NOSES ARE FOR BREATHING, MOUTHS ARE FOR EATING
“Many people believe that taking a deep breath increases body oxygenation. The opposite is the case.” — Patrick Mc Keown, bestselling author of The Oxygen Advantage
Imagine a breathing technique that can increase oxygen uptake and delivery to the cells, improve blood circulation, and unblock the nose. Perhaps it can help open the airways of the lungs, enhance blood flow and oxygen delivery to the brain, improve sleep and bring calmness to the mind. It might even restore bodily functions disturbed by stress, build greater resilience and help you to live longer. You might think this description sounds farfetched. But it isn’t.
The Breathing Cure will guide you through techniques that embody the key to healthy breathing and healthy living. Mc Keown’s goal is to enable you to take responsibility for your own health, to prevent and significantly reduce a number of common ailments, to help you realize your potential and to offer simple, scientifically-based ways to change your breathing habits. On a day-to-day basis, you will experience an increase in energy and concentration, an enhanced ability to deal with stress and a better quality of life.
The essential guide to functional breathing, learn techniques tried and tested by Olympic athletes and elite military. Clear your blocked nose, stress and relax your nervous system, improve lung function, prepare for competition and more. For use at home, in professional/amateur sports, by breathing instructors, dentists, doctors, physical therapists, strength and conditioning coaches, Pilates and yoga teachers, and anyone interested in health and fitness – from everyday wellbeing through to sporting excellence.
Breathe Light: experience optimal blood circulation, peak oxygenation, maximal exercise performance, relief from respiratory symptoms and the best sleep you ever had.
Breathe Slow: stress is a risk factor in 75 to 90 percent of all human diseases. Discover and apply the breathing rate scientifically proven to stimulate relaxation, reduce high blood pressure, boost your immune system, maximize HRV and improve blood glucose control.
Breathe Deep: physical and emotional balance comes from within. Learn how to strengthen your diaphragm muscle to achieve greater endurance and resilience, calmness of mind, focused concentration and ease of movement.
From the bestselling author of The Oxygen Advantage, The Breathing Cure: Exercises to Develop New Breathing Habits for a Healthier, Happier, and Longer Life
covers new, ground-breaking topics such as how breathing techniques can support functional movement of the muscles and joints; improve debilitating conditions such as diabetes, epilepsy, lower back pain, PMS and high blood pressure; how the nasal breathing technique can be a weapon against influenza and related infections especially Covid-19; and last but not least, help you to enjoy deeper sleep and improved intimacy.
Tap into your innate resilience. Fire up your potential. Enhance your health.
BREATHE BETTER NOW!
Inhaltsverzeichnis
TABLE OF CONTENTS for The Breathing Cure: Exercises to Develop New Breathing Habits for a Healthier, Happier, and Longer Life by Patrick Mc Keown
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
- Are You Breathing Comfortably?
- What is the Oxygen Advantage®?
CHAPTER ONE: A NEW APPROACH
- Patrick’s Story
- A New Approach
- Functional Breathing Pattern Training
- Understanding the Problem: Causes of Suboptimal Breathing
- The Three Dimensions of Healthy Breathing
- CO2: Not Just a Waste Gas
- Is Your Breathing ‘Healthy’ Breathing?
- How to Measure Your Breathing
CHAPTER TWO: HOW TO BREATHE
CHAPTER THREE: THE HEART-BREATH CONNECTION
CHAPTER FOUR: THE SECRET OF MOVEMENT
CHAPTER FIVE: WHEN BREATHING HURTS
CHAPTER SIX: WHEN SLEEP MAKES YOU SICK
CHAPTER SEVEN: HEALTHY, HAPPY CHILDREN
CHAPTER EIGHT: THE SECRET TO HEALTHY BLOOD PRESSURE
CHAPTER NINE: FREEDOM FROM RESPIRATORY DISCOMFORT
CHAPTER TEN: INTIMACY
CHAPTER ELEVEN: DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS
CHAPTER TWELVE: FEMALE SEX HORMONES AND THE BREATH
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: SUGAR, SUGAR (DIABETES 1 & 2)
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: SEIZURE CONTROL AND THE BREATH
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: BREATHING EXERCISES
- Checking your BOLT Score
- Important Guidelines for Practice
- Detoxification
- Exercise 1A: Unblock the Nose
- Exercise 1B: Box Breathing
- Exercise 2: The Three Aspects of Breathing
- Exercise 2A: Breathe Light, Biochemistry
- Exercise 2B: Breathe Light, Biomechanics
- Exercise 2C: Breathe Light, Cadence
- A Question of Air Hunger
- Exercise 2D: Breathe Light, LSD
- Exercise 3: Breathe Light, Walking
- Exercise 4: Breathe Light, Jogging
- Breathing Recovery Exercises for Asthma, Stress, Anxiety, Panic Disorder
- Exercises to Stop a Panic Attack
- Exercise for Reduced Breathing Before Bed
- Program Based on Bolt Score, Age and State of Health
- Exercises for Children
APPENDIX ONE: PHENOTYPES OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
APPENDIX TWO: THE BREATH AND THE SINGING VOICE
APPENDIX THREE: ABC (ADULT BREATHING CLASSIFICATION)
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Über den Autor
LAIRD HAMILTON (Kauai, Hawaii & Malibu, California) is one of the world’s best known big-wave surfers. Over the last decade, Laird has transcended surfing to become an international fitness icon and nutrition expert. Many of today’s top professional athletes and celebrities look to Laird for training guidance, including instruction in his unique underwater resistance workouts. Hamilton is the New York Times bestselling author of Liferider: Heart, Body, Soul, and Life Beyond the Ocean and Force of Nature: Mind, Body, Soul, And, of Course, Surfing, and he has appeared in a number of feature films and documentaries, most recently Take Every Wave, a biographical feature documentary. In addition to his film work, Laird has appeared on numerous television shows including Oprah’s Master Class, 60 Minutes, CONAN, The Late Show with Steven Colbert, and Ellen.
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Laird lives with Gabby and his daughters on the Hawaiian island of Kauai and in Malibu, California.
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