years. Our nation gained 23,000 manufacturing jobs in December alone. Other manufacturing indicators—sales outlook, growth in output—have also been in consistently positive territory. The Center for Automotive Research predicts that the auto industry and its suppliers alone could add 167,000 American jobs over the next three years.
Here are five things the President should highlight in the State of the Union address to ensure that the significant trickle of reshored jobs becomes a genuine trend:
- Adopt insourcing tax incentives, such as extending a domestic manufacturing tax credit for clean energy and enlarging a deduction for US manufacturing activity. Also, improve the research and development tax credit by making it more generous for innovation that is actually commercialized in America. Finally, adopt a federal tax incentive for companies that reshore high-paying jobs.
- Work to balance our trade account by continuing aggressive trade enforcement, where a major hat tip should be given to the Obama Administration for its support of domestic industries. But, the Administration must also work to stop China's currency manipulation and lower our record trade deficit with that nation.
- Invest in infrastructure to make our economy more efficient, our businesses more competitive, and to create some demand for manufactured materials.
- Apply Buy America laws to make sure that our manufacturers get a reasonable preference for federal procurement on everything from commemorative wristbands to major bridge reconstruction. The Department of Transportation does a good job of applying the Buy America laws on the books, but other agencies need to step up, and loopholes need to be closed.
- Invest in our workers to ensure we have skilled human capital on the factory floor, in the research lab, and in the executive suite. Our educational system is built towards guiding every child into a four year college and every MBA onto Wall Street. That shouldn't be the case. We must rebuild our vocational education system from the ground up, or we will never make manufacturing great again.
There are also factors beyond our control that can help—or hurt—these efforts to reshore jobs: namely, the value of the dollar, shipping costs, and consumer preferences. But, if you think we can't be a manufacturing powerhouse as a high-wage nation, then think again. Germany, where average manufacturing wages are in some cases double that of American wages, has balanced trade with China (we have an annual $272 billion deficit) and over 20 percent of its economy in manufacturing (we have 11 percent).
It's clear from the job numbers, as well as voter sentiment, that Made in America is starting to make its way back. But we want reshoring to be more than a slogan—we want it to be our national policy.
**This editorial was cross-posted on The Hill, Huffington Post, IndustryWeek, and Daily Kos.
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Our Government has to Start Protecting American Jobs
We need to bring manufacturing back to the United States of America!
Most US Citizens are not as concerned about the "Global Economy" as they are about being able to earn a living, their children's future and the future of our country.
The "Global Market Place" is not a level playing field! We should provide tax incentives and if necessary even partial subsidies to companies that manufacture products here in the USA with US Citizens. We need to add tariffs that are proportionate to the inequities in wages and regulations in the country where the goods were produced and or where we're importing them from. We could then use the money raised by these tariffs to help companies build state of the art manufacturing plants here in the USA, which would create more jobs here at home for US citizens, which would then in turn increase our income tax revenue. We also need to bring customer support services back to the United States of America and staff them with employees that are US Citizens. Both political parties sold out the American people by letting Wall Street, Corp Board of Directors and CEOs open the floodgates. There's nothing wrong with making a profit and people in these other countries deserve to earn a higher standard of living, but our leaders can't allow it to happen at the expense of the American people, who they're supposed to represent. Both the Democrats and Republicans have to stop just arguing along party lines and actually get things done that are in the best interests of the United States of America and all US Citizens, including the majority of our citizens.
We have to stop letting Corp Boards, Wall Street and CEOs promote sending US jobs to countries where they work for slave wages, no benefits, no OSHA safety standards or no real environment regulations. The so-called "Global Market Place" is not a level playing field. Companies may have made higher profits by doing this, but they've been putting middle class Americans who are a good part of the world's customer base out of work. I'm not a lefty or member of any union. I run a business that employs over 20 people and produces products that are purchased by customers that do manufacturing and packaging. I'm just an average Joe, but I've been saying this for more than 10 years now. If I can see it, so can our so-called leaders (political leaders) who are beholden to the same people who are exporting our jobs. We need a 3rd party that actually does what's best for all Americans (US Citizens) rather than just worrying about their party and winning the next election. Even though I usually vote Republican, I think they put the interests of Wall Street above the interests of the majority of Americans (Middle Class US Citizens).
Again most US Citizens are not as concerned about the "Global Economy" as they are about being able to earn a living, their children's future and the future of our country.
We Also Need to Stop Illegal immigration! They're not just doing jobs that Americans don't want. Do they pay taxes? Don't get me wrong most of these people work very hard, but are a drain on the system if they don't pay taxes, have healthcare coverage, learn the language or get paid wages that are inline with their American counterparts. We all know that the health care provided to uninsured illegals here in the states is being averaged into our hospital costs and our insurance premiums, which have proportionately increased along with illegal immigration over the last 20 years? And who's footing the bill for the education of their children and the infrastructure around them?
Regarding Unions: They were necessary at one time in our country, but now they've gone over board and just make us less competitive with the rest of the world.
(Under Clinton jobs to China, Under Bush I & II influx of illegals or cheap easily abused labor into the US and jobs to Mexico/NAFTA) I voted for Reagan, Reagan, Bush, Perot, Dole, Bush, Bush and McCain
And now we find out that we have subsidized Chinese companies rebuilding our bridges with tax money that was supposed to stimulate our economy and create jobs for Americans - Are they frigging kidding me! When is it going to stop?
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I have a 5 month old and I'm pregnant again!! Need moral support!!
I have an almost 4 year old and a 5 month old and I just found out Im pregnant again! To be honest I am scared because I had a c-section so recent and I am a little embarrassed. It was a total accident, but I do admit I was not on any bc. I'm afraid I will have people judging me because my daughter and this baby will only be 13 months apart. Not that it matters, but since Im already uneasy about the whole thing it just bothers me more. I was just wanting some advise/support from those of you who have been through this before. Thanks!
