Thanks Mary - am doing it right now! Will we be seeing you at the Sydney Conference? JOY Graham >I noticed a couple of years ago that my friend who has had P.D. for 24 >years could not breath into her diaphram. I also noticed that when I was >in off time that my breathing was shallow and quickened. I decided some >breathing excercises might help as part of my general excercise program >each day. For improved deep breathing I suggest something I learned from a >yoga tape called breath of fire. I'll try to explain, You pull your >belly button into the back of your spine with as much force as you can >muster, thus expelling all the air out of your diaphram. Then release and >let the air back in without actually breathing it in. Repeat this as >quickly as you can and as many times as you can. At first it will be very >difficult so start slowely and build up repetitions. It's also great for >the tummy muscles girls, so that's an extra bonus. > >Mary Thompson from Oz