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The Breathing Revolution
Train yourself to breathe properly to banish anxiety and find your inner calm
The Breathing Revolution
Train yourself to breathe properly to banish anxiety and find your inner calm
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Description
As featured in Hello!, OM Yoga & Lifestyle, Natural Health, Healthy Living, Yoga magazine and Women's Fitness.
Breathing is at the core of everything we do. Breath is life.
In this inspiring and accessible book, yoga teacher and award-winning documentary filmmaker Yolanda Barker shows us the importance of better breathing, and provides a seven-day programme of practical exercises for readers to follow.
Drawing on her own experiences with anxiety and depression, the breathing practices she shares can help to ease symptoms of stress, enable us to sleep better, and calm us down during difficult situations. Grounding the information in science and her observations as a long-term yoga teacher, she also explains how these exercises work, and shines a light on the physiology of stress, and its effect on the body, mind and emotions. The book features inspiring and instructional illustrations.
Supported with science and enriched with sensitivity, understanding and personal experience, The Breathing Revolution is an empowering guide to breathing practices that can be truly life-changing.
Table of Contents
Author's note
The breath effect
Why revolutions fail (the importance of awareness)
PART ONE: The seven-day programme
Introduction
Day One: Becoming aware of your breathing habits
Day Two: Developing breath and body awareness
Day Three: Nose breathing
Day Four: The correct breathing muscles
Day Five: The rate of the breath
Day Six: The unstressed breath
Day Seven: The rhythm of the breath
Summary: If you've made it this far
PART TWO: Everyday hacks
Identifying triggers
Pelvic floor and posture
Everyday breathing hacks
Acknowledgements
References
Product details

Published | 30 Nov 2021 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 160 |
ISBN | 9781472948595 |
Imprint | Green Tree |
Illustrations | Line drawings/illustrations and diagrams throughout |
Dimensions | 216 x 135 mm |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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A practical guide to that most basic of bodily functions: breathing. If you, like me, have spent a lifetime not doing it “properly”, this mix of science and simple exercises is a bit of a game changer.
Sam Baker, Books to Read Now, Noon.org.uk
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With research, practical exercises, anecdotes and advice, Yolanda Barker shows how breath practice and the knowledge gained through it are important and powerful resources to integrate into our daily lives.
OM Yoga & Lifestyle magazine
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This inspiring new book features a seven-day programme of practical exercises for readers to follow. Drawing on her own experiences with anxiety and depression, the author shares breathing practices to ease stress, enable better sleep and bring calm during difficult situations.
Healthy Living magazine
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At last – a practical, compassionate, science-backed resource to support your mental health. Empowering for anyone who struggles with anxiety and depression.
Dr. Aseem Malhotra, cardiologist, author and health campaigner
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Just like breathing, this book is both simple and profound. I learned so much about physiology, neuroscience and psychology, and the breathing exercises are amazingly effective. A vital resource.
Stacey DeLooze, author of Eat Sleep Sing
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An eloquently written and accessible guide to the breath and to breath work. The book has a wealth of information drawn from Yolanda's teaching experience and is supported by the latest scientific research. The comprehensive seven-day programme is easy-to-follow and will be of help to anyone who wants to reclaim their physical and mental health.
Charlie Taylor-Rugman, yoga teacher