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If you are not located in the United States, you'll -have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using -this ebook. - - - -Title: The New Science of Controlled Breathing - The Secret of Strength, Energy and Beauty--Through Breath Control - -Author: Edward Lankow - -Release Date: April 26, 2020 [EBook #61944] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CONTROLLED BREATHING *** - - - - -Produced by Charlene Taylor, David E. Brown, and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) - - - - - - - - - - THE NEW SCIENCE - OF CONTROLLED - BREATHING - - The Secret of Strength, - Energy and Beauty--Through - Breath Control - - By EDWARD LANKOW - - Leading basso with the Boston, Metropolitan and - Chicago Opera Companies. World-renowned - singer and teacher of the new science - of controlled breathing - - - LESSON I - - Importance of Consciously Controlled - Breathing - - - CORRECTIVE EATING SOCIETY, INC. - 47 West Sixteenth Street - NEW YORK CITY - - - - - “_And the Lord God ... breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, - and man became a living soul._” - - -Copyright, 1922, Corrective Eating Society, Inc. - - - - -FOREWORD - - -The staff of life is not bread--it is _breath_. For you can live days -without drink, and weeks without food. But you can only live a few -minutes without air. - -You would think, inasmuch as the human race has been breathing for at -least five hundred thousand years, that men and women today would know -_how_ to breathe. - -As a matter of fact, however, consciously controlled breathing is known -to but very few people. These few fortunate individuals have been -rewarded by Nature in the way Nature always rewards those who follow -her laws. - -She blesses them with magnificent constitutions, tireless energy and -the strength and beauty that comes from radiant health; skin that shows -the rich blood flowing under its clear surfaces, sparkling eyes, and -the vivacious manner that attracts and holds the attention of men and -women alike. - -This, Nature does for those who use rightly her great gift. - -Of the few in all the world who know the inmost secrets of the art -of breathing, Edward Lankow, the talented author of this course, is -perhaps the greatest. - -The Editor of Physical Culture Magazine says of him: - -“Mr. Edward Lankow is rated by many critics as the greatest basso -in America. The richness, resonance, depth, power, flexibility and -cello-like beauty of his voice has not been duplicated in America -for years. Mr. Lankow is thirty-five years old; weight, 205 pounds -stripped; height 6 feet, 1-1/2 inches; chest 44-1/2 inches; waist, 38 -inches. He is Russian-American, born in Tarrytown, N. Y.” - -In 1902, at the age of nineteen, Lankow was offered the principle Bass -engagement with the “Bostonians” by Barnabee and MacDonald, which he -declined on account of a desire for further study. The same year he -was offered a Tour with Adelina Patti, which he declined for the same -reason. In 1906 he started his career in Europe, where he sang at all -the principle opera houses, and in concerts. In 1911 he returned to -America and made his debut on the opening evening of the season with -the Boston Opera Company. Before going to Boston, he studied Pelleas -et Mellisande in Paris, at the first rehearsal at which the famous -composer Debussy was present, he received the superlative compliment -from the composer, who said to him “In your voice, I hear for the -first the mystic timbre of voice I thought of when I composed the part -fifteen years ago.” Mr. Lankow sang all the nine performances of this -opera in Boston with Mme. Leblanc and Mary Garden. - -In 1912-1913 at the first performance of the Magic Flute at the -Metropolitan Opera House, the management brought Mr. Lankow over -from Boston for the first half dozen performances, where three of -the New York newspaper critics pronounced him the greatest basso in -America--one critic saying “A voice of amazing beauty, he is by long -odds the greatest basso in America.” - -In April, 1917, while attending a garden party at Governor’s Island, -Mr. Lankow noticed that the speaking voice of Colonel Hartman was -naturally exceedingly well placed (or resonant) and asked the Colonel -if he had studied to produce it that way. To which the Colonel -answered, “No, I always spoke that way, and always wanted to find out -how I did it so as to show it to younger officers--but I couldn’t.” - -Mr. Lankow then showed the Colonel by pressing his hand on the -Colonel’s abdomen how by Nature he used that organ in support--a -support which most of us had to learn but which came quite natural to -him. The quick mind of Colonel Hartman absorbed the value of the idea -at once, and he asked Mr. Lankow to teach this subject at Camp Gorden, -Ga., the largest development camp in the country. - -Here official instructors of various subjects from all the other -camps in the country