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I just found out yesterday that I'm prego again too! And my son just turned 5 months old. I feel better knowing that I'm not alone...but I am embarassed in a way...but...who cares..My husband and I are so happy. Yes, it was a little unexpected, but...it was meant to be :Dposted 08/29/2012 by Katymyster322
I fell pregnant 2 months after having my baby..I was going to the GYM hoping to get my body back in shape then I skipped my period and there it was I was pregnant..it took me a while to believe it but yep I was pregnant. Now I am so happy as the my youngest and this little baby will grow up close together and keep each other company, as far as people judging I couldnt care less about as they are not the ones feeding raring etc..If anything I am proud, and look forward to this baby coming to show them both off...honestly you shouldnt bother yourself about other people they are not important...and look forward to having your baby ...good luck =)posted 02/14/2011 by RoisinB
I had my daughter on 3/23 and I am pregnant again...BIG SHOCK. I cried for two week straight, and from what I hear from co workers and friends as well as family members it's very common. I honestly thought my third child was going to be my last! I still have not gone to the MD to get checked but I had blood work drawn to confirm I am pregnant! I also feel embarrassed, but really I sit back and think are they paying my bills and going to help me with my child? NO! Look at it this way, we were blessed with another child, as God gives us children as gifts. Also, our kids will be so close in age they will be like best friends! There are also positives if you really think about it. I am still nursing my 5 month old so I still take prenatals so I know my child will be okay. I go to my appt next week. One more thing, I have a 9 year old and a 6 year old so really I have my hands full. :) A ll is going to be okay! Us woman are strong enough to handle it all! God made us that way!posted 09/05/2011 by amandrade88
OMG I thought I was the only one My little girl is 5 months & I just found I am pregnant I havent told anyone but my husband because I feel so ashamed This has lifted my spirits.posted 02/13/2013 by destinedleo17
everything should b oka I am a very fertal person I have a 17 mth old and a 6mth old n I jus found out im pregnant again my kids r 11 mths apart but never think tht it is a mistake god never makes mistakes he only makes blessings n always remember god never put ne thing n ur hands tht u can nt handle there is always a plan behind everything :)posted 08/28/2013 by mommyof2rudolphs
Wow i found yesterday that i am preggy also and i have 6 month baby girl.im so relived to hear that its happening to other women cause i was so confused.posted 07/21/2013 by wendymazeka
hi well i have a 2year old ,a 5month old and im now 3 months pregnant so hey ur not the only one,we were shocked when we found out but were past that now and cant wait ,kids will allgrow up together and as for people judging its our lifes we cudnt care and neither shuld u :)..chin up chick were blessed to be having kids lots of woman that cant have babys would die for the chance :).xxxxposted 10/02/2013 by nataliexx12
I took two pregancy test and they both were positive, my baby child is five months old, I have a 8 year old and a 3 year old, I am also worried about what pople are going to say, ecspecially my family, not only am I worried but I am scared for my health because I had gestational diabeted with my last two kids and after I gave birth to my last child I bleed and clotted so much I thought I was not gonna survive but thank GOD I'm still here! But the doctor told me that the reason I bleed/clotted badly is because of having multiple pregnancies I never heard of such thing......Bitter Sweet : /posted 04/30/2013 by tiviab
Thanks ladies for the support! Its nice to know I am not in this alone. Some time has passed and I am pretty much over the initial shock of being pregnant again. I am actually getting excited now. I am so thankful that God has blessed me with another little one. It for sure was not planned, but I know He has a reason for it, and I know I will love this baby (I thinks its a boy) just as much as my other 2. Im due October 8th, so I still have some time to prepare...and I need every bit of it...lol...but I am looking forward to meeting he or she. I guess I am the most nervous about another c-section. My 2nd was sooo much easier than my first, but still no fun! I am a big hypochondriac when it comes to medicine and needles and cutting me open...lol. I totally had myself convinced I was going to die during my 2nd csection, but Ill save that for another post...lol. Again thanks again soo much for all of your posts!!posted 03/15/2011 by brysons_mommy
was my baby.. they were wrong mins later i had contractions.. and when i looked down below.. there was my precious angel layin on his side between my legs.. i went crazy even though he was only 8 weeks he already was completly formed legs arms finger! eyes.. ): i was so broken i regret saying that i didnt want him i never meant for this to happen i feel so guilty.. its awful so ladys please pleasee dont regret glyour little one.. going tru a miscarriage loosing a baby is the worse any woman can go tru i feel so bad they are a blessing from God and i feel so guilty.. im so heartbroken the only one who is healing my heart is my princess.. i adore her so much.. so good luck ladys n Godbless<3posted 10/30/2012 by vicky4312
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(Mayfield, Ky.) -- Kentucky State Police and the Graves County Sheriff's Office have made two arrests in connection with multiple burglaries which took place over the past two months. After receiving information about possible locations of stolen property in Graves County, Troopers and Deputies executed a search warrant in Pryorsburg on Wednesday evening. The search revealed numerous items which had been reported stolen from residences in Graves and Calloway County including, video game systems, jewelry, and stereo equipment. Subsequent to the search, a 16-year-old was taken into custody and charged by Kentucky State Police. The juvenile was charged with Burglary 1st Degree. On Thursday, September 3rd, Deputy Steve Halsell, of the Graves County Sheriff's Office, arrested 18-year-old Keifer Clymer of Mayfield charging him with Burglary 2nd, Receiving Stolen Property, and Intimidating a Participant in a Legal Process. The investigation is continuing by The Kentucky State Police and the Graves County Sheriff's Office.


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I haven't waded through FanPosts or comments yet, so I don't know if it's been mentioned but... I can't get over how weird the call-in by David Garrard was during yesterday's game broadcast. It was so random, and then showing a picture he put up on Twitter of his arm in a sling. Has this happened before? Everyone I was watching the game with and my Twitter feed was like "What in the world?" during it. Thoughts?


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Albany - After two straight seasons without a win, the Albany High Indians are on a roll with two victories in their last three games.
The Indians try to make it three wins in a four games this week against 1-AA rival Thomasville
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Albany High head coach Reginald Mitchell knows his team faces a big challenge in the Rose City but says his players have a new attitude after breaking their 23 game losing streak three weeks ago.
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Troopers seized 8 ounces of cocaine, worth approximately $25,000, following a traffic stop in Lorain County on Monday night. Troopers stopped a 2000 Chevy Venture minivan with Pennsylvania registration, for a marked lanes violation on the Ohio Turnpike near milepost 135. During interaction with the driver, troopers noticed a large rectangular object in the passenger's pants. During a pat-down for weapons, troopers seized 8 ounces of cocaine that he had concealed.
