{"product_id":"breath-james-nestor-9780735213616","title":"Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBestseller \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Nonfiction Book of 2020 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNamed a Best Book of 2020 by NPR\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A fascinating scientific, cultural, spiritual and evolutionary history of the way humans breathe--and how we've all been doing it wrong for a long, long time.\" --Elizabeth Gilbert, author of \u003ci\u003eBig Magic \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEat Pray Love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere is nothing more essential to our health and well-being than breathing: take air in, let it out, repeat twenty-five thousand times a day. Yet, as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly, with grave consequences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJournalist 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 S o Paulo. Nestor tracks down men and women exploring the hidden science behind ancient breathing practices like Pranayama, Sudarshan Kriya, and Tummo and teams up with pulmonary tinkerers to scientifically test long-held beliefs about how we breathe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eModern 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on thousands of years of medical texts and recent cutting-edge studies in pulmonology, psychology, biochemistry, and human physiology, \u003ci\u003eBreath \u003c\/i\u003eturns 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Nestor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0735213615\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780735213616\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Riverhead Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.25w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/06\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2020 pg. 138\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/05\/2020","brand":"James Nestor","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054159982847,"sku":"9780735213616","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e32c2cb2-9a52-4aa9-9be5-1b6c3109c2f3.jpg?v=1685028286","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/breath-james-nestor-9780735213616","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}