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The connection between breathing and thinking has been noted by the yoga of physical control. The connection between breathing and feeling also exists. Apoplexy--a fit of choking, the inability to breathe at all--may seize and kill a man during frustrated rage. The breath catches and almost ceases when bad news is suddenly heard.

-- Notebooks Category 10: Healing of the Self > Chapter 3 : The Origins of Illness > # 92