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This dessert must be made a day before you are planning to serve it.
Separate eggs into two bowls. Blend Tia Maria and chocolate liquor into yolks. Using wire whisk, blend in mascarpone cheese.
Beat egg whites into soft peaks; beat in sugar a bit at a time, until stiff peaks form. Blend half of egg whites with cheese mixture; fold in remaining whites, set aside.
Dip lady fingers in espresso or coffee; don?t saturate. Place in flat-bottomed clear glass bowl, completely covering bottom, cutting lady fingers to fit, if necessary (a trifle bowl is perfect). Add half the cheese mixture, smoothing surface with spatula. Sprinkle half the chocolate over the top. Add another layer of dipped lady fingers; top with remaining cheese mixture. With additional dipped lady fingers, make pretty design on top of cheese mixture (pinwheel, flower, etc.). Sprinkle remaining chocolate over top.
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CayleeGrey 3 years agoI LOVE tiramisu.
7588864 4 years agoExcellent! Made this Tiramisu, and doubled the portions, for a dinner party of 20 friends. My guests raved about it. To give it my personal touch, I added bits of semi-sweet chocolate to the expresso coffee, then I dipped the lady fingers. In other words, I took the chocolate pieces that I had leftover after grating/shaving the several chocolate bars, and placed them in the caraffe before brewing the coffee. The pieces melt and blended with the coffee as the hot coffee brew. Also I made the expresso not as strong. That way, I could still get the robust flavor of coffee without being too overpowering. The end result was a superb Tiramisu. Thank you for posting this recipe.
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Dackers 6 years agoAdd 1/4 cup Godiva chocolate liquor. Please see updated recipe. Sorry for the omission! [I made edits to this recipe.]
ifarrugio 6 years agoHi, The recipe instructions say to blend Tia Maria and Chocolate liquor with the yolks but the Ingredient list does not show and Chocolate liquor??? How much Chocolate liquor is needed? Thank you.
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Leaking oil wells in the Niger Delta Photo: Friends of the Earth
Last month 28 Right Livelihood Award winners wrote to the Norway Government Pension Fund asking it to sell all its holdings in Shell because of the environmental harm caused by it in the Niger Delta, Nigeria.
A man stands on the land taken from him to make way for a palm oil plantation. Kalangala, Uganda. Photo: Jason Taylor
The Ugandan government is promoting large-scale agrofuels plantations as a solution to the climate crisis at the UN climate talks in Durban, South Africa. Yet millions of people are already facing the impacts of land grabs and evictions caused by agrofuels.
African farmer surveys his drought stricken land.
The threat of unstoppable climate change gets ever closer and many governments seem to be doing very little to prevent it. It is vital we get politicians to sit up and take notice.
Many voluntary organisations are planning African-themed events during the first week of the UN Climate talks in Durban at the end of November.
Arched tree in the Mabira Forest. Photo: S.A.Perez (Flickr)
Children in the Niger Delta look on at a Shell horizontal gas flare.
© Elaine Gilligan / Friends of the Earth
Despite promises made by Shell since the 1990s to stop flaring the 'associated' gas released in oil production in Nigeria, Shell flared more gas in 2010 than it did in 2009 in the West African country.
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It was a day of celebration for a Macomb couple today after beating the lottery odds.
Lottery officials said tens of thousands of people played have the brand new "The Good Life" game since it began earlier this month, but Roberts is the first to win.
The first thing Roberts did when he won the lottery was call his wife Shelley, but she didn't believe him. When he got home that night he joked with her.
"She asked me are you for real and I was like no, you think we would have that kind of luck? She started to break down in tears so I had to go get the ticket and show it to her,"he said.
Roberts bought his winning ticket at a Cenex in Macomb. Him winning was an event that the clerk who sold him the ticket wasn't expecting.
"I was excited for him because it's unheard of to win in Macomb," she said. The lottery officials didn't see it coming either.
"Generally speaking it's several weeks before a jackpot winner comes forward, but with this case you never know with the lottery and it was one of the first books of tickets out there and he just got lucky," said lottery spokesman Mike Lang.
For Roberts the money will help cover some necessary expenses.
"We're going to invest it, pay off some bills, do a little vacation, a little for ourselves, a little at a time," he said. He added he just wants to be sensible helping himself and his kids over time.
The with 1.04 million dollars in winnings coming their way in quarterly payments over the next twenty years, Roberts and his wife will continue to work. In fact, Roberts says he starts a new job just next week.
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What else can be so sweet?
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I added another shot years ago after our trip driving down to Mexico:
I use to love that magazine and even signed up for it one year.
my daughter loves this one and so do I
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2012 (FRESHMAN): Was used sparingly as a server throughout the year, appearing in 13 matches and 28 sets for the Rams... Tallied four service aces, including a career-high two against New Mexico in the final match of the regular season (Nov. 23)... The pair of aces came on back-to-back serves and swung the momentum in the Rams' favor to help CSU claim the Mountain West title.
2011 (REDSHIRT): Sat out in 2011, using a redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL: A local product of Rocky Mountain High School in Fort Collins, Colo. ... Graduated in 2011... Was a three-year letterwinner in volleyball... As a senior, was a first-team all-conference selection and all-state honorable mention... Team captain as a senior, leading the Lobos to a conference championship... Played for NORCO Volleyball Club.
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It feels pretty absurd for me to be talking about clothes and beauty products when this country is so unjust. The execution of Troy Davis last night has left me ill, truly, deeply sick to my stomach. An innocent man put to death while so many guilty madman run free - um, Casey Anthony? Shortly before he was given the lethal injection, I read this beautiful letter he wrote to the world. It makes his passing somewhat more easy to handle.
The injustice is harrowing.
This country is falling to pieces. I'm scared for my child(ren) and especially for their children.
What are your thoughts? Besides may Troy Davis rest in peace...


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- June 29th, 2012
The thing is, reactive rallies after Euro Summits don't provide much in the way of sustainable gains. Hate to rain on the party, especially given how well everything's acting with the Dow up 200+….
Floyd Norris has the numbers, via Barclays:
There is a pattern here. Barclays counts 18 European summit meetings since the beginning of 2010, before this one; decisions seeming to indicate action were announced after 10. Barclays notes that global markets tend to react positively, but the reaction typically fades.
