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Breathing is at the core of everything we do. Breath is life.
In this inspiring and accessible book, yoga teacher and award-winning documentary filmmaker Yolanda Barker shows us the importance of better breathing, and provides a seven-day programme of practical exercises for readers to follow. Drawing on her own experiences with anxiety and depression, the breathing practices she shares can help to ease symptoms of stress, enable us to sleep better, and calm us down during difficult situations. Grounding the information in science and her observations as a long-term yoga teacher, she also explains how these exercises work, and shines a light on the physiology of stress, and its effect on the body, mind and emotions.
Grounded in science and enriched with sensitivity, understanding and personal experience, The Breathing Revolution is an empowering guide to breathing practices that can be truly life-changing.
Introduction
Author's note
The breath effect
Why revolutions fail (the importance of awareness)
PART ONE: The seven-day programme
Introduction
Day One: Becoming aware of your breathing habits
Day Two: Developing breath and body awareness
Day Three: Nose breathing
Day Four: The correct breathing muscles
Day Five: The rate of the breath
Day Six: The unstressed breath
Day Seven: The rhythm of the breath
Summary: If you've made it this far
PART TWO: Everyday hacks
Identifying triggers
Pelvic floor and posture
Everyday breathing hacks
Acknowledgements
References
Description
Breathing is at the core of everything we do. Breath is life.
In this inspiring and accessible book, yoga teacher and award-winning documentary filmmaker Yolanda Barker shows us the importance of better breathing, and provides a seven-day programme of practical exercises for readers to follow. Drawing on her own experiences with anxiety and depression, the breathing practices she shares can help to ease symptoms of stress, enable us to sleep better, and calm us down during difficult situations. Grounding the information in science and her observations as a long-term yoga teacher, she also explains how these exercises work, and shines a light on the physiology of stress, and its effect on the body, mind and emotions.
Grounded in science and enriched with sensitivity, understanding and personal experience, The Breathing Revolution is an empowering guide to breathing practices that can be truly life-changing.
