The water was like a physiological stimuli to the subconscious that overwhelmed people with too much psychoanalytical material, you might say. People could do 10 breathing sessions without the water, and then they did breathing sessions in the water.

Orr claims to have met twelve immortal yogis including Haidakhan Babaji who died in 1984. [citation needed] Orr is also one of the earlier proponents of "prosperity consciousness" the idea that the state of one's mind and beliefs about oneself are a key factor in "manifesting" more money. Leonard Dietrich Orr is an American spiritual writer best known for developing Rebirthing-Breathwork a "system" or technique of breathing that can help one to overcome the "trauma" of being born.