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Book Review Pro | Karen Pool
Book Review Pro | Karen Pool
Author : James Nestor
Genre : Self-Help
This book title intrigued me, so I grabbed in at the bookstore. It’s an excellent scientific adventure into the lost art and science of breathing. Those who studied breathing discovered that 90 percent of us—very likely me, you, and almost everyone you know—is breathing incorrectly and that this failure is either causing or aggravating a laundry list of chronic diseases. Yes, how we breathe really does affect the size and function of our lungs. Yes, breathing allows us to had into our own nervous system, control our immune response, and restore our health. Yes, changing how we breathe will help us live longer.
Along with his own personal study and experimentation, James Nestor goes back in time and shares dozens of stories of breathing exploration through the ages and in modern times. He writes, “Starting today, I’ll put into practice several thousand years of teachings from several dozen pulmonauts, breaking down their methods and measuring the effects. And I’ll explore techniques to expand the lungs, develop the diaphragm, flood the body with oxygen, hack the autonomic nervous system, stimulate immune response, and reset chemoreceptors in the brain.”
“In the 1980s, researcher with the Framingham Study, a 70-year longitudinal research program focused on heart disease, gathered two decades of data from 5,200 subjects, crunched the numbers, and discovered that the greatest indicator of life span wasn’t genetics, diet, or the amount of daily exercise, as many had suspected. It was lung capacity. What the Tibetans have long known and what Western science is now discovering is that aging doesn’t have to be a one-way path of decline. The internal organs are malleable, and we can change them at nearly any time.”
“What many doctors found was that the best way to prevent many chronic health problems, improve athletic performance, and extend longevity was to focus on how we breathed, specifically to balance oxygen and carbon dioxide levels in the body. To do this, we’d need tolerant how to inhale and exhale slowly.”
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