The Power of Breath

Author: Swami Saradananda
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1786780186
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A leading yoga guru and meditation teacher offers step-by-step breathing exercises, revealing how breathwork can enhance your mental and physical well-being Breathing is the most fundamental of our body’s physical processes and our most intimate companion—yet most of us give it little to no thought. However, once fully acknowledged and harnessed, the power of the breath is unlimited. It can ease stress and anxiety, boost energy and stamina, enhance self-confidence, sharpen the ability to focus, strengthen the quality of voice, and even relieve pain. With The Power of Breath, renowned yoga teacher Swami Saradananda aims to give gentle yet powerful guidance on the art of breathing, from the basic practices to its myriad effects on the mind and body. She explores the five types of breath—vitalizing (prana), nourishing (samana), expansive (vyana), cleansing (apana) and expressive (udana)—and provides breathing exercises for each one. She also offers mini programs for targeting specific common ailments and issues such as asthma, skin disorders, depression, lethargy and phobias—plus ways to harness your breath to enhance vocal, dramatic, or sports performance. With evocative artwork, inspiring photography, and easy-to-follow guidance, this book will enhance and affirm your daily life through the power of breathwork.

The Healing Power of the Breath

Author: Richard Brown
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 0834827913
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 180

Book Description
A drug-free, side effect-free solution to common stress and mood problems—developed by two physicians The audio exercises included with this book can be accessed online at www.shambhala.com/healingpowerofthebreath. Access instructions are also provided within the book. Millions of Americans suffer from mood problems and stress-related issues like anxiety, depression, insomnia, and PTSD. Far too many of them are taking medications that have troublesome side effects, withdrawal symptoms, and disappointing success rates. In The Healing Power of the Breath, Dr. Richard P. Brown and Dr. Patricia L. Gerbarg provide a different way to treat stress: breathing. Drawn from yoga, Buddhist meditation, the Chinese practice of qigong, and other sources, their science-backed methods activate communication pathways between the mind and body to positively impact the brain and calm the stress response. Their anecdotes and easy-to-follow exercises will show you how to apply breathing techniques to help relieve: · Anxiety and depression · Trauma-related emotions and behaviors · Post-traumatic stress disorder · Insomnia · Addiction-related behaviors Complete with an audio download, this book gives you the coping tools you need to lead a calmer, more stress-free life.

Conscious Breathing

Author: Anders Olsson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789197615167
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 266

Book Description
Transform Your Health and Well-Being With Your BreathWhat if one simple habit could radically improve your life? What if one small change could completely reshape your health, fitness, weight, sleep, energy -- and even your looks and sex life? Anders Olsson is the founder of Conscious Breathing. He has educated ove one thousand breathing instructors and helped tens of thousands of people create massive change in their lives through the power of their breath. In this book he draws on his vast experience, as well as countless hours studying all aspects of the human breath, as he reveals how to: Normalize your blood pressure, circulation and heart rate Get restful sleep and energize your working hours Boost your body's ability to burn fat Strengthen your immunity system Improve your health, looks and sex drive Unlock your turbo and cultivate calm and relaxation Expand your awareness and accelerate your personal and spiritual growth and development with every breath you take And much, much more Conscious Breathing - Discover The Power of Your Breath is the definitive step-by-step guide to reshaping your breathing habits -- and your life. Get it now to transform your health and well-being with nothing but your breath! Pick up your copy today by clicking the "BUY NOW" button at the top of this page!

The Power of Breath and Hand Yoga

Author: Christine Burke
Publisher: Ryland Peters & Small
ISBN: 1782497544
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 252

Book Description
Discover how to heal both body and mind using only your breath and your hands. In The Power of Breath and Hand Yoga, Christine Burke shows how you already have all you need to heal both physical and emotional conditions and improve your overall wellbeing. Breath awareness has been linked to calming the body and brain, regulating blood pressure, improving memory and immune function, preventing heart attacks and easing chronic pain and asthma. Mudras are known as 'yoga for the hands': they are hand poses and positions that channel energy and offer a point of focus during meditation. First, Christine teaches you a range of breathing techniques and reveals the background behind mudras and how best to use them, and then she offers breath and mudra practices for 36 conditions, divided into body and mind. Each practice also includes a 'jewel thought' meditation, which can accompany the breath technique and/or mudra.

The Power of Breath

Author: Swami Saradananda
Publisher: Duncan Baird Publishers
ISBN: 9781844837892
Category : Relaxation
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Presents guidance on the art of breathing. This title explains the basics of breathing and the complex connection between the breath and the subtle body. It offers an advice on rediscovering natural breathing and preparing for breathing exercises. It leads you through 5 types of breath - vitalizing, nourishing, expansive, cleansing and expressive.

