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Insomnia? Gone. Anxiety? Gone. All without medication. Unpleasant side effects from blood pressure pills? Gone. A cheap and effective way to combat cardiovascular disease, immune dysfunction, obesity, and GI disorders? Yes. Sounds too good to be true? Believe it.

Contemporary science confirms what generations of healers have observed through centuries of practice: Breath awareness can turn on the body’s natural abilities to prevent and cure illness. The mental and physical stresses of modern life, such as anxiety, frustration, sexual dysfunction, insomnia, high blood pressure, digestive woes, and immune dysfunction can all be addressed through conscious control of your breath. In addition, it can increase energy, accelerate healing, improve cognitive skills, and enhance mental balance.
Yet most of us stopped breathing in the anatomically “right” way, the way to take advantage of these benefits, when we were four or five years old. We now mostly breathe in a way that is anatomically incongruous and makes for more illness. Dr. Vranich shows readers how to turn back the tide of stress and illness, and improve the overall quality of their life through a daily breathing workout. In a fascinating, straightforward, jargon-free exploration of how our bodies were meant to breathe, Dr. Belisa Vranich delves into the ins and outs of proper breathing. By combining both anatomy and fitness with psychology and mindfulness, Dr. Vranich gives readers a way of solving health problems at the crux and healing themselves from the inside out. BREATHE is an easy-to-follow guide to breathing exercises that will increase energy, help lose weight, and make readers feel calmer and happier.

ISBN-13: 9781250106421

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group

Publication Date: 12-27-2016

Pages: 240

Product Dimensions: 7.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

As a clinical psychologist with over twenty years of experience, DR. BELISA VRANICH has spent the last decade dedicating herself to the study of breathing. She is the founder of The Breathing Class and has appeared in dozens of national media outlets, including Anderson Cooper, CNN, Fox, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Inside Edition, The Wall Street Journal, Cosmopolitan, Men's Fitness and Huffington Post. She is the former sports psychologist for Gold's Gym.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction 1

How This Book Works 5

1 Do You Breathe, Too? 9

2 How Bad Is It, Doc? 22

3 You've got It All Wrong 33

4 Activate and Relearn 42

5 Stretch and Warm Up 69

6 The Workout 85

7 Posture 99

8 Back and Front 110

9 The Diaphragm's Counterpart 120

10 Your Breathing Brain 128

11 Essential to Your Brain Health: Sleep 138

12 Why "Work Hard, Play Hard" Is Hurting You 144

13 Recovery Breath (And Meditation for People Who Can't Meditate) 153

14 Breathing Exercises: The Best Kept Secret in Sports - Whether You're a Weekend Warrior or a Pro Athlete 162

Epilogue 174

Takeaway Points 176

Glossary of Types of Breathing 179

Appendix 1 Measures 185

Appendix 2 Science of Breath 187

Appendix 3 Progress 192

Bibliography and Recommended Reading 207

Index 216