Publication

2020 - Riverhead Books, New York

Language

English

Word Count

76,000 words, Guess

Page Count

304 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100735213615
  • ISBN-139780735213630
  • ISBN-139780735213616
  • ISBN-100735213631
  • Better World Books9780735213630
and 3 more
  • Better World Books9780735213616
  • Open LibraryOL29844566M
  • Goodreads48890486

Classifications

  • LCCRA782.N47 2020

Description

There is nothing more essential to our health and wellbeing than breathing: take air in, let it out, repeat 25,000 times a day. Yet, as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly, with grave consequences. In Breath, journalist James Nestor travels the world to discover the hidden science behind ancient breathing practices to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it. Modern research is showing us that making even slight adjustments to the way we inhale and exhale can: - jump-start athletic performance - rejuvenate internal organs - halt snoring, allergies, asthma and autoimmune disease, and even straighten scoliotic spines None of this should be possible, and yet it is. Drawing on thousands of years of ancient wisdom and cutting-edge studies in pulmonology, psychology, biochemistry and human physiology, Breath turns the conventional wisdom of what we thought we knew about our most basic biological function on its head.

Description

English language

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Breath: The New Science of a Lost ArtHardcoverRiverhead Books2020-01-01
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