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The four steps of honesty
There is something magical about honesty. It is contagious and inspiring, just like self-confidence and harmony. A person who radiates honesty is a person we feel...
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Baking soda: The world's cheapest deodorant
The amount of unnatural chemicals in food, air and water is only increasing in a dramatic way, with thousands of new chemicals being introduced every year,...
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Five top breathing tips to protect against the coronavirus
The purpose of the article is to give concrete, effective breathing related advice on what you can do to strengthen your health and immune system to...
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Breathe through difficult emotions
There is a very interesting connection between how we breathe and trauma and unpleasant, unprocessed emotions that we have experienced. Expressions such as butterflies in my...
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Carbohaler Now Evolved Into the New Cardihaler
If you are searching for CarboHaler, you may have read about it in articles, forums, or research papers. The CarboHaler was one of the first devices...
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Lecture at The Arizona State University: Discover the Power of Your Breath
Anders Olsson was invited to the Arizona State University to give a guest lecture at the Stress Management Course. This recording is from the lecture held...
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Breathe Less - Live Longer
Why some people get very old and others die at an early age have puzzled us for a long time. We try all sorts of things...
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Poor Breathing Can Cause Problems in the Thyroid
As eight out of ten people who are diagnosed with thyroid problems are women, the statistics are similar to fibromyalgia and ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome),...
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Make your own carbon dioxide water baths
Did You Know? Half Your Cells Are Blood CellsOut of our nearly 50 trillion cells, about 25 trillion are blood cells. These blood cells nourish and...
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Carbon dioxide training made me feel extremely harmonious
Oxygen is usually considered to be “the” amazing, life-giving substance, while carbon dioxide is often thought of as just a toxic waste product that we need...
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Discovered my life purpose when listening to my brain waves
On a course in California in 2006 I had a profound experience. The course fee was $15,000 and it was the most expensive course I’ve ever...
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Toothache and abdominal pain carried an important message
In our society, we have a strong faith in technology, especially we men. There are many different technical solutions to easily show our blood pressure, heart...
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How I conquered my fear of public speaking
When I took a course in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) in 2005, we did an exercise called the phobia cure during the last day of the course....
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The question that made my stress go away
In the summer of 1992, I was 23 and had already run my own company for several years. I guess I did not do that well…....
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LACK OF ENERGY - The Foundation for Poor Health
When our breathing is threatened, our life is threatened, and all of the body’s warning lights flash frantically. Simply put, we die if we stop breathing....
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Improve Your Breathing - Improve Your Asthma
Asthma is a condition that restricts airflow due to narrowed airways, making breathing difficult. There has been a sharp increase in the global prevalence, morbidity, mortality,...
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How Breathing Affects Stress and Difficult Emotions
By Anders Olsson · Updated November 2026You’re stuck in traffic, already late for an important meeting. Or you’re at home, the kitchen is a mess, the...
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Calming down a stressed brain
To reduce your stress, you can do many things - like improving your posture when sitting, standing or moving, accepting what's happening and not basing your...
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