The experience of breath as a therapeutic intervention - psychosomatic forms of breath therapy. A descriptive study about the actual situation of breath therapy in Germany, its relation to medicine, and its application in patients with back pain.
Forschende Komplementarmedizin und klassische Naturheilkunde = Research in complementary and natural classical medicine December 1, 2001 W E Mehling
Breath is a central element both in Eastern spiritual practice and in breath therapy, a treatment developed in Germany over the last 90 years. Among physicians, little is known about the working methods, goals, basic concepts, providers, and benefits for specific medical diagnoses of breath therapy. To investigate the actual circumstances of breath therapy in Germany, its relation to medicine,...