Over those 10 two-day stretches — the day of the meeting (or the Friday if it was a weekend affair) and the day after — I calculate that the euro rose a net 4.8 percent against the dollar. The MSCI European stock index, measured in dollars, was up 9.6 percent. Not every immediate reaction was positive, but many were.
But over the entire two-and-a-half-year period, the euro is down 11.7 percent against the dollar and the European stock index is down 17 percent.
Floyd reminds of the twin explosive rallies of October 27th and November 11th last year when the Euros made a series of "major announcements." Within a week markets were lower again.
Look, I'm not saying don't enjoy yourselves (I sure am). But maybe have the designated driver warm up the car and get out of that broom closet with your best friend's wife.
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I was wondering, does anyone know a site where I can learn to read drum tabs and all and where it helps u learn drums for free. I mostly want to just learn to readt he Tab because I play guitar and I just got a Tama ArtStar ES set and I want to learn to play drums now too. If anyone knows, then can you please let me know? Thanks Alot!!:flame:
www.mxtabs.net in the drums sections!! everything is there:)
Does it have shit to teach you to read Drum Tabs? Because I know that they have guitar tabs and drum tabs but I didn't know that they had something to teach you to read it.
Sure Ill be more than honored to help. First of all you need to learn how to read music yourself. Thats what I did. I also learned how to tab for myself because every tab out there that I find is wrong. When I tab it has to be perfect or else its nothing. But a lot of people do it less than halfass. My suggestion is to look for easy bands like Kiss, AC/DC, and look for tabs on certain songs. Listen to the song, look at the tab then look at the tab while you listening to the song. You should be able to tell or get a sense of what part is what. Try AC/DC's Back In Black, its a very basic drum album. Remember the best musicians are self-taught.
Alright, I'll check it out then, but do you know where I can get a lesson or something to tell me how to read tabliture over the net because some shit I don;t get but most I do. If so then let me know. Thank's man!! Hail!!!!!!!:flame: :angry:
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News: Nicki Minaj Says It's Murddder Inc. Boss Who Inspired "Moment 4 Life"
Thursday, May 24, 2012 10:05AM
Young Money star Nicki Minaj recently discussed her 2010 "Moment 4 Life" anthem and how former Murder Inc. CEO Irv Gotti ultimately inspired the track's existence.
According to Minaj, a simple conversation with Gotti helped spark the record.
"When I was writing my first album, Pink Friday, I had a conversation with one of my really good friends, his name is Irv Gotti, and we had this really interesting conversation where he told me, 'Enjoy this moment, you'll never get this moment ever again, you'll never be the new girl on the scene ever again, and so I went into the studio. I heard this amazing track, and right there in the moment I kind of wished I could freeze everything that was happening because it just felt so exciting, people were all of a sudden interested in me. As an underground artist, I wasn't really used to that." (The Insider)
She also credited Grammy-winning singer Beyonce Knowles-Carter for inspiring her new Pepsi campaign.
"Out of the people that have done something with Pepsi, I think I was probably the most influenced by the Beyoncé commercial because I felt like this is a young Black girl, early on in her career and she's doing something so iconic and I never thought in a billion years that Pepsi would reach out to someone like me." (The Insider)
Prior to her 2010 platinum-selling Pink Friday album debut, Gotti boasted about Minaj's potential.
"The world has yet to see the best of Nicki Minaj. What she's delivering to the world now is basically what they want. But I know that she's a super talented superstar who can do anything at a high level--rap, sing, act, whatever she wants to do. This is just the beginning of Nicki Minaj. Her best is yet to come. In my opinion she is as talented as my other girl Lauryn Hill. They have completely different styles. But as far as the talent is concerned they both can do it all. Nicki just isn't showing it yet 'cause she doesn't want to. But world be prepared 'cause she's the truth." (VIBE)
She later came forward and defended Gotti comparing her to Grammy winner Lauryn Hill.
The Lil Wayne protégé recently revealed that she has played material for Irv Gotti from her forthcoming debut Pink Friday, and that based on what she made him privy to, the likening to Ms. Hill isn't just hot air. "Irv has been privy to hear things that I've done that the world hasn't heard," she told CNN. "Based on the music I have out now, that sounds like an absurd comment, but when 'Pink Friday' comes out, you will completely understand why Irv made that comparison." (Rap-Up)
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The gift of doing this conscious connected breathing is so powerful! Each time you do it, you release exactly what you need to in that moment and go on to experience a lighter state of being. Ahhhh…can't you just feel the peace now?
If you're already dreading the pressures of the holiday season, then look no further. This is exactly what you need.
Whether you normally sail through the season or fumble frantically along, breathing with a breathwork coach makes the experience so much better!! I recall decades ago that when I thought about going home for the holidays, I definitely wasn't singing 'Silver Bells' in my head!
Now, I have this tool, this amazing tool, that when I get stressed out, about anything, large or small, I can just lay down, do the breathwork process–like I teach my clients, and I automatically feel lighter, freer and better equipped to cope.
The Breathwork Program is a series of 10 sessions, live or virtual, that work to bring you to a more calm, centered and powerful place; a place where you ultimately make better decisions, have more insights and experience more positive growth in your life.
Normally, the Program is $1250 and the $250 discount is offered only when you prepay. I'd like to facilitate as many as folks as possible having a brighter, lighter and more merry holiday season. So, I'm offering the discount whether you prepay or set up a payment plan.
So, check out my links to learn more about the work and to decide whether this is right for you. Also, feel free to call me anytime for a more personal way of connecting and getting clarity on what this work is all about: (404) 784-0107. I look forward to our journeys together!!
An amazingly powerful and gentle technique to release stress and live a BIGGER life!
[Breathwork was originally and often called Rebirthing]
This is a very good and thorough article I thought you might like from Deike Begg, Rebirther and Rebirthing Trainer, Psycotherapist, Author of Rebirthing-Freedom from Your Past, and Astrologer based in London.
Rebirthing is about rebirth of the soul. In Rebirthing you are taught how to consciously connect to your soul by connecting with spiritual energy and drawing it inside yourself with the breath. The effects of this are immediate and permanent. Every little step of progress is irreversible and every little step is an initiation for the soul.
