"Insomnia? Gone. Anxiety? Gone. All without medication. Unpleasant side effects from blood pressure pills? Gone. A cheap and effective way to combat cardiovascular disease, immune dysfunction, obesity, and GI disorders? Yes. Sounds too good to be true? Believe it. Contemporary science confirms what generations of healers have observed through centuries of practice: Breath awareness can turn on the body's natural abilities to prevent and cure illness. The mental and physical stresses of modern life, such as anxiety, frustration, sexual dysfunction, insomnia, high blood pressure, digestive woes, and immune dysfunction can all be addressed through conscious control of your breath. In addition, it can increase energy, accelerate healing, improve cognitive skills, and enhance mental balance. Yet most of us stopped breathing in the anatomically "right" way, the way to take advantage of these benefits, when we were four or five years old. We now mostly breathe in a way that is anatomically incongruous and makes for more illness. Dr. Vranich shows readers how to turn back the tide of stress and illness, and improve the overall quality of their life through a daily breathing workout. In a fascinating, straightforward, jargon-free exploration of how our bodies were meant to breathe, Dr. Belisa Vranich delves into the ins and outs of proper breathing. By combining both anatomy and fitness with psychology and mindfulness, Dr. Vranich gives readers a way of solving health problems at the crux and healing themselves from the inside out. BREATHE is an easy-to-follow guide to breathing exercises that will increase energy, help lose weight, and make readers feel calmer and happier"-- Provided by publisher

Vranich, Belisa, 1966- author

St. Martin's Press

Wednesday Books

Tor Nightfire

United States, United States of America

1, US, 2016

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-215) and an index.

ix, 224 pages : 24 cm
"BREATHE is a groundbreaking look at a health topic we have all taken for granted. In a fascinating, straightforward, jargon-free exploration of how our bodies were meant to breathe, Dr. Belisa Vranich delves into the ins and outs of breathing. In the first book of its kind, BREATHE offers readers an intuitive correcting of a widespread health issue. By combining both anatomy and fitness with psychology and mindfulness, Dr. Vranich gives readers a way of solving health problems at the crux and healing themselves from the inside out. All through the simple act of breathing."--
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-215) and an index
Introduction -- How this book works -- Do you breathe, too? -- How bad is it, doc? -- You've got it all wrong -- Activate and relearn -- Stretch and warm up -- The workout -- Posture -- Back and front -- The diaphragm's counterpart -- Your breathing brain -- Essential to your brain health: sleep -- Why "work hard, play hard" is hurting you -- Recovery breath (and meditation for people who can't meditate) -- Breathing exercises: the best kept secret in sports--whether you're a weekend warrior of a pro athlete -- Epilogue -- Takeaway points -- Glossary of types of breathing -- Appendix 1: measures -- Appendix 2: science of breath -- Appendix 3: progress

Introduction
How this book works
Do you breathe, too?
How bad is it, doc?
You've got it all wrong
Activate and relearn
Stretch and warm up
The workout
Posture
Back and front
The diaphragm's counterpart
Your breathing brain
Essential to your brain health: sleep
Why "work hard, play hard" is hurting you
Recovery breath (and meditation for people who can't meditate)
Breathing exercises: the best kept secret in sports
whether you're a weekend warrior of a pro athlete
Epilogue
Takeaway points
Glossary of types of breathing
Appendix 1: measures
Appendix 2: science of breath
Appendix 3: progress.

2023-06-28