{"product_id":"breath-the-new-science-of-a-lost-art","title":"Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller \n\u003cbr\u003e A \n\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Nonfiction Book of 2020 \n\u003cbr\u003eAn Amazon Best Science Book of 2020 \n\u003cbr\u003e2020 ASJA Award-Winner in the General Nonfiction Category \n\u003cbr\u003e A Goodreads Award Finalist for Best Science \u0026amp; Technology Book of the Year \n\u003cbr\u003eNamed a Best Book of 2020 by NPR \n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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 \n\u003ci\u003eBig Magic and Eat Pray Love\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I highly recommend this book.\" --Wim Hof \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"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, international bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Stress Solution\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"It's a rare popular-science book that keeps a reader up late, eyes glued to the pages. But \n\u003ci\u003eBreath \u003c\/i\u003eis just that fascinating. It will alarm you. It will gross you out. And it will inspire you. Who knew respiration could be so scintillating?\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eSpirituality \u0026amp; Health\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In \n\u003ci\u003eBreath\u003c\/i\u003e, author and journalist James Nestor lays out in spellbinding and at once comedic and riveting fashion his ten year personal investigation of breathing. Who could imagine a \"self help book\" that reads like a page turning novel?! I couldn't put it down.\"--Steven Gundry, M.D., \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Plant Paradox\u003c\/i\u003e series, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Longevity Paradox\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\u003ci\u003eThe Energy Paradox\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"With his entertaining, eerily well-timed new book, James Nestor explains the science behind proper breathing and how we can transform our lungs and our lives. The book is brisk and detailed, a well-written read that is always entertaining, as he melds the personal, the historical, and the scientific.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A transformative book that changes how you think about your body and mind.\" --Joshua Foer, \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eMoonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Memory\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eBreath \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a new perspective of modern-day technology and how we've unknowingly abandoned the answers we've always had. James Nestor artfully brings back what modern society has walked away from, by combining ancestral techniques and new age technology in one elegant book.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eScientific Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A wonderful book that reminds and enlightens us about how breath and mind are intertwined.\"-- \n\u003cbr\u003eDr. Rahul Jandial, bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eLife Lessons from a Brain Surgeon\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eBreath\u003c\/i\u003e is an utterly fascinating journey into the ways we are wired. No matter who you are, you'll want to read this.\" --Po Bronson, \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eWhat Should I Do with My Life?\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of \n\u003ci\u003eNutureShock\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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, author of \n\u003ci\u003eSleep, Interrupted\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I don't say this often, but when I do I mean it: This book changed my life. \n\u003ci\u003eBreath\u003c\/i\u003e 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, bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Gutsy Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eBreath\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \n\u003ci\u003eWhy We Swim\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eAmerican Chinatown\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A welcome, invigorating user's manual for the respiratory system.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"If you want to read a book about the power of the breath, this is it!\"--Patrick McKeown, bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Oxygen Advantage\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Although we all breathe, there is an art and science to breathing correctly . . . Full of fascinating information an compelling arguments, this eye-opening (or more aptly a mouth-closing and nostril-opening) work is highly recommended.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This is the best book I've ever read! You won't be able to put it down.\" --Dr. John Douillard DC CAP, elite trainer and author of \n\u003ci\u003eBody, Mind, and Sport\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJames Nestor \u003c\/b\u003eis an author and science journalist who has written for \n\u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. His first nonfiction book, \n\u003ci\u003eDeep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves \u003c\/i\u003e(2014), was a PEN America finalist, an Amazon Best Science Book of the Year, and a New York Times Editors' Choice. His second book, \n\u003ci\u003eBreath: The New Science of a Lost Art\u003c\/i\u003e, is an international bestseller, with more than three million copies sold in forty-four languages. Breath was awarded the Best General Nonfiction Book by the American Society of Journalists and Authors and was a finalist for the Royal Society Science Book Prize. Nestor's collaboration with Global Classroom, a partnership with the World Health Organization and supported by UNICEF, teaches millions of children around the world to breathe better. More at mrjamesnestor.com.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBestseller \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Nonfiction Book of 2020 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNamed a Best Book of 2020 by NPR\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"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.\" --Elizabeth Gilbert, author of \u003ci\u003eBig Magic \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEat Pray Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo 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.\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere is nothing more essential to our health and well-being than breathing: take air in, let it out, repeat twenty-five thousand times a day. Yet, as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly, with grave consequences. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJournalist James Nestor travels the world to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it. The answers aren't found in pulmonology labs, as we might expect, but in the muddy digs of ancient burial sites, secret Soviet facilities, New Jersey choir schools, and the smoggy streets of São Paulo. Nestor tracks down men and women exploring the hidden science behind ancient breathing practices like Pranayama, Sudarshan Kriya, and Tummo and teams up with pulmonary tinkerers to scientifically test long-held beliefs about how we breathe. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eModern 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, asthma, and autoimmune disease; and even straighten scoliotic spines. None of this should be possible, and yet it is. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on thousands of years of medical texts and recent cutting-edge studies in pulmonology, psychology, biochemistry, and human physiology, \n\u003ci\u003eBreath \u003c\/i\u003eturns the conventional wisdom of what we thought we knew about our most basic biological function on its head. 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