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a b Miller, Stuart (May 21, 2020). " "Yes, changing how you breathe will help you live longer" ". The Boston Globe . Retrieved February 15, 2021. Credit India, China, and Nepal of long ago. Hindus and Buddhists, chiefly. You know. The guys who practically stop their lungs from breathing or their hearts from beating or their skin from freezing even though they're "OM-ing" in the great outdoors, mid-winter.
Holding your breath periodically can actually help you expand lung capacity (see above, re: CO2, though I am less convinced about this one so far) (and do this breath holding while sitting or lying down) Hanh outlines the breathing practice that the Buddha taught. This practice of conscious breathing is meant to uncover the true nature of all things so that the practitioner can arrive at spiritual liberation. The 16 practices outlined in this book is meant to guide the practitioner through their physical, mental, and spiritual selves. Light on Pranayama: The Yogic Art of Breathing by B.K.S. Iyengar James Nestor makes it clear at the outset of this book that he is a journalist, not a scientist. As a scientist living in the age of COVID-19 and Donald Trump, I have learned to be wary of journalists who speak for the scientific community. At the end of the day, the goal of journalism is to bring attention to a topic, and often at the expense of objectivity. Breath was published by Riverhead Books on May 26, 2020. [5] Nestor promoted the book with appearances on The Joe Rogan Experience [6] and CBS This Morning. [7] James Nestor has done plenty of research on the subject of breathing, he has even taken part in tests himself and discovered the effects of breathing with and without obstructions. Sports athletes have been training with his exercises, and they did better than ever before. Will you try his breathing method after reading ‘The New Science of a Lost Art’? A Practical Guide to Breathwork: A Remedy for the Modern Human ConditionBreath won the award for Best General Nonfiction Book of 2020 by the American Society of Journalists and Authors [13] and was a finalist for the Royal Society Science Book Prize of 2021. [14] BREATH will do that. You'll find yourself breathing deeper, newly aware of the sustenance you rely on more than food or sleep, yet which you take largely for granted.
While it’s sometimes challenging to describe how to perform exercises without audio or visual guidance, Jesse is second-to-none in his ability to guide the reader through these techniques. This book perfectly straddles the line between being simple enough for non-scientists like myself to understand and benefit from it while being comprehensive enough to answer nearly every possible question you could have about the breath. Other things not mentioned? Many of Wim Hof’s records have been broken by others. Multiple people have died following the Wim Hof method.I love how the author brings up intriguing questions that had not previously occurred to you, such as why humans are the only mammal out of 5,400 different species to regularly have overbites, underbites and snaggled teeth. From here, Nestor drops hints, while carefully avoiding direct statements, that other medical maladies can be cured just by breathing right.
A transformative book that changes how you think about your body and mind' - Joshua Foer, author of Moonwalking with Einstein Starting with the day I opened the book and began experimenting with its techniques, I've had 4 consecutive nights of good sleep. Four nights. It has been years since I could say that. YEARS. The chronic sinus/nasal congestion that's been a feature of my life forever has moderated by about 50%. And my posture problem, that over the years I've alternately bemoaned and physically struggled against? That resolved itself in 18 hours (half of which I spent asleep). When it comes to breath work, no matter how long you've been practicing or how new you are to it, this list is for you!
Holotropic Breathwork: A New Approach to Self-Exploration and Therapy (SUNY Series in Transpersonal and Humanistic Psychology) by Stanislav Grof, Christina Grof, et al.
Breath”, I will be the first to admit, takes the reader on a fascinating journey, along with Nestor himself, in discovering—and “re”-discovering—breathing techniques that allow the practitioner to exert mindful control over their physiology, from decreasing snoring and combating ADHD to seemingly superhuman tales of curing scoliosis and thinly-garbed monks melting circles around them in the snow, using the mysterious “Tummo” technique. There is much good to be said about the breadth (pun intended) of this book, and it brings a lot of fascinating case studies to light. Nestor, with his journalistic charm, is never one to shy away from perhaps overly descriptive language, and keeps the reader curious about what will happen next throughout the narrative and descriptive portions of the book. Can breathing help calm us down? Probably. Do people have actual breathing problems? Of course. Are we all breathing wrong and nearly all our ailments can be cured by just following this author’s breathing exercises? Doubtful. My experience is just another anecdote, though, so take it for whatever it's worth. Be aware that there's some very fair criticism of the book out there. The books in these categories will help you learn more about breathwork from practical, theoretical, and holistic standpoints:
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