Exploring the power of our most basic biological function: Breath

New York Times bestselling author James Nestor recently released Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, detailing his utterly fascinating journey into the world of breathwork.

Nestor explores how humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly, the health issues that ensue, and some amazing remedies, including SKY Breath Meditation (aka Sudarshan Kriya®) which Nestor describes as the most powerful technique he’s ever learned.

The book is an insightful, thought-provoking exploration into the power of our breath, and how breathing techniques can help us transform our lives for the better. 

An intro to breath: From ancient breathing practices to modern science

No 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.

There is nothing more essential to our health and well-being 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: The New Science of a Lost Art, journalist 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 and Sudarshan Kriya (aka SKY Breath Meditation), and teams up with pulmonary tinkerers to scientifically test long-held beliefs about how we breathe.

Modern 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.

Drawing on thousands of years of medical texts and recent 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.

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You're breathing. But are you breathing right?

You breathe all day long, but how often do you notice the way you breathe? Is your breath deep and long or shallow and short, does it change depending on your mood, are you nose breathing or mouth breathing?

Watch this video to hear from James Nestor himself about the steps he took to learn to breathe properly, and how his life transformed for the better.

The best remedy to fix your breathing

Check out the recent Joe Rogan Experience podcast where Nestor discusses the powerful, scientifically-backed breathing practice he integrated into his life—Art of Living’s SKY Breath Meditation (aka Sudarshan Kriya®). Be sure to scroll to the middle of the page to find the podcast.

This practice has been shown to reduce stress and anxiety, improve sleep, boost the immune system, and restore energy. 

“This book is awesome. Most people have no idea how to do breathing exercises and how beneficial they are. Over the last few weeks I’ve been using the methods I learned from his book and I can tell you there are absolutely some real benefits to be had. I really enjoyed this book.” —Joe Rogan on Instagram

Transform with SKY 

James Nestor shares the details of his first experience with SKY breathing in The Guardian. He explains how one hour of slow breathing fixed his sleep, calmed his mind, and changed his life forever.

“(SKY Breath Meditation) is the most powerful technique I’ve learned,” says Nestor.

Would you like to experience all the benefits of SKY for yourself?

Discover SKY Breath Meditation online from the comfort of your own home, and gain life-changing tools and techniques that are proven by science to work.

Learn more here. Or you can join a free online introduction session with a live instructor who can answer all your questions.