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Be sure to read the tips
below. When
ready, grab your
headphones (for best results) and
start the demo by
clicking on
"Introduction" in the music player below. Dragging the slider bar
on the right side of the player will display more tracks.
Scroll up and
down this box
using the scrollbar on the right of the box (not the main scrollbar on
the right of your monitor).
When finished, close the
window with the "Close
Window" button below the music player or in the upper right corner of
this window and you will return automatically to
the place you left.
This text will be
replaced by the
flash music player.
(*bpm
= breaths
per
minute)
TIPS
TO GET THE MOST
OUT OF
THIS DEMO:
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Listen to
the Introduction first. Then try a few samples and try to find the
breathing rate
most comfortable for you. This is where you would start in the program.
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Think of
the breathing prompts as
cues
for when to START inhaling and exhaling. You'll notice
that the sounds fade out quickly but you can continue inhaling or
exhaling as long as you wish until the next cue. The figure below
demonstrates this. The dark shaded area is the audio signal and the
light blue area represents a typical breath:
The sounds are abbreviated to allow for
personal variations in breathing
and to keep the sounds from intruding
on the music as much as possible.
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The breathing rates you see posted (bpm =
breaths
per minute) apply to the full 15 minute track. The
reduction that takes place during the samples is very slight as they
cover only the first two minutes or so.
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The final pair of samples are from sets 2 and
3. All
the tracks on sets 2 & 3 run steadily at the target rate of 6
bpm shown to produce maximum benefits. These final samples run a little
longer
to give you a better idea of the effect.
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Those with slower dial-up connections can
still use the demo. Simply wait
until you see that the sample is completely downloaded (indicated when
the blue status bar in the player stops). This may take several
minutes. Now the sample will play without interruptions.
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Audio is compressed for online use and loses
some of its quality. Breatheasy CDs and downloadable mp3 tracks are
high-quality, hi-fi stereo.
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The demo is not designed or
expected to produce noticeable effects on your blood pressure. It
offers short samples of the Breatheasy music tracks as an
introduction to the method. However, we have been pleasantly surprised
by the number of people reporting actual drops in blood pressure just
from a few minutes with the demo.
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