- Received this mail from a participant in my seminar at the Department of Environment Conservation a few years back. “I have been following your counting breaths strategy for sometime and find it very helpful. I will be leaving DEC at the end of September and would like to continue hearing about your program. Could you please add my new e-mail address to your contact list.”
- I met the young postal clerk at the post office which I visit periodically. I gave the brochure to her about 5 few months back. She was interested in quitting smoking. She said today that the ‘Focusing on breathing’ practice was working. She was smoking one pack (20) cigarettes before the practice. Now she smokes less than half pack (10). She simply read the brochure, practiced on her own and achieved her goal partly.
- One person about 50 years age saw the brochures related to ‘quitting smoking‘ in my office and wished to do my classes. He attended 2 sessions and began practicing the technique with high motivation for quitting smoking. Within 2 weeks he reduced his smoking rate from 20 a day to 15 a day. He is continuing the classes.
- A breast cancer survivor, patient of my daughter was introduced to the technique of ‘Focusing on breathing’ in a short session of 15 minutes. I showed her the ‘Segment’ mode and made her do it in my office, completing 2 hands. She experienced the relaxing effect and was convinced. She has been using the technique before sleep, on waking up and many other times of the day. She reported these benefits: Back of her head was very stiff and painful for a long time and now this has become free. She is able to sleep better and tolerate the harsh series of chemotherapy treatments which resulted in her hair falling off and body aching a lot and still function as a house keeper. She said that recently when she was fatigued and feeling totally powerless, she practiced the technique for one full hour and at the end she felt restored enough to be able to move about in the house. She wanted to display the brochures on the technique in her oncology clinic for the benefit of other patients and received a bunch of them from me. This is the first case of a cancer survivor practicing and reporting the benefits.
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