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Breathing (spiration or ventilation) is the process of moving air into and from the lungs to facilitate gas exchange with the internal environment, mostly to flush out carbon dioxide and bring in oxygen.

All aerobic creatures need oxygen for cellular respiration, which extracts energy from the reaction of oxygen with molecules derived from food and produces carbon dioxide as a waste product. Breathing, or external respiration, brings air into the lungs where gas exchange takes place in the alveoli through diffusion. The body's circulatory system transports these gases to and from the cells, where cellular respiration takes place.

The breathing of all vertebrates with lungs consists of repetitive cycles of inhalation and exhalation through a highly branched system of tubes or airways which lead from the nose to the alveoli. The number of respiratory cycles per minute is the breathing or respiratory rate, and is one of the four primary vital signs of life. Under normal conditions the breathing depth and rate is automatically, and unconsciously, controlled by several homeostatic mechanisms which keep the partial pressures of carbon dioxide and oxygen in the arterial blood constant. Keeping the partial pressure of carbon dioxide in the arterial blood unchanged under a wide variety of physiological circumstances, contributes significantly to tight control of the pH of the extracellular fluids (ECF). Over-breathing (hyperventilation) and under-breathing (hypoventilation), which decrease and increase the arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide respectively, cause a rise in the pH of ECF in the first case, and a lowering of the pH in the second. Both cause distressing symptoms.

Breathing has other important functions. It provides a mechanism for speech, laughter and similar expressions of the emotions. It is also used for reflexes such as yawning, coughing and sneezing. Animals that cannot thermoregulate by perspiration, because they lack sufficient sweat glands, may lose heat by evaporation through panting.

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Chapter Three, Shoveling Dung

Confession and Repentance, Breath, resistance, Repentance
Sep 14 2019
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Generating Energy

resistance, Patience, practicing generosity, Enthusiasm, Tassajara, Emotions, Breath...
Mar 09 2019
PM
No Abode Hermitage

2015.08.21-serial.00158

Compassion, Attachment, Subject-and-Object, Non-duality, Non-discrimination, Breath,...
Aug 21 2015

On Breathing 

Emotions, Breath, Suzuki Roshi, Enthusiasm, Posture
Aug 29 2013
The Yoga Room

On Breathing 

Breath, Posture, Greed, Hate, cognitive process
Aug 22 2013
The Yoga Room

On Breathing 

Posture, Breath, Bell, Nirvana, Daily Life
Aug 15 2013
The Yoga Room

Observing the Breathing Body and the Mind of No Abode 

Breath, Posture, zen meditation, Heart Sutra, Observe
Aug 10 2013
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

Observing the Breathing Body and the Mind of No Abode 

Posture, Breath, Perfect Wisdom, Observe, Mindfulness
Aug 10 2013
Morning
No Abode Hermitage

On Breathing 

Posture, Breath, Confession and Repentance, Mindfulness, Observe
Aug 08 2013
The Yoga Room

On Breathing 

Breath, Posture, Observe, Emotions, Building
Aug 01 2013
The Yoga Room

Sesshin

Serial: BZ-02314

zazen, Sesshin

Sesshin, Breath, Separation, Mundane Life, Oneness, Daily Life, Conversation, Posture...
Jun 20 2013
Berkeley Zen Center

On the Body 

Breath, Karmic Consciousness, Posture
Nov 15 2012
The Yoga Room

2012.07.29-serial.00137

Dharma Transmission, Breath, Bodhidharma, Passions, Manjushri, Happiness, difficulty...
Jul 29 2012

The Four Aspects of Practicing the Threefold Ethics of Bodhisattvas 

Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Breath, Dharmakaya, Mahayana
Feb 04 2012
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

Zazen and the Seven Factors of Enlightenment

Serial: BZ-02227

Beneficial Attachment, One-Day Sitting

Passive and Active Zazen

 

Shikantaza, Posture, Breath, Zazen, Monkey Mind, Concentration, Big Mind, Mindfulness...
Jan 21 2012
Berkeley Zen Center

The Bodhisattva's Creativity and Freedom 

Letting Go, practicing generosity, Mindfulness, Breath, Practice Period
Nov 17 2011
The Yoga Room

Embracing the Mahayana: Do You Want to be an Artist? 

