I would suggest getting outside DAILY no matter what the weather or wherever you live. If you live in the city to go a park. How do you spend your lunch hour? Sitting and eating? I would suggest packing your lunch with food you can eat while you walk. Then as you walk, breath deep and think of all the many blessing you have. Then, add a smile! It works for me!

It sounds like anxiety to me. Did you know your emotions are stored in your liver? So, when you complete your liver cleanses, all of those negative, nervous feelings you have stored will be flushed right out of your body...........

Good luck and good health!

See a psychologist.

Exercise, aerobic and weights.

Lobelia and massage.

Practice deep breathing (see www.drweil.com)
Yoga.

Let us know!

Hi Scott, I have had exactly the same tension/shallow feeling you described a lot in the past. I know how you feel, it is SO distressing feeling like you can't take a proper breath. Now I only get it really occasionally (and only mildly) when I am stressed. In thinking back to when I stopped getting this problem so much, I realised it was after my first liver flush!!! I never realised this before. My first Liver Flush was such a radical health change for me - lots of stones and toxic bile. Like many on this site, my allergies, skin problems, constipation, etc et. cleared up.

Like the others suggest: yoga, deep breathing, tai chi, swimming, whatever gets oxygen into you will help! And of course meditation or other means of relaxation.

A technique I learnt from singing lessons: put your hands on either side of your rib cage (easier if you put the BACKS of hands on your body with fingers pointing to the back), breathe so that you push your hands out sideways when you inflate your lungs. Hold your breath and let it out slowly. I do this standing up. When you're going to sleep at night, put your hands (palms down) on your belly (abdomen), concentrate on breathing INTO your hands. This will help you to take deeper breaths.

Good luck and let us know!

Scott,
You are getting wonderful advise here. I am so thankful that I found this site, as everyone has been so helpful to me, I feel like I have a support team at my fingertips.Thanks to all...I too have had trouble catching a deep breath. There were times when I would almost go into panic mode because my lungs felt like a vice tightning around it, which in turn kept me from getting that one deep breath that I needed to relax. Anxiety was the cause, plus I'm sure a toxic liver. Through meditation, yoga, diet change, and most of all, the liver cleanse, (my second one) I have become a happier,calmer person. I do believe with all my heart, that the liver cleanse can be miraculous form of healing for everyone. I was amazed. I plan on continuing my Liver Cleanses until I am totally clear of stones. And if only two cleanses have already made me feel so much better, I can only imagine the bliss I will feel when I am totally detoxified. Good Luck...

Best Wishes,
Dianna