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Breath

Improve your health and wellbeing by discovering the lost art of breathing

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Breath

By: James Nestor
Narrated by: James Nestor
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Narrated by James Nestor.

THE PHENOMENAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE

AS HEARD ON STEVEN BARTLETT'S 'DIARY OF A CEO'

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, a book that has changed countless lives, James Nestor travels the world to discover the hidden science behind ancient breathing practices, discovering that if we make even slight adjustments to the way we inhale and exhale, we can:

  • Jump-start athletic performance
  • Reduce anxiety and stress, and boost productivity
  • Halt snoring, allergies, asthma and autoimmune disease
  • Ease headaches and sinus problems

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.

You will never breathe the same again.

'Who would have thought something as simple as changing the way we breathe could be so revolutionary for our health, from snoring to allergies to immunity? A fascinating book, full of dazzling revelations' Dr Rangan Chatterjee

© James Nestor 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

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Critic Reviews

'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)
'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)
'James Nestor's fascinating new book is playful and optimistic' (Spectator)
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Absolutley addicting book to listen to. James has done a great job reading it too.

didn't feel like a non fiction book

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Have been struggling with bad sleep for a few years now which I was aware was coming from stress/ anxiety. When I'm stressed i feel a tightness in the chest and it's been such a relief to find a book with a great story, information, narration, and very practical advice on reversing that tight anxious, out of breath feeling which also was ruining my sleep. Many thanks for this book James Nestor

great book if you have anxiety or sleep problems

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I'm currently listening again and will probably listen a third and forth. I am in love!

Absolutely mind blowing

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I listened to this book when I was 32 year of age.
I have had Asthma all my life, needing a puff attached to my hip "daily"
I start exercising a couple of the breathing techniques for this book asap, and began only breathing through my nose.
At 33, Asthma is 99% gone and I no longer think of my puffer. but I do wounder sometime where it is.

Thank you James

Truely life changing

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This work is impressive in its comprehensiveness. It pulls together a lot of recent research in breath work and adds much that is new. Excellent

Well researched

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