Breath for Health: A Mindful Way to Restore Your Natural Breathing Cycle [Paperback]

'The results for health and well-being of following this deceptively-simple program can be life-changing.' Dr Timothy McCall, MD, author, Yoga as Medicine: The Yogic Prescription for Health and Healing

A concise handbook on how to improve your breathing. It's based on a centuries-old understanding of the breath-mind-body relationship, backed by current medical research. Your breath is both a friend and a force which can open you up to breathe in a better way. Starting as a complete beginner, you can, step-by-step, restore your natural breathing cycle, so easily lost due to health issues or to physical or emotional stresses. You can work through the exercises at your own pace, guided by advice, clear instructions, illustrations, encouragement and inspirational anecdotes. In time, you can enjoy a more open, upright posture, speak more confidently and have a deeper sense of well-being. You'll be ready to start traditional yoga breathwork (Pranayama) should you wish. This book, recommended by some of the world's most experienced yoga teachers, will also fill a longstanding gap if you're a teacher of yoga or mindfulness, a physiotherapist or a psychotherapist.Michael Hutchinson is a retired scientist with a long-standing parallel involvement in an ancient yoga tradition which emphasises working with the breath. Michael's outstanding experience within this tradition means he is uniquely placed in the UK as a leading teacher of remedial breathwork, and he has led two teacher-training courses, taught at the European Yoga Congress and featured at four World Yoga Festivals. He lives in Hampshire, UK.In my travels around the yoga world investigating the teaching of different traditions, the breath work taught by students of Krishnamacharya in his later life was the most subtle and profound I encountered. Breath for Health presents a program based on these principles that allows even raw beginners to learn the basics lĠ