Breath

Author: James Nestor
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735213631
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 306

Book Description
A New York Times Bestseller A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2020 Named a Best Book of 2020 by NPR “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 Big Magic and Eat Pray Love No 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. There 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. Journalist 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 São 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. Modern 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. Drawing on thousands of years of medical texts and recent cutting-edge studies in pulmonology, psychology, biochemistry, and human physiology, Breath turns 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.

The Power of Breathwork

Author: Jennifer Patterson
Publisher: Fair Winds Press
ISBN: 1592339379
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 129

Book Description
Drawing on a multitude of breathing practices from different healing and spiritual traditions, The Power of Breathwork includes 25 simple exercises that can be practiced alone or with a partner to facilitate proper immune function and enhance connection, creativity, joy, intuition, or to reduce depression, anxiety, trauma, tension, physical pain, and more. Knowing how to breathe and how to use your breath purposefully has been proven to reduce negative mental and physical issues and actually heal the body and mind. A regular home breathwork practice is an affordable and easy way for you to engage in self-healing practices that can have a profound impact on your overall health. Author, practitioner, and grief worker Jennifer Patterson begins by explaining what breathwork is, why you should try it, and how it can be used to heal the bodymind. Then, you'll learn what happens in your physical body, energetic body, and emotional body as you practice it. Before you start the exercises, find useful tips on building an altar, using scent, visualizations and grounding, and somatic writing prompts to help support your practice. After achieving collaboration and deeper trust with your body through practices such as a nurturing body scan and learning to catch and shift out of breath-holding patterns, return to yourself with these solo breath patterns: 4-7-8 Breath, Energizing Breath, Box Breath, Pursed Lip Breath, Lion's Breath, Diaphragm Breath, Alternate Nostril Breath, Skull Shining Breath, Ocean Breath, and Multi-Part Fast-Paced Breath. With a partner, use breath to work with witnessing and being witnessed, giving and receiving touch, and navigating conflict. Through these practices, you can breathe into a deeper relationship with another. For more focused breathwork practice, you will also find exercises that work with themes such as creativity, easing perfection narratives, inviting laughter and joy, cutting energetic ties to harmful dynamics, plus dedicated practices for welcoming the new day and then, when it is done, releasing the day and inviting sleep. The Power of Breathwork provides you with simple and approachable ways to intentionally and effectively breathe to bring healing and joy.

Breathing Makes It Better

Author: Christopher Willard
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN: 1611804698
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37

Book Description
2019 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards Winner 2020 Mom’s Choice Awards® Gold Recipient An engaging and interactive story showing children ages 3-6 the power of breath when dealing with new and difficult emotions. Read aloud and breathe along with this sweet story teaching children how to navigate powerful emotions like anger, fear, sadness, confusion, anxiety, and loneliness. With rhythmic writing and engaging illustrations, Breathing Makes It Better guides children to breathe through their feelings and find calm with recurring cues to stop and take a breath. Simple guided practices, like imagining you are a tree blowing in the wind, follow each story to teach children how to apply mindfulness techniques when they need them the most.

Breathwork

Author: Andrew Smart
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452181624
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
Harness the power of your breath to nourish your mind, body, and spirit. For anyone in search of peace, clarity, and calm, Breathwork is an all-levels handbook of breathwork techniques—the practice of combining breathing exercises with meditation. Decrease anxiety, foster energy, and build awareness using breathwork traditions. • Covers foundational breathing techniques from a range of traditions—including Zen breathing, Somatic breathing, and Holotropic breathing • Teaches simple-to-follow breathing exercises that you can do on your own • Unintimidating and highly accessible to beginners With practices for energy, healing, awareness, stress relief, and more, this all-levels guide gives you everything you need to find balance and clarity. All you need is your breath to foster health and happiness. • The perfect book for anyone seeking simple self-care techniques to help for their mind, body, and spirit • A useful skill to learn and pair with other mindfulness practices, such as meditation and yoga • Great for readers who enjoyed The Little Book of Mindfulness by Patricia Collard, Calm by Michael Acton Smith, and The Healing Power of the Breath by Richard Brown

Breathwork

Author: Nathalia Westmacott-Brown
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1465494014
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Use the power of breath to energize your body and focus your mind New science now confirms what traditional practitioners have known for centuries - that breathing mindfully can be key to achieving spiritual, emotional, and physical wellbeing. Breathwork offers 50 simple, step-by-step breath practices and visualizations you can do at home to balance body and mind, access inner wisdom, overcome anxiety, anger or insomnia, alleviate pain and depression, nurture self-esteem and more. Internationally renowned author and teacher Nathalia Westmacott-Brown draws a range of simple, safe, and transformational routines from a wide variety of traditions and modalities, including conscious connected breathing, pranayama, holographic breathwork, and qigong. Follow her guidance on the benefits of each exercise, how to position your body, the speed and depth of breaths, how long to spend, and how often to practise. With Breathwork, you will discover how breathing with purpose and control can help you to heal - and become the healthiest and happiest you can be.