![]() ![]() The ancients have been onto this for thousands of years. Honing this air, these zillions of molecules we take in and push out can help us live longer and healthier lives. But this is exactly what neurologists, rhinologists, and pulmonologists working at some of the most prestigious research institutions are now showing there. And the ways in which we take in that air and exhale it is as important as what we eat, how much we exercise, or whatever genes we’ve inherited. We each inhale and exhale some thirty pounds of these molecules every day-far more than we eat or drink. As you breathe in, I’d like you to consider that the air now passing down your throat into your lungs and bloodstream contains more molecules of air than all the grains of sand on all the world’s beaches. Nestor expounds on conventional wisdom and years of research to draw new, revolutionary conclusions about the healing power of breath. In his new book, Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, Nestor tells the tale of exploring ancient burial sites, secret Soviet facilities, the smoggy streets of São Paulo and beyond - all to learn the hidden science behind ancient breathing exercises. Humans have forgotten how to breathe correctly, so the journalist James Nestor traveled the world to find out where we went wrong. ![]() By James Nestor: Breathing is an essential function for our health and wellbeing, an exercise so basic to sustaining life that we do it without even thinking…īut it’s also a lost art. ![]()
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