Essentially, Rebirthing is a breathing therapy in which you consciously connect to the divine power of the universe so that it will cleanse and transform you. It is not first and foremost concerned with the birth process and reliving the birth trauma. There are many people who have never experienced a rebirth in that sense during their sessions.
The Rebirthing process itself is based on a very specific advanced breathing technique. Developed in the early 1970s, mainly by the American Leonard Orr, it can have the most amazing results physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. Although it is safe to practice and powerfully life-enhancing, you should not attempt to do it on your own at first. The changes that could occur during a session including variations in body temperature and strange feelings and visions, for instance need to be facilitated by a trained practitioner in order to provide you with the fullest benefits and lead you through to the final high point when you can experience your own bliss, inner light and union with a greater whole.
There are many misconceptions concerning Rebirthing. It is not a form of hyperventilation, quite the opposite in fact; nor is it primarily a form of relaxation. We don't smother people with pillows or restrain them in any way. The individual lies down on a mattress and will breathe in a certain way for about an hour. During this time the most extraordinary things can happen.
We must remember that we exhale approximately 70% of body waste. Only 3% is discarded by defecation, 7% by urination and 20% through the skin. This means that during a session of deep Rebirthing, when we breathe in a certain way, and when the breath reaches deeper into our cellular structure than anything else we know, a profound cleansing of our being takes place. One belief is that we store memory (of traumas, accidents, shame etc) in the body as chemicals and when these get released through the cleansing breath they leave the body and can no longer affect us in negative ways. So in that sense after each Rebirth one is a different person. Although Rebirthing is not a quick fix, because you need to do the breathing, which can stir up all kinds of blockages, it is the fastest working therapy I know.
How I Developed My Rebirthing Work
My Rebirthing work developed out of my rich psychotherapeutic training background, with a sound grounding in Psychosynthesis, Jungian psychology, Gestalt therapy with its emphasis on voice dialogue, past-life therapy and astrology. For 17 out of the past 26 years I have undergone various types of psychotherapy myself. They were an adventurous journey and a wonderful opportunity for self-discovery. (Psychotherapy is not to be confused with psychiatric treatment, which often only employs the use of drugs.)
I particularly took to guided imagery and Gestalt therapy. In guided imagery a person is taken on an inner journey, for instance up to a mountain top where they might meet their Higher Self in the form of a wise being, or into a cave deep within the bowels of the Earth to encounter a lost and perhaps long-forgotten fragment of themselves. Guided imagery, properly used, effectively employs the imagination to access memory. But on its own, without conscious connected breathing (the Rebirthing breath), it cannot bring about the physical cleansing process of the cells nor the brilliant and supernatural visionary experiences encountered in Rebirthing.
Gestalt therapy also uses the body as a sounding board and as a link to hidden fragments of ourselves, but here the eyes are generally kept open and one experiences oneself as one is in the very moment of therapy. It is a 'here and now' therapy. Much attention is given to body language, quality and tone of voice, tightness of muscles, etc., and the client is encouraged to go along with the fantasy they are having in the here and now and to act it out in the session. The therapist then guides the client, through various techniques to discover that all his or her conflicts rest somewhere within their own nature, and gradually, psychic contents that were previously disowned and projected onto other people, are re-owned and subsequently integrated.
My Rebirthing technique rests on the shoulders of these two therapies because both are ideally suited for use for breath work. Without their deeper dimensions breathing therapy can be shallow, meaningless and dull.
It is also important, if one wants to work in this meaningful way with the breath, to have an understanding of other cultures, of mythology, fairy tales and astrology. The imagery that can emerge during sessions is often of an archetypal (collective) nature, belonging to ancestral or racial memory and frequently of cosmic dimensions. It is a region diametrically opposed to our ordinary conscious world, a region that is inhabited by strange beings, shapes, colours and lights. It is useful for the Rebirthing therapist therefore to know, for instance, that a snake is a symbol of wisdom, as well as a frightening image for some; that a spider, as Maya, is also the great celestial spinner of illusion and fate, even for those with a spider phobia.
During Rebirthing people frequently see images of various planets, stars and constellations, and knowledge of astrology can be invaluable for the practitioner. The birth chart not only tells me much about a person's character, but also reveals the current cosmic conditions with which they need to co-operate. It can tell me whether a person is about to have a nervous breakdown or a spiritual emergence. It is interesting how many people come to Rebirthing when their birth charts are 'activated' by one of the outer planets, i.e., Uranus(sudden, unexpected changes), Neptune (dissolution of former way of being, sacrifice and renunciation) or Pluto (death and rebirth and empowerment). Certain planets promote a rapid Rebirth, others indicate that major blocks to the flow of energy to and from the soul exist and need to be dealt with and dissolved. This might take two or more sessions.
The bodywork of Gestalt therapy has proved immensely helpful during breathing sessions, whilst guided imagery not only makes it a joy to work with people's emerging stories but also enables me to guide them more deeply into their inner worlds. And my work with sub-personalities (different aspects of ourselves that co-exist within us) greatly facilitates the process of integration of different parts of one's being.
Your Journey
With Rebirthing breathing you enter totally new territory, a terra incognita. You find yourself in the strangest lands and circumstances. Whilst you will not lose your connection with the world you live in here and now, you can at the same time have experiences of another world, a different dimension and time. The 'trick' in Rebirthing is to allow yourself to dwell in that unknown world for long enough for a transformation to occur. That world lies in what Deepak Chopra in his book Quantum Healing calls the 'gap'. In this gap creativity, inspiration, super-intelligence and supernatural visions have their abode.
You would not set out on a journey through unknown terrain without a map or a guide. It would be foolish to start out on your own without someone who knows what lies ahead, knows the road and knows how (but not where) it might end. The same applies to Rebirthing; you need a skilled guide to help you over tricky hurdles and to hold your hand or encourage you when you feel stuck or think you cannot go on. It is the consciousness that we bring to breath work that is the determining factor. Also, during the first few sessions you may need a great deal of encouragement just to keep breathing, for if you don't breathe properly nothing will happen. After several years of Rebirthing I still prefer to do my breathing with someone else present, if only to keep me breathing and from dropping off to sleep. If you are willing to do the work, to breathe as never before and trust the transformative powers of the breath, you will make contact with universal forces.