Breath, Dogen, Community, Lineage, Evil
Jul 16 2011
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

2010.08.13-serial.00136

Buddha Nature, Subject-and-Object, Fox, Breath, Enemies, Dragons, Continuous,...
Aug 13 2010

2010.08.12-serial.00134

Breath, Bell, Interview, Repentance, Religion, Attachment, Describe, Precepts...
Aug 12 2010

2010.08.11-serial.00133

Passions, Buddha Nature, Fundraising, Breath, Interview, Emotions, Instruction,...
Aug 11 2010

2008.10.06-serial.00200

Breath, Posture, Heart Sutra, Buddha Ancestors, Meditation, Vinaya, confusion,...
Oct 06 2008

Practicing the Four Frames of Mindfulness as Gates to Totality 

Mindfulness, confusion, Attachment, Breath
Sep 06 2008
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

Yunyan Sweeps the Ground 

Hate, Bodhisattva Way, Perfect Wisdom, Breath, resistance
Jul 26 2008
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

Embodying the Lotus Sutra 

Lotus Sutra, Emptiness, Posture, Breath, zen meditation
Mar 27 2008
The Yoga Room

Prajna Paramita

The "Perfection of Wisdom" is the bodhisattva's understanding of emptiness, which is available to those who are settled in the conventional world.

Emptiness, Discrimination, Breath, Observe, practicing generosity
Jul 14 2007
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

2007.04.01-serial.00205

Subject-and-Object, Daily Life, Passions, Dependent Origination, Breath, Impermanence...
Apr 01 2007

Sutra on Breathing

Serial: BZ-01210D

One-Day Sitting

Breath, Happiness, Four Foundations, Birth-and-Death, Mindfulness, Subject-and-Object...
Jan 14 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Breathing Out

Serial: BZ-01186

Sesshin Day 2

Breath, Pure Existence, Renunciation, Buddha Nature, Karma, Don't Know Mind, Big...
Sep 04 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

2004.09.26-serial.00176

Heart Sutra, Culture, Bell, Offering, Dependent Origination, Posture, Daily Life,...
Sep 26 2004

2003.02.20-serial.00165

Meditation, Sixth Patriarch, Dharma Transmission, Religion, Instruction, Breath,...
Feb 20 2003

2002.03.13-serial.00069

Posture, Don't Know Mind, Lay, Breath, Bodhidharma, zen, Beginners, Samsara,...
Mar 13 2002

2002.03.11-serial.00073

Impermanence, Lineage, New Year, Intuition, Teacher-and-Student, Buddha Ancestors,...
Mar 11 2002

Breath

Serial: BZ-00101A

Saturday Lecture

Breath, Maylie Scott, Daily Life, Liberation, Harmonizing, Practice Period, Don'...
May 19 2001
Berkeley Zen Center

2001.02.04-serial.00052

Subject-and-Object, Posture, confusion, lecture, Zendo, Duality, Breath, Continuous,...
Feb 04 2001

Breath and Posture

Serial: BZ-00085A

One-Day Sitting

Breath, Posture, Posture, Instruction
Aug 06 2000
Berkeley Zen Center

Breathing, Theravada/Zen Suffering

Serial: BZ-00194B

Sesshin Day 3

Breath, Theravada, Samadhi, Observe, Mundane Life, Attachment, Daily Life, Four...
Sep 06 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

Breathing (Thich Nhat Hanh)

Serial: BZ-00194A

Sesshin Day 2

Breath, Thich Nhat Hanh, Four Foundations, Peace, Concentration, Happiness,...
Sep 05 1999
Berkeley Zen Center

Full Awareness of Breathing Sutra

Serial: BZ-00108B

Sesshin Day 2

Breath, Big Mind, Subject-and-Object, Mindfulness, Liberation, Four Foundations,...
Mar 25 1994

Posture and Breath

Serial: BZ-00511B

One-Day Sitting

Posture, Breath, Posture, Concentration, Instruction, Harmonizing, Interview,...
Jul 15 1990
Berkeley Zen Center

Emptiness and Compassion Retreat Serial 00027

Breath, Buddha Nature, Composure, Daily Life, Nirvana, Bell, Gratitude, Observe,...
Nov 13 1988
Tape 3

Posture, Breath, Attitude

Serial: BZ-00904B

Saturday Lecture

Posture, Breath, Posture, Dragons, Happiness
Nov 21 1987
Berkeley Zen Center

Vajrayogini: Extraordinary Meditation beyond Thought and Q&A Serial 00097

Daily Life, Breath, confusion, Interview, Balance, Separation, Freedom, American,...
Oct 30 1985

Vajrayogini Serial 00096

Monks, Breath, Demons, Bell, Politics, Hindrances, Hate, Describe, Peace
Oct 29 1985

Vajrayogini :Uncommon Meditation beyond Thought Serial 00092

Breath, Ego, Non-duality, Posture, Peace, Freedom
Oct 28 1985

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