"Cell respiration" - a very interesting bodily practice. The effects I have observed in yourself from this practice:
- easy to fall asleep if you do before going to sleep;
- the comfort and relaxation of the whole body;
- relieve muscle clips in quite a long time;
- ground;
- effective recreation.
the following is a translated excerpt from the book ANDREA OLSEN "BODYSTORIES: A GUIDE TO EXPERIENTIAL ANATOMY", in which a theoretical explanation and some practical exercises.
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a Cell is the basic unit of the body. The ability of cells to reproduce, to metabolize and react to the environment are the basis for human life: creation, processing and responding to change.
Cells have common properties but vary according to functions in the body. Each cell consists mostly of water, the basic substance of the body. The water contained in the cytoplasm of cells, which is responsible for metabolism, i.e. the utilization of food and breathing. The cell membrane separates the cytoplasm from the surrounding external environment and creates a semipermeable boundary that regulates the exchange of nutrients and wastes, and responds to stimuli. The nucleus controls cell activity. Forty-six chromosomes in each human cell contain the genetic code for an individual organism and specific functioning of each cell. Therefore, the nucleus of each cell contains the General plan of the whole organism.
Individual cells have different functions; for example, a muscle cell is compressed, the nerve cell transmits electrochemical signals, the collagen cells that produce connective tissue fibers. A collection of similar cells with similar structure and function is called tissue. Group of coordinated tissues form structures (organs) that make up the system of the body. For example, bone cells form bone tissue that generates bone, and those, in turn, make up the skeletal system.
a cell is a functional unit that is common to all systems of the body. For our study we will differentiate seven body systems, as defined by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen: skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, organ system, vascular and connective tissue. Although, we can look at each system individually, it is important to remember that the body functions as an interconnected whole and that balance and support each other.
the human Body develops from the Union of two cells, sperm and egg. The fertilized egg divides several times to create many cells. In the course of a day or so after fertilization, the egg differentialsa the layers of embryonic tissues: ectoderm, endoderm and mesoderm in the specified order.
Ectoderm is the source of all components of the nervous system and skin; the endoderm - digestive tract and internal organs; the mesoderm - connective tissues (blood, bone, muscle, ligaments, tendons, fascia and cartilage). Thus, the skin starts from the same layer of embryonic tissue, and nervous tissue; blood arises from connective tissue. Cells differ in their abilities to adapt to change or healing, and their rate of reproduction. For example, some skin cells daily divided, while the nerve cell may remain for life and are slow to recover. Skin is the outer shell of the body is very sensitive boundary between our body and our environment. From 60% to 70% of body weight is water, and the skin literally keeps us from drying out. Two-thirds of this water is inside cells (intracellular), and a third between the cells (extracellular). The skin also maintains body temperature (through perspiration), contains receptors of different types and provides a sensitive and protective sheath. It forms holes such as mouth, nose and anus, leading to the passageways of the digestive system and respiratory system, which can be regarded as extensions of the external environment.
Oxygen is necessary for cellular life, enters the body through the nose and mouth and passes through the trachea into the lungs. As the diaphragm descends, the lungs are expanded by air taken in during inhalation. When the diaphragm rises, your lungs are compressed to displace carbon dioxide in a process called exhalation. Oxygen is absorbed through the capillaries in the lungs and enters the blood that is being pumped by the heart and flowing throughout the body. Arteries carry oxygen blood from the heart to the periphery. Each cell involved in the absorption of oxygen and removal of waste in connection with the process called cellular respiration. Blood, devoid of oxygen, returns through the veins to the heart. Through this process, each cell is associated with the external environment and "breathes". Tension in any part of the body restricts cellular activity vital to healthy tissue. Thanks to the body work (bodywork), we use the sensitivity of cell membranes and of the skin to heat, vibration and touch to bring awareness and affect change.
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Cellular awareness (understanding):
Imagine yourself as one cell. Feel the border of the outer membrane. Remember yourself as containing, as a whole, all the body parts connected into a whole. Allow me to share with the world. Note that flows that flows out.
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"Cell respiration" 20 minutes
Lying on back, hands on my ribs, eyes closed. To observe your breath. Feel how the air enters through your nose and mouth passing through the trachea (in the neck) and filling your lungs inside your ribs. Feel like all my ribs move when you breathe. In a moist, warm environment of the lungs, oxygen is transferred from air into the blood through tiny capillaries. This "breath easy". Three-fifths of the volume of your lungs, blood and blood vessels.
Feel the beating heart. Imagine how the blood prokatilas heart through the arteries, carries oxygen from the lungs to every cell in the body. This absorption of oxygen and removal of wastes through the cell membrane called "cell breathing". Imagine how the blood, deprived of oxygen, returns through the veins to the heart, and the process repeats. Put your hands on your stomach and ribs, and feel how they move when you breathe.
Imagine in your imagination, such as blood flow, oxygen is moving from your heart into the abdomen. Watch as this thread moves on in the hips and knees, and then ankles and feet. Let the blood flow back as if it were a wave, going from your feet to your heart. Feel the movement under his hands.
Imagine how the fluid flow is moving from your heart up through the neck and into the skull to redeem the brain and back to the heart. Feel the flow going through your shoulders, elbows and hands, palms and fingers and returns to the center.
Feel continuity and constancy of blood flow through all your body. Imagine how the liquid moves from the center to the periphery and from the periphery to the center.
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"Breathing spot" in 5 minutes
Lying on back, roll over on my side, bend your arms and legs near the body and continue to roll over to "deep wrinkles": the arms and legs close to body, forehead on the floor, curved spine.
Place your hands on your lower back, just above the pelvis. Feel the movement of the skin and muscles when your breath enters the lungs and is released. The diaphragm compresses the abdominal organs and expands the back. This area is called a "breathing spot". Encourage movement in this place with every respiratory cycle (inhale – exhale).
what are the effects of these practices do You have? I would be glad if you share in the comments!
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