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I just wanted to provide a new book recommendation to compliment Heather's fine program. It's called: Unwinding the Belly - Healing with Gentle Touch by Allison Post and Stephan Cavaliere. It introduces the idea of
qi Qong, massage and breathing techniques to help relax the tummy. I'm in the process of reading and applying some of the techniques, and I've been finding it very helpful. I'm starting to order the book for my fellow IBSers in my life. My feeling is that for us who lean towards IBS-C like myself, in addition to dietary and soluable fiber changes, require strong methods of helping us to release our stress which we hold in our tummies. The Qi (or chi energy) literally becomes blocked or trapped here...and causes stagnation. I notice that when I take my breath in the early morning hours and bring it down deeply into my belly, that this seems to stimulate the nerves in my colon to encourage the peristalysis to gently push things along and helps me to go.

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