At a certain point I wondered what would happen if I guided a person into that breathing with or without the water.

The average session takes about one to two hours. It's totally amazing because when a person breathes, they go through one stage of relaxation after another, and every stage releases tension.

Everybody forgot about it and I always wondered what would happen to it,

We want them to learn simple things that are relaxing, like conscious breathing and guided imagery, which are antidotes to anxiety.

It's decidedly bizzare, when the Worst Thing hppens and you find yourself still conscious, still breathing.

These are horrendous developments, whether you're a human or if you're a bird. Everyone wondered what would happen if avian influenza came to Africa, but no one really prepared. They waited. Now it's there -- and this is not the most organized continent in the world.