Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art Paperback

Most people breathe badly, and James Nestor sets out to explain what that habit costs and what changing it can do. The reporting ranges across pulmonology laboratories, old texts, freediving, dentistry and breathing practices from several traditions, including a self-experiment in which the author's nose was blocked for a stretch of days so the effects could be measured. Nestor covers nasal against mouth breathing, breathing rate, carbon dioxide tolerance and the changing shape of the human airway, drawing research and practitioner accounts into one argument. This Penguin Life paperback runs to 304 pages. Anyone with a diagnosed respiratory or sleep condition should follow the guidance of a qualified clinician. Details that matter: • Research on nasal breathing set against habitual mouth breathing • Material on breathing rate, carbon dioxide and lung capacity • Traditional breathing practices examined alongside modern studies • A 304-page Penguin Life paperback Aimed at readers interested in health, sleep and physiology, with clinical questions still best taken to a professional, published by Penguin Life and available from Boipoka.