Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art Summary James Nestor

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While many medical professionals tout diet and exercise as the two pillars of a healthy body, they often miss an important pillar in breathing. Dr. James Nestor sought to uncover why he believes the third pillar of a healthy body is breathing technique.
To do this, he wanted to test the efficiency of mouth breathing as opposed to nose breathing. He went through a rigorous experiment where he breathed only through his mouth for 10 days, and he tracked his health throughout it. The results were disastrous. When he switched up the experiment and relied only on nose breathing, he began to fare better.
Our ancestors all breathed much more clearly because they had larger sinus cavities, jaws, and straighter teeth. However, over the course of civilization, our mouths have adapted. This is mainly because we have stopped chewing, which has meant our mouths no longer needed to be that big. However, we still have trouble breathing.
The best breathing technique is to breathe through your nose. Be sure to inhale for 5.5 seconds, and then exhale slowly for 5.5 seconds. The exhale is just as important as the inhale, and doing so slowly will train your body to be more efficient with the oxygen it has, while creating more carbon dioxide in the body, which is good for it. It’s important to breathe slowly and take in less air as you breathe.
Holding your breath can also do wonders for helping your body learn to breathe, and can provide a lot of mental and physical clarity. You can also try experiments to calm down anxious behaviors that include breathing very fast, very slow, or not at all.
Overall, the way you breathe is incredibly important, and more important than the medical field gives it credit for. When we begin to breathe correctly, we find that many problems either go away or begin to lessen substantially. While no treatment or cure is a solve-all, breathing does have a significant impact on many different ailments.

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