No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how skinny or young or wise you are, none of it matters if you're not breathing properly.
James Nestor has written for Scientific American, Outside Magazine, Men's Journal, National Public Radio, The New York Times, and more. His book, Deep- Freediving, Renegade Science, and What The Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves, was a finalist for the PEN American Center Best Sports Book of the Year and a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. Nestor has appeared on dozens of national radio and television shows, including ABC's Nightline, the CBS Morning News and NPR. He lives and breathes in San Francisco. More at mrjamesnestor.com.
'If there's one book you read this year, make it this
one'
'Who would have thought something as simple as changing the way
we breathe could be so revolutionary for our health? James
Nestor is the perfect guide to the pulmonary world and has written
a fascinating book, full of dazzling revelations' -- Dr
Rangan Chatterjee
'In the past few years, there have been several potentially
life-changing books, from Matthew Walker's Why We Sleep and
Shane O'Mara's In Praise of Walking, to Norman Doidge's
The Brain's Way of Healing. Breath deserves a place
alongside such volumes. Read it, and I guarantee you will want
to change the way you breathe' -- Evening Standard
'I highly recommend this book' -- Wim Hof, on Instagram
'This book is awesome. Most people have no idea how to do
breathing exercises and how beneficial they are. I learned a lot
from James Nestor's book. Over the last few weeks I've been
using the methods I learned and I can tell you there are absolutely
some real benefits to be had from this' -- Joe Rogan, on
Instagram
A fascinating scientific, cultural, spiritual and evolutionary
history of the way humans breathe - and how we've all been doing it
wrong for a long, long time. I already feel calmer and healthier
just in the last few days, from making a few simple changes in my
breathing, based on what I've read. Our breath is a beautiful,
healing, mysterious gift, and so is this book -- Elizabeth Gilbert,
author of Eat, Pray, Love
'A wonderful book that reminds and enlightens us about how
breath and mind are intertwined' -- Rahul Jandial, author of
Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon
'If you want to read a book about the power of the breath, this
is it!' -- Patrick McKeown, author of The Oxygen
Advantage
'I would have thought that breathing was pretty simple and well
understood. Then I read this book. Now I know it's a hugely complex
and wondrous process which we need to understand much better.
Fascinating and provocative stuff' -- Daniel M. Davis,
author of The Beautiful Cure
'James Nestor's fascinating new book is playful and
optimistic' -- Spectator
'A transformative book that changes how you think about your
body and mind' -- Joshua Foer, author of Moonwalking with
Einstein
'Breath is an utterly fascinating journey into the ways
we are wired. No matter who you are, you'll want to read this'
-- Po Bronson, author of What Should I Do with My Life and
Nutureshock
'An eye-opening, epic journey of human devolution that explains why
so many of us are sick and tired. A must-read book that exposes
what our health care system doesn't see' -- Dr. Steven Y. Park,
Albert Einstein College of Medicine and author of Sleep,
Interrupted
'I don't say this often, but when I do I mean it: this book changed
my life. Breath is part scientific quest, part historical
insight, part Hero's Journey, full of groundbreaking ideas, and a
rollicking good read. I had no idea that the simple and
intuitive act of inhaling and exhaling has taken such an
evolutionary hit. As a result, I figured out why I sleep so badly
and why my breathing feels so often out-of-sync. With a few simple
tweaks, I fixed my breathing and fixed myself. A
transformational book' -- Caroline Paul, author of The Gutsy
Girl
'If you breathe, you need this book. When we undervalue
anything, including something so basic as breathing, bad things
always happen-and Nestor makes it clear how awful it's gotten. But
he also provides a clear airway back to better, deeper, stronger
respirations' -- Wallace J. Nichols PhD, author of Blue
Mind
'Breath shows us just how extraordinary the act of breathing
is and why so much depends on how we do it. An enthralling,
surprising, and often funny adventure into our most overlooked and
undervalued function' -- Bonnie Tsui, author of Why We
Swim and American Chinatown
'Super interesting' -- Emma Gannon
It's an incredible book, I absolutely loved it -- Tim
Lovejoy
'A really, REALLY interesting book' -- Ella Woodward,
Deliciously Ella
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