Breath. It’s pretty surprising to find out after decades of breathing that you might be doing it wrong! That’s what happened to me when I discovered James Nestor’s book “Breath.” I always thought that breathing out of your mouth when you were doing strenuous exercise was a sign of how hard you’re working, a point of pride. Little did I know that your nose has all sorts of special receptors and filters (which your mouth doesn’t not have) to make sure that the air you breath is fit for consumption. Mouth breathing is not ideal!
Another person that helped me take a different look at breath is Wim Hof. Wim is a free spirit that genuinely wants the best for everybody. He has an amazing story that led to him discovering breathwork. It began with his path to healing from his wife’s suicide and evolved to later demonstrating under scientific observation that you can supercharge the autonomic nervous system to fight off endotoxins on command! This is powerful stuff, my friends!
Wim makes it pretty simple to get started on this journey of discovering the benefits of proper breathing with this video of 3 rounds of 30 breaths with a breath hold between each round.
Try it first thing in the morning before you’ve eaten and see how you feel!
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