Hi, I noticed during the qigong exercises that deep breathing is taught, though especially during the Microcosmic Orbit, there is some hyperventilation going on.
Now for those of you who dont know, hyperventilation will reduce the oxygen in your cells. This happens because the more we expell Co2 the higher the affinity for oxygen the hemoglobin has and basically the hemoglobin doesnt release enough oxygen. Also the more we expell Co2 it causes major vasoconstriction causing oxygen levels to drop off in the body.
I was seriously wondering why dear Chunyi doesnt teach breath holding (taught in yoga) ((mind you REAL yoga))
I am also seriously thinking that maybe some or even most of the side effects being had in some people doing SFQ is because they are already low tissue oxygen and they arent exercising or breath holding enough so the extra breathing in the exercises is just depleting their cellular oxygen more.
Ive noticed some good effects from the qigong but if I go for a few days doing the extra ventilation and no breath holding I notice I start to feel like a sore throat is coming on and my heart feel inflamed and I get more palpitations. (my heart is my big problem area)
Thats all.