The Buddha taught that conscious inhalation and exhalation leads eventually to the knowledge of liberation. When we breathe consciously we become aware of that which is normally unconscious. If we change the rhythm of our breathing we change our minds and the way to change the rhythm is to give conscious attention to breathing. When we give attention to breathing and rhythm we transform air into magical essence.
In order to get the best out of a Rebirthing session you will need to suspend your disbelief in a force greater than yourself. You will need to remain open to the incoming breath, keep breathing calmly and 'wait upon the will of heaven'. If you breathe, relax and allow things to happen, rather than trying to control them, you will have a Rebirth. You will come to a natural end of the breathing cycle when you either open your eyes spontaneously or drift into a gentle 'yoga' sleep, but before that you will have had one of the most astonishing experiences ever.
Sometimes the most amazing images of brilliant colours and patterns appear before your inner vision. Sometimes there is a very bright light, so bright that it ought to hurt your eyes but doesn't. Sometimes your whole body can feel as if it has become infused with this light, causing you to lose all sense of normal bodily awareness. (You have probably heard and read much about the divine light. Well, this is the only way I have ever been able to 'be in the light' and to have the light enter me.) Sometimes a numinous figure, a wise or even Christ-like being appears. Aldus Huxley, in The Doors of Perception, talks about similar experiences but with the help of hallucinogenic drugs, and puts it like this:
"Sometimes people see visions, which may be of Christ Himself. Sometimes they hear the voice of the Great Spirit. Sometimes they become aware of the presence of God and of those personal shortcomings which must be corrected if they are to do His will."
For some of you what I have been talking about here is familiar, but for those who have not yet had an experience of entering that other dimension all this will have little meaning. I do hope, however, to have aroused sufficient curiosity for people to experiment, if possible, with a skilled Rebirther who has already visited transpersonal realms.
Deike Begg, D.F.Astrol.S, Dip.Psych.&Ed, UKCP, FAPAI, APAI
by Leonard Orr
If you hold your breath for a few minutes, just one breath becomes the most valuable thing in the world. Therefore learning how to breathe better might be the most important thing that we can do with our money. And yet people spend $1000, which is a couple of car payments or rent payments, and never think of investing $1000 in improving their breathing ability, which they can use for the rest of their lives. Breathworkers deserve $100 per session because they sometimes take 2 hours or more. Most health professionals charge $50 to $150 per hour and give less value. Conscious Breathing tunes us into the Breath of Life. It enables us to contact the headwaters of our Life-stream, which is the Breath of Life Itself. Learning the ability to breathe Energy as well as air has all kinds of practical values: it improves our physical health, it enables us to feel happy more, it increases our ability to receive love and give love which makes our relationships work better. Conscious Breathing improves our Energy level, which enables us to produce more and increase our income. Therefore investing $1000 in 10 Conscious Breathing lessons comes back to us many times over in tangible as well as intangible value. Since God is the source of the Breath, Conscious Breathing enables us to contact God more efficiently and bring the power of Spirit into our body more efficiently. The Mind and the Breath are the king and queen of human consciousness. Learning to breathe from the Breath Itself makes Breathing more pleasurable and Life more pleasurable. The sooner we learn it, the sooner we get the benefit. Make an appointment with your local Breathworker today and start your 10 sessions. Sessions are usually done one per week; in some cases, one or two per month. But one per week is a good frequency for most people. Most Breathworkers are willing to work out a payment plan or negotiate so that money is not a barrier to learning this important skill. Breathworkers are people who have been properly trained to give sessions and who give sessions as a full time career. It is recommended that we interview 3 or 4 Breathworkers before choosing one to go through the ten sessions with. It's valuable to have a Breathing teacher that we enjoy working with. Sometimes Breathworkers have introductory lectures but they are not necessary. The important thing is to make an appointment and experience your first session and find out what Conscious Breathing and a complete Energy cycle is all about. Most people experience the richest peace and relaxation that they have ever experienced as a result of their first session. It is normal for people to have a completed Energy cycle during their first session. Recommended Reading & Listening:
Breath Awareness – by Leonard Orr
Intuitive Breathing (tape) – by Leonard Orr
The Rebirth Seminar (2 tapes) – by Leonard Orr
Rebirthing in the New Age – by Leonard Orr & Sondra Ray
Leonard Orr's books & tapes as well as a selection of other very valuable materials are available for sale on his web site (rebirthingbreathwork.com) or at Inspiration University, ph (540) 885-0551- fax (540) 885-1230
Information about the Leonard Orr Training Center is available on his web site. Or call (540) 885-0551
Energy becomes what it thinks about. This is the most basic truth about Life. If you really understand these words, you are spiritually enlightened. Energy becomes what it thinks about. Energy is the Source of all things. Energy is Infinite Being, the Eternal Spirit; Energy is Substance. Energy is God. But Energy is evenly distributed throughout space and time. It just exists and doesn't do anything. Energy just is! However, thinking is a quality of Energy and moves Energy. When Energy becomes impregnated by thought, Energy organizes Itself into the form directed by the thought – which may be a physical thing. Energy naturally becomes what it thinks about. Energy directed by thought can materialize into physical things, social realities, or personal feelings and spiritual abilities. There is only one Energy in the universe, but there can be any number of thinking centers of this energy. All thinkers share the same Energy. We are all activity centers in the same Energy. We are thinking centers in the same One Being. We create our own reality, we share the reality which others create, and we become aware of the reality which the Ultimate Thinking Center of Energy has created. We usually call it Nature or God. We are the director of this Energy and so is everyone else, but there is a greater original Creator who has created a very big universe for us to play in. We each create our own reality within this big game and we try to successfully interact with the Big Creator and other people's creation, but we also have, given to us by our family tradition and conditioning from our parents, a whole package of created things. To the extent that we are recreating our parents' reality, we have to learn to choose it or un-create it in order to be free. We begin absorbing our parents feelings, thoughts, and manifested realities when we are in the womb. By the time we become enlightened and accept our creative power, we have a whole repertoire of feelings, beliefs, habits, and realities to work with. We can stay stuck with them or we can change them. To heal the emotional mind we received from our family is called spiritual liberation. This seems to take a lifetime for people to successfully do, but we cannot succeed at all if we do not start the process of self healing. And our chances of success are determined by the quality of principles and practices which we use.