from Maine to San Francisco were gathered for -special instructions--from 6.45 A. M. Mr. Lankow would have classes -ranging from 25 to 1100, and gradually developed 41 officer assistant -instructors, so that several thousand men were doing the work at the -same time. The Commanding General, Brigadier General William Sage and -all of his staff were in his morning class. - -After the third week, Mr. Lankow was asked to mess at Headquarters, and -live at the former home of Brigadier General Shaw. The results of his -work were more than astounding. - -Men who had apparently no voices at all, and who had pain in the throat -while giving commands, suddenly found that it was a pleasure to use the -voice. On the other hand, men whose health was run down so that they -were on their way to forced retirement, were so changed in appearance -that their civilian friends asked them what they were doing. - -Surgeon General Rupert Blue thought so highly of the health-building -power of Mr. Lankow’s course of instruction that he made the following -statement to Mr. Lankow in Washington: - -“Use my name for anything you like in connection with your system of -teaching breath control.” - -Another health authority said: - -“Give the world two generations of children taught this trained, -scientific method of breathing and you’ll make the community free of -consumption.” - -Many of the world’s greatest singers have profited by Mr. Lankow’s -instructions. Mary Garden, Director of the Chicago Opera Company and -famous prima donna, has written “Half the world does not know that -correct breathing means health, happiness and contentment. I had the -joy of learning this truth from Mr. Lankow. Every day my voice became -better--and my health too. His work is _really great_.” - -In this complete course of “Lessons” Mr. Lankow tells all the secrets -of his wonderful work. - -Within a few days you, too, by following the simple directions Mr. -Lankow advises, may be well on the road to such health, strength, -mental clearness and physical beauty as you have never known before. - -For you will be working in harmony with Nature--and with Nature’s great -and beneficent laws. - - The Publisher. - - - - -_LESSON I_ - -Importance of Consciously Controlled Breathing - - -Air is truly the breath of life. It is the vital fluid that animates -our being; that stimulates into activity every one of the billion of -cells that go to make up =the body=. - -It is a fact, conceded by every scientific man today, that the oxygen -in the air we breathe is absolutely the greatest purifying force in all -Nature. - -Yet there is but one way to get oxygen into your lungs and into your -system--and this is to breathe it in. - -As long ago as two thousand years before the Christian Era, the Chinese -and the Hindoos made elaborate studies in the art of breathing. -Indeed, they developed a complex science having to do with control of -the breath. Certain forms of breathing were employed for the cure of -various diseases. Thus, for example, it was believed that controlled -inhalations and exhalations would allay fevers; or, in a contrary -condition of the body, induce a salutary rise in temperature. - -In India the Buddhist priests were at pains to practice breath-control -so as always to command deep, quiet action of the lungs. In this -measured breathing the number of breaths was greatly reduced. The usual -eighteen to twenty-two breaths per minute were reduced to six or eight. -Experience justified the theories of the priests concerning the value -of a controlled breathing. Its merits have stood the tests of ages, and -today, in the Orient proper, breathing is still deemed the fountain of -health. - -Aside from the distinctly physical advantages derived from -breath-control, there results also a poise of mind that is most -desirable in its benefits to the whole nature of the man. - -Later in history both the Greeks and the Romans practiced controlled -breathing for hygienic purposes and for the attainment of bodily -perfection. They even went further than the Orientals of an earlier -epoch, for they deliberately set out to enlarge the chest cavity. They -realized that the principal part of the body is the trunk, and that in -this the chief constituent is the chest. The success they attained in -the development of superb physiques is demonstrated by the examples -that survived to us of their classic art. They were able to attain -a bodily perfection unequaled in the history of the world. In their -methods, controlled breathing was the chief agent. - -In Europe, during the Middle Ages, this science of breath suffered from -increasing neglect, and finally died out. - -As an appalling commentary on the neglect of proper breathing by the -mass of mankind, we may consider the fact, now generally admitted by -the medical profession, that fully one half of the world’s death-rate -is due to consumption. - -The fact could hardly be otherwise. Any experienced physician is well -aware that