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If anyone had a chance to read a book – is it just exploring and describing observation about breathing or it attempts to answer how different breathing actuall
by divan 6y ago
If anyone had a chance to read a book – is it just exploring and describing observation about breathing or it attempts to answer how different breathing actually works and effects the health?
I remember watching this amazing TEDx talk which gives an on state demonstration of how breathing directly affects blood flow / pulse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xc3XdOiGGI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xc3XdOiGGI
There is another interesting video I've watched years ago with some hints that breathing directly influence mitochondrial activity, but it's in Russian, so not sure if it's worth sharing. Another thing indirectly mentioned was that breathing is the only "low-level" body function that we control conciously to some extent, so its effect on health is a neat byproduct and can be used for "hacking" metabolism and low-level body functions.
Anyway, I'm wondering if there is something more than "conscious breathing can do amazing things to your health" in this book?
- qnsi 6y agoI am at the beginning of the book, but for my taste it's too much storified (if that makes sense). He talks a lot about how he found something out and his personal experience with learning about breathing. Also similar to OP here [1] I was super curious about his claim that you can influence a lot of stuff in your body by picking one nostril you breath with. I googled for confirmation and wasn't satisfied with the results. Later he also recommends oxygen deprivation (breathing very shallowly while running and warns about blackouts) He doesn't cite studies in a usual science like way. So I decided I won't read the book in full. Hope this helps. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23980094 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23980094