We begin by passing judgement upon each thought as it flows through our consciousness. Selecting a mantra and working with it constantly is the perhaps the most efficiently way to upgrade the quality of our thoughts and feelings. A good mantra should focus our Energy on the realization of our natural divinity. It will liberate us from negative thoughts, feelings, and realities. It will enable us to create what we like and consciously choose. It will make it easier to master our life. We can also upgrade the quality of our thoughts by studying the great Scriptures like the Bhagavad Gita, the Bible, The Devi Bhagavatam, and especially the Shiva Purana which is the most complete picture of human divine potential as well as inspiration and practices to achieve it.
Bathing twice per day cleans the energy body which is our mind in action. Daily bathing is an infinitely valuable spiritually powerful practice. We cannot survive in this world with all kinds of "energies" flying around us every day without the spiritual purification practice of daily bathing. Without bathing, we become more polluted and our body becomes stiffer until we can no longer function in this world and we die to get out of the world. Water purification keeps us alive. It makes Life more pleasurable and gives us greater power and mastery. Drinking good water is also water purification.
Diet is also important. The lighter food we eat, the more Life Energy we have. The human body and energy system was not designed to process meat according to the oldest Scriptures – The Shiva Purana – as well as modern science. The popular practice of eating meat kills more people than alcohol, cigarettes, and drugs combined. Having a personal exercise system is also important. And having a career that we love and enables us to win the money game is also a part of earth mastery. Receiving body massages and listening to good music are also earth disciplines.
We have to learn the ability to breathe energy as well as air. Intuitive energy breathing, often called Rebirthing, is one of the most important skills of spiritual liberation.
Fire purification is also very important. Water, Earth, Air, and Fire are the eternal qualities of this Infinite Energy. Learning the spiritual power of fire and using it on a daily basis is a healing practice that is essential to human health and aliveness. Fire purification keeps us alive. Fire can clean our energy body and help us maintain our physical body in health and joy. Fire can burn pain, tension, and disease out of the body. Exposure to an open flame is as important to human health as good food, exercise, energy breathing, daily bathing, and wholesome thoughts. Fire is magical and powerful. Fire is a physical quality of God that can clean us and heal us spiritually and physically.
Love is also essential. Love is the subjective experience of Infinite Energy. To the extent that we feel love, we are tuned into our Divine Energy. Intelligent Energy creates with mind, earth, air, water, fire, and love. The basic idea of spiritual purification is to clean and balance our energy body often enough to keep it in joy and good working order so we can enjoy Life – so that we can embody and express this Infinite Energy in the world. Energy become what it thinks about. To the extent that we do daily spiritual practices with mind, water, earth, air, fire, and love, we move steadily on the path of spiritual liberation, personal freedom and power, and aliveness. To the extent that we neglect these fundamental qualities of our divine nature, we increase our emotional mud and lose our health and aliveness, our peace and joy of living. Without spiritual purification practices, our life urge becomes weaker, more dense, filled with darkness, and living becomes more difficult. Our body gets stiffer and stiffer. Religions that are not focused upon spiritual purification practices produce dead people. Without spiritual purification, people become sick and stiff like zombies. These dead zombies spread emotional energy pollution, sickness, and death to everyone they contact. Understanding these ideas is basic to living as Intelligent Energy. Energy is love and bliss and power. This Intelligent Energy has thought itself into earth, air, water, and fire. The Life of the universe as well as the human body is the intelligent and loving interplay between earth, air, water, and fire. From the standpoint of human existence, earth, air, water, and fire are the eternal qualities of God. Earth, air, water, and fire have to exist before you an have a human body as we know it. Therefore earth, air, water, and fire precede human beings. To have a conscious relationship to earth, air, water, and fire through simple daily spiritual practices with them is basic to realizing our potential as Intelligent Energy. I give you these fundamental thoughts out of love. For more information on these ideas, check out my books and tapes. I also give personal consultations over the phone as well as lectures, or trainings. You are invited to contact me at the following address or phone number:
Leonard Orr,
PO Box 1026,
Staunton, VA 24402,
USA phone: (+1) (540) 885-0551/fax -1230.
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Well, this is a loaded question isn't it? What I'm really asking is, "Who do you think you are in your unconscious mind"? Because that's who is driving the bus of your life! One of the most helpful gifts found in the first Breathwork session is the discovery of your personal lie. Your personal lie is that most negative thought that you have about yourself that was probably thought during a pre-verbal moment of something very stressful, scary, painful or traumatic.
An event such as this usually happens within the first few moments of our birth. Reading Dr. Fredrick LeBoyer's remarkable book, "Birth Without Violence", can help you to understand how present and impressionable newborns really are. All babies are conscious of every single thing happening around them from the moment of conception! So imagine, or recall if you will, being pulled from a nice, warm and cozy environment in which the temperature was constant, you had 24-hr "womb" service, and all that you needed was provided without even thinking about it. You're pulled from this environment out into a cold, painfully bright, loud room by people who are doing the best job they know how to do, but are innocently and unconsciously having their own painful birth trauma reenacted for them thereby bringing their fears into your birth experience. Welcome to the world!
Once you're out, it is now imperative that you are separated, cleaned and assessed. The lifeline you have breathed from, eaten from and played with for nine months is suddenly cut so quickly that you have a sense of panic, of fear that there isn't enough air or life (later this can extend into love, food, money, sex or happiness). This is where our breathing mechanism becomes faulted. Then you are taken abruptly from your mum and cleaned with harsh cloths and soaps by someone who is innocently doing their job very efficiently but with their own unconscious memories coming up. Let's face it, the act of delivering a baby has been mechanized and almost dehumanized. It can be very cold and callous to a sensitive individual. This is where the personal lies are most often created.
In scenes such as those above, a baby could have the thought, "Life is hard, "Life is a struggle", "Men hurt me", "Women hurt me", "I have to experience pain to live". And that is just with a "normal" birth. Add elements such as forceps, vacuum extraction, Cesarian or breech and the thoughts are much more intense. Since the baby is conscious and thinking these thoughts, they will wonder, "What did I do"? "What is wrong with me that this happened to me"? The personal lie is then thought: "I am not good enough", "I am bad", "I am unloveable", or "I am unworthy".