only a small part of the lungs is ordinarily used by the -average person. A large portion of the breathing apparatus is in most -cases never employed at all. Naturally, inevitably, such areas in the -lungs weaken and become degenerate. They offer a breeding place for -the germs of various infections. - - -Why Ordinary Systems of Exercise Fail - -The various systems of gymnastics are designed for the surface-building -of the body. The exercises affect almost exclusively the outer muscular -structure. The scientific cultivation of the breath, on the contrary, -acts directly on the inner, vital organs. These are strengthened and -developed from the outset. Thus a sure foundation is laid on which to -build toward physical perfection, and the true beauty which is, or -should be, the heritage of every healthy man or woman. Any ordinary -method must of necessity prove itself as ineffective as it is illogical. - -The majority of athletes exhibit exterior muscles of most impressive -bulk. It is a curious fact, however, that the bony structure, which -measures the chest cavity, shows only a trifling development when -deprived of its muscular support. It must always be borne in mind that -the strength of the body lies in its organic power--not in the surface -muscles. In fact, the larger the surface muscles are, the more strength -is taken from the organic vitality in order to support and feed them. -It is by reason of this drain upon the inner forces that athletes so -often die young. Abnormal development of the muscular system at the -expense of organic vitality is a folly always dangerous, often fatal. - - -How We Live On Air - -Air is the substance on which principally we feed. What we eat is of -secondary importance. The purity of the blood and the strength of -the arteries through which it throbs depend absolutely upon right -breathing. The greater the quantity of air taken into the lungs, the -more oxygen for the purification of the blood--the constant and prime -requirement for health. - -The system of breathing which I advocate in this work is not a mere -matter of theory, something vague and experimental. It is concrete; it -is exact; its worth has been definitely proved. I have demonstrated -the merit of the exercises in my own case. During a year and a half -of practice my chest measurement increased from thirty-eight inches to -forty-two. - - -Breathing Color Into Pale Faces - -With many flat-chested and anemic girls I have seen an equally -astonishing improvement. I have seen their chest develop, their busts -become firm and rounded, and tell-tale hollows under their collar bones -fill out. - -Almost invariably, flabby muscles become resilient, pale sallow cheeks -become pink with the sweet flush of healthy youth. - -Incidentally, I have discovered a variety of virtues in controlled -breathing. Thus, in the case of that most annoying among minor -ailments, a cold, I have found that I could invariably be rid of it -within twenty-four hours by means of strenuous breathing exercises for -twenty minutes at a time repeated often during the day. - -For a more formal indorsement of this system, I may refer to the -Societe Internationale de la Tuberculose. An investigation by the -society was reported favorably at The Hague and London. - -In this connection, it should be remembered that the world at large -has not yet begun to realize the supreme value of correct, quiet, -slow breathing for general health. Its practice regularly would -unquestionably prove a preventative of tubercular disease. Its -judicious employment by those already affected would prove a powerful -remedial agent. Consumptives who seek the pure air of mountains or -plains often fail to receive benefit, for the simple reason that they -have never learned the proper manner of breathing. To such, the best of -air is useless as the most nourishing food to the one who has no teeth -with which to chew. - -When one inhales, the lungs seem to grow. As the cells are filled with -air, the chest proportionately enlarges. At the same time, the ribs -and the diaphragm assume a new position. The result is that the chest, -the between-rib muscles, and the diaphragm are all very strenuously -exercised. By proper breathing, the various muscles involved are -constantly trained; they are developed and made elastic to such -an extent that the lungs are not required to stand alone in their -resistance against adverse conditions, both without and within. - - * * * * * - -The lungs expand during inhalation; they contract during exhalation. -A full breath dilates the lungs to their maximum capacity; they -relax to the minimum size when the breath is completely expelled. By -practice one can readily learn to influence the various movements, and -gradually to control them. The practice of the first exercises in the -series given includes sudden exhalation, slow exhalation, and rhythmic -exhalation. These tend to reduce the quantity of air that is left in -the lungs when the