Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

Wonderful book to get in depth analysis on the benefits of nose breathing. The author had done a fantastic job of walking through various aspects in a manner to understand by ordinary people. Easy steps to follow to correct some common ailments.

Really interesting book, talkes about how the way we breathe makes so much difference to our body. Also how the human face structure has evolved over the years leaving less space for the mouth and nose. Science and experience based book.

"Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art" is part historical narrative, part journal of the author’s personal health exploration, and part guidebook to breathing techniques. While the topic might seem mundane, this combination, along with the book’s brevity, makes it an easy and interesting read. For me, the historical narrative was the most captivating part. Nestor peppers the book with fascinating stories, including how human evolution — becoming brainier, learning to speak and to cook — actually impaired our ability to breathe properly. He discusses ancient Indian yogis, the perfect teeth of Native Americans, the use of breathing techniques on Civil War battlefields, and how tough chewing gum can help with breathing. The book is filled with various breathing techniques and the science behind aerobic and anaerobic respiration. While this information can be quickly found online, Nestor provides valuable context for these different methods (he also includes a helpful appendix at the end). However, this book shouldn't be used for self-medicating various ailments. Some of the breathing techniques contradict each other, and there are clear risks to following them without medical supervision. Nestor also describes some of his personal experiments in the book. These sections are detailed and repetitive, which can drag. Nonetheless, his overall exploration of the subject still makes the book worthwhile. The best tip in the book: The perfect breath is an inhalation for about 5.5 seconds, followed by an exhalation for 5.5 seconds, which is about 5.5 breaths per minute. And yes, if you're interested, you will likely take 670 million breaths in your lifetime! Pros: Interesting exploration of a seemingly ordinary topic, historical anecdotes Cons: The description of his personal experiments

Decode the Indian yogic style of Health, Longevity, intuitions and what not. An amazing read, every human being must read!

It narrate lot about breathing and it's associated things. We will know how we should breath properly.

Excellent book. Every one should buy and read it if they care for their health

This one is a must read book because of its content. Very well written and explained.

If you practice the breathing pattern and follow it, it will be be life changing

This is a fascinating book - I'm so glad I bought it. The author is funny, down-to-earth, and explains so much about breathing practices and the science/history behind them. I have breathing issues and found that some of the techniques James N. describes in this book actually work for me. Wasn't expecting that! Wish the print was slightly larger, being an older person, but otherwise the book is perfect.

Um dos livros mais incríveis que li em 2020.

This is quite a good book. I really enjoyed it. Like Mike Pollan, who wrote the excellent "How to Change Your Mind", the author travels the world while researching the book to try things out for himself. And then writes about his experiences in an engaging way. Some sticklers may take issue with how he writes about the finer points of Tibetan breathing techniques. I'm not sure if there will ever be universal agreement about their history and practice, but the author makes clear that he is really novice who is telling us an often fascinating story about his journey of discovery about breathing. The strength of the book is how he learns that there are so many (to me, suprising) things about breathing that are critically important for our health. For example, he talks about how many modern maladies like asthma, anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and even psoriasis could either be reduced or reversed simply by changing the way we inhale and exhale. He talks about how the shape of our months and face have changed over the past 300 years, and how this has led to so many breathing and health issues (including sleep apnea which affects so many adults now). It has to do with our food, and how it's so much easier to chew. He talks about the adverse affects of mouth breathing (which 80% of us do) and how, in an experiment, his health rebounded when he trained himself to only breath through his nose. There is also a lot of good information about breathing exercises, how they're done, why we think they work; and how this information has been ignored, for the most part, by modern medicine. If you're stressed, if you snore, if you have sleep apnea, if you have other respiratory issues, or if you know people who suffer from these (or Covid-19 breathing issues) ... then this book might be an eye opener. It's both informative, and quite readable and engaging like a great magazine article. And offers simple and easy ways for you to feel better and healthier.

Awesome must reed book for everyone. It’s written so good you will complete it in no time.

I found the Booking interesting and easy to read. Full of interesting information.