The personal lie could come even earlier, perhaps during the 1st trimester when the parents have just found out they are pregnant and innocently have some fear going on, not to mention their own unconscious birth trauma memories coming up for them. The baby picking up on this energy of fear similarly wonders, "What did I do wrong", "Why is this happening".
What is important to know is that everyone walking on this planet has a personal lie; a very negative and untrue thought that is serving to sabotage their results or challenge their efforts in all aspects of their lives. Granted, even the most successful people don't appear to have any demons haunting them, but all one has to do is look at some of the headlines making the news today to see that everyone has something thwarting even the best of intentions.
What do you do with the personal lie? How do you get rid of it? This is where a trained Breathworker is invaluable! S/He will help you to discover your personal lie and then recommend some home activities for you to do to reprogram it. You will learn from your Breathworker that we do one of three things with these thoughts:
1. We act it out.
2. We overcompensate for it. (the overachiever or the obsessive/compulsive tendencies)
3. We project it onto to other people, places or things. ("Nothing is ever good enough")
Discovering and reprogramming your personal lie is an incredibly powerful and empowering thing. So are the other tools you can learn from and work you can do with a Breathworker. And since your personal lie impacts ALL aspects of your life: work, money, health, relationships, and happiness, ALL aspects of your life stand to improve from the work you do with your Breathworker.
My passion and life's purpose is working with pregnant women and their significant others to help them to clear their birth trauma BEFORE the delivery, better yet with women/couples who desire to have a child so that the entire process of conception, pregnancy and delivery can be a clear and divine one. The other aspect is working with the "authority figures" (more about this in future posts) so that they are clear in the delivery and bringing little to none of their own birth trauma fears into the room with them.
It's a wonderful process and a worthy one…one I hope you'll assist me with along the way as a supporter, a client, a referral source or a happy rebirthee!
Over a period of twelve years, between 1962 and 1974, Leonard Orr discovered and developed the "spiritual power of the human breathing ability". In '74, he perfected the training of Breathworkers, also called Rebirthers or Breathing Guides. Today, over 10 million people have experienced the power of breathwork, without a huge amount of advertising or marketing, but through the simple art of sharing testimonials.
Leonard said about breathwork that it's, "perhaps the most valuable gift you can give yourself for emotional and physical health." Rebirthing breathing is the ability to breathe energy as well as air. It supplies us with spiritual energy and power that enables us to move and be healthy.
Most adults think they know how to breathe although they rarely think about it. However, almost none of them truly know until they've had 10 sessions with a trained Breathworker.
Breathing sessions are for anyone who ever has tension, stress or pain. Rebirthing enables us to relax, experience peace, tranquility and freedom from pain. We can breathe ourselves out of anger, depression, and troublesome feelings into peace, clear and pure Life energy.
The philosophy of breathwork includes the concept that thought is creative and that we are conscious from the moment of conception. As we begin to experience life in the pre-verbal form, we collect ideas about ourselves, our parents, authority figures, our siblings and even God. These collected thoughts are stored in our subconscious mind and form the basis for our present and future external reality.
Because we are unable to comprehend what is happening around us or ask for clarity about it, we make decisions such as, "I am unwanted", "Men hurt me", "Life is hard". We then, through the Law of Projection, do one to three things with these thoughts:
*We act them out.
*We project them onto people, places, or things.
*We overcompensate for them.
These behaviors in turn can make one's life less than satisfactory and can manifest in difficulty with success, wealth, relationships and family harmony.
The result of working with a Breathworker is that you uncover the unconscious thoughts that may have been sabotaging your life and are able to change your thinking to produce more desirable results. You begin to experience more peace and balance in your life, in your health, your family and in your career.
The process begins with an initial discovery session to determine the circumstances present at your birth, the elements of your life which are not working for you now and your goals for your own change.
Subsequent sessions begin with discussion of how your life is progressing and how the suggested homework is going. Homework is typically the request that you write one or more affirmations about 15 times daily to turn around a particular thought. These are powerful accelerators! After the discussion, you breathe for one hour in a connected breath pattern, through your mouth while in a comfortable position.
The characteristics of the rebirthing breathing technique are different than any other breathing technique. You are guided to breath into your upper chest, into your heart, like you did when you were a baby. This naturally will liberate thoughts and feelings from your childhood and beyond. Your trained Breathworker will gently assist you in easily moving through these as they arise. Your pace will be guided so that your cells become completely oxygenated, releasing any stored toxins. Breathwork will bring a greater sense of vitality to your entire body!
Following the breathing session, your Breathworker helps you to integrate your thoughts and feelings and gives any suggestions for the next session. Weekly sessions are recommended in the beginning. It is also suggested that 10 sessions be attended with a male Breathworker and 10 with a female Breathworker, in order to address your paternal and, respectively, your maternal patterns which may be present.
Benefits from consistent breathwork include:
improved mental clarity and focus,
a greater sense of well-being and balance,
the reduction of stress,
a more youthful feeling and appearance,
reversal of some health conditions,
improved relationships,
and greater prosperity


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The Redskins want to get the message out to fans attending Sunday night's home game against the Dallas Cowboys: ARRIVE EARLY!! Kickoff is 8:20 p.m. ET.
All parking lots at FedEx Field open at 12 noon ET. Five giant video boards will be spread throughout the stadium's parking lots as well as the Bud Light Pavilion for fans to watch the afternoon NFL games leading up Sunday night's nationally televised contest vs. Dallas.
In addition to the video boards, the Redskins Marching Band and the Redskins Cheerleaders will perform in the tailgate areas all afternoon. Redskins alumni will also be on hand to meet fans.
The FedEx Field Bud Light Pavilion will open early at 4 p.m. at which time the team will for the very first time open the lower bowl in the east end of the stadium for fans who want to come in and watch the late afternoon game on the stadium's new 100-foot HD video boards!
The first 50,000 fans wearing Redskins attire entering the gates for Sunday night's game will receive a free Redskins car flag. (Retail value is $12.95.)
This season, fans driving to the stadium on GameDay can get traffic text alerts sent to their cellphones -- just text RSTRAFFIC to 44636. This service gives fans access to regular updates on the best routes to use to get to and from FedEx Field on game day.


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