In our daily lives, it is easy to forget the therapeutic power that resides in our breath. We often take it for granted, not realizing its enormous potential to heal, center, and renew us. Working with your breath offers you a path to holistic well-being, mental clarity, and emotional resilience in an otherwise busy everyday life.
As a breath coach, I know that there is nothing more essential to your health and well-being than breathing. You breathe between 18-25.000 breaths a day, so the benefit of using your breath to self-regulate and heal is obvious.
If you become more aware of how you breathe, you can actively influence your nervous system and thus your health. Impaired breathing can, among other things, create; restrictions in the breathing passages, inflammation in the body, and lower O2 and CO2 levels in the blood. So simply by educating yourself on your breath, you will have knowledge that can support your health for the rest of your life!
Here are some of the best books on breathwork that I have found to be the best on the market, and that will give you the skills, tools, and knowledge to take the next steps on your “breath” journey.
The best books on breathwork.
Breath by James Nestor
Most of us have lost the ability to breathe correctly, with serious health consequences. In this book, James travels the world to figure out what is wrong with our breathing and how to fix it. Working with your breath can change how you breathe and by default increase performance, halt snoring, rejuvenate organs, reduce stress, and help alleviate asthma. If you want to heal it is essential that you take a serious look at how you breathe, and with this book, you can educate yourself on precisely that.
Oxygen Advantage by Patrick McKeown
I’ve taken quite a few workshops with Patrick. One fun fact is that the book was originally called the Co2 advantage, but was renamed to Oxygen as most people believe that that is the important element. Patrick addressed the issue of chronic over-breathing as a key component of poor health and other health-related issues. In this book, you are presented with the fundamental relationship between oxygen, Co2, and the body and the often-overlooked importance of Co2.
Conscious Breathing: Discover The Power of Your Breath by Anders Olsson
Anders is the founder of Conscious Breathing and in this book, he draws on his experience, and study of all the aspects of the human breath, to tell you about the effect your breath has on your sleep, circulation, ability to burn fat, your immune system and your overall health. This is a solid book with step-by-step advice on how to work with your breath.
The Breathable Body: Transforming Your World and Your Life, One Breath at a Time by Robert Litman and Patrick McKeown
A guide on conscious breathing to reduce stress, alleviate tension, and create a balance of heart and mind. Your breath can get compromised by fear, disappointment, trauma, and pollutants as you live. In this book, you learn about conscious breathing and breath movement. The techniques in this book will teach you how to support and protect your body and give you an understanding of the anatomy of breathing.
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