breath is expelled. Such residual air is poisonous, -and an excess of it, due to improper breathing, is very injurious. Its -retention in the lung cells not only lessens the space available to be -filled with fresh air, but it also acts as a direct agent for ill in -the bodily processes. - - -How Consciously Controlled Breathing Makes You Resist Disease - -It should be added, and with emphasis, that _the habit of deep -breathing makes one immune to the germs of various diseases_. The -practice of breath-control gives a toughened fiber to the whole -breathing apparatus. This and the constant purifying of the blood -develop the body’s vital forces to the highest degree possible, against -which disease is rendered powerless. Thus one may enter into possession -of the health and strength that are his by right; and thus, and thus -only, shall he know the joy of life. - -Here is an illustration of what may be done by serious and persistent -attention to breathing. It must be understood, however, that I by no -means advise others to follow my example, although I believe it quite -possible for anybody--man, woman, boy or girl--by constant practice, to -develop the same perfect resistance that I myself have. - -For a period of five years, I have made it a rule to dress in January -exactly as in July--except in the matter of an overcoat. I go -without underclothing, I wear no waistcoat, (vest). I do not take -exception to the wearing by others of such garments, during the winter -months. But for myself, as I gradually learned to take advantage of -systematic breathing exercises and thus to charge my blood abundantly -with oxygen, the necessity for much clothing disappeared. Underwear -grew to be uncomfortable. I found myself both happier and healthier -without it. When I wore the heavier clothing in winter, I suffered -from frequent colds. Now I am rarely troubled in that manner. If, -through carelessness, I do catch cold, I am able easily to throw it off -within twenty-four hours by means of extra practice in deep breathing, -together with a short fast. - -I do not wish to infer that the heavier clothing is the cause of colds. -My point is, rather, that the extra amount of oxygen I take into my -blood supplies the place of the garments formerly worn by me, as well -as acts in consuming, or burning up, the poisonous material that -gathers in the tissues, and tends to make you _feel_ cold. - -Let me repeat that I do not advise anyone to experiment with the -wearing of summer apparel in winter until after several months of -systematic breathing exercises, with the consequent enriching of the -blood. The matter, like that of the cold bath, is one for individual -discrimination. - -In my own case, the lighter garb has become actually a necessity for -comfort’s sake. - - -Why We Should Establish Schools To Teach The New Science of Breathing - -Whatever the different systems for muscular and health development may -be, the value of developing those vital inner organs--the heart, the -lungs and the digestive organs, is easily understood. A large arm, or -a wonderful leg development cannot help these inner organs, if they -are naturally weak, or if they have been weakened. The point is--what -_will_ give health to these organs the fundamental or motor power to -all health. - -Special exercises for the lungs, that is, conscious deep breathing -exercises for a specific period of time, will give results which -few realize. It is all so simple that most of us cannot believe it, -like all truths. The maximum oxygenation of the blood through taking -in large quantities of air--thereby feeding the organs with purer -blood--the _improved circulation_, the exhilarated heartbeat, the -drawing away of drowsiness from the brain, _the improved digestion -through the unconscious massage of the lower organs_, all these will -show what results are obtainable. If the children in our schools -were taught conscious, deep, slow breathing at that period of their -lives when body and mind are flexible, the habit would be easily -formed for life. This habit would surely wipe out consumption within -two generations. Millions of human beings die yearly from this, the -greatest human menace. Why not, therefore, have schools for breathing. -Surely this experiment is entitled to a place among the hundreds of -other experiments which have been and which are being tried. - - - - -TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES: - - - Italicized text is surrounded by underscores: _italics_. - - Emboldened text is surrounded by equals signs: =bold=. - - Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The New Science of Controlled Breathing, by -Edward Lankow - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CONTROLLED BREATHING *** - -***** This file should be named 61944-0.txt or 61944-0.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/6/1/9/4/61944/ - -Produced by Charlene Taylor, David E. 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