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If you want to learn more about breathing I recommend checking out the book The Oxygen Advantage by Patrick Mckeown. It's got a bunch of different breathing exe

by nyjah 5y ago

If you want to learn more about breathing I recommend checking out the book The Oxygen Advantage by Patrick Mckeown. It's got a bunch of different breathing exercises and ways to measure progress. It basically reteaches you how to breath too, which is fascinating on its own. Worth checking out for sure. https://www.amazon.com/Oxygen-Advantage-Scientifically-Breathing-Techniques/dp/0062349473/ https://www.amazon.com/Oxygen-Advantage-Scientifically-Breat...

sph 5y ago
Please don't take this the wrong way, but is there a tl;dr? Often these "self-help" books are the same concept repeated for 200 pages that can be summed up in a paragraph. How should I breathe?
- eimrine 5y ago
  An far as I have understood, the key point is the video. It shows a guy who is sucking air throw tough device called power-meter and the greater the power the better. Also, if I've understood correctly, the very process of training the breath power is something that actually lowers blood pressure. Correct me if I am wrong because my English is not fluent and I may miss some points.
tcoff91 5y ago
Amazing book! My nasal breathing definitely improved from few simple tips from the book, and I wasn't even particularly diligent with following the program very far. I'm sure I could get even more benefits if I adhered to the exercises more consistently.
windexh8er 5y ago
Oxygen Advantage is a great book. I'd recommend James Nestor's - 'Breath' [0] as a first read, however. I feel like the book has more real world application and I picked up a number of things outside of what I learned studying Hof breathwork. I also studied, prior to both books, with Wim Hof in Poland in 2017 on one of his week long expeditions. The in person experience of group breath work is something to experience if you've never. It's so much different than working on it solo - especially if you're new to any of these methods. Breath work and cold exposure have been a large part of my life after reading 'What Doesn't Kill Us' by Scott Carney [1]. That was the book that drove me want to experience it first hand. [0] https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/48890486-breath https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/48890486-breath [1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30039048-what-doesn-t-kill-us https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30039048-what-doesn-t-ki...
- fullsend 5y ago
  Interestingly, Breath demonstrates that what we used to think is an O2 advantage is actually a CO2 advantage.
  - windexh8er 5y ago
    Yes and this is exactly what Tummo/Hof capitalize on - better known as the "Bohr Effect" [0] [0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK526028/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK526028/
- nyjah 5y ago
  Wow, you studied with Wim Hof in 2017, thats pretty damn cool! Its funny you say to start with 'Breath' because I was thinking you should start with Oxygen Advantage and then go to Wim Hof, but you sound like you have a much better background for legit recommendations. I had never heard of 'Breath' before. I'll definitely look into it. Is the Wim Hof experience just something one can sign up for? How did you end up there?
  - mettamage 5y ago
    Not parent. In my case for a medical experiment that got published in PNAS. WHM is the only thing I did. I’ll take a look at the book recommendations.
- guiambros 5y ago
  I loved reading 'What Doesn't Kill Us', and have been thinking about doing one of the week-long expeditions with Wim Hof. Did you do any prep before going on the trip, or was it your first experience with his breathwork?
- voxl 5y ago
  Did you read _any_ of the negative reviews for "Breath"? It sounds like pseudo science to me.
  - windexh8er 5y ago
bogota 5y ago
Would this be helpful for someone who has chronic allergies and can’t breathe out of one nostril about 95% of the time?
- bichiliad 5y ago
  I think tying allergies to this research probably takes some effort. I will say, as someone in a similar boat, that I've gotten a lot of benefit from regular ol' allergy shots, as well as from low-grade steoroids like fluticasone when things get intense. Separately, if you haven't heard about it already, only being able to breathe clearly out of one nostril at a time is normal, and helps your nose do its job well[0]. You may be noticing it more acutely because of your congestion. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_cycle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_cycle

by nyjah 5y ago

sph 5y ago

Please don't take this the wrong way, but is there a tl;dr? Often these "self-help" books are the same concept repeated for 200 pages that can be summed up in a paragraph. How should I breathe?

eimrine 5y ago
An far as I have understood, the key point is the video. It shows a guy who is sucking air throw tough device called power-meter and the greater the power the better. Also, if I've understood correctly, the very process of training the breath power is something that actually lowers blood pressure. Correct me if I am wrong because my English is not fluent and I may miss some points.

tcoff91 5y ago

Amazing book! My nasal breathing definitely improved from few simple tips from the book, and I wasn't even particularly diligent with following the program very far. I'm sure I could get even more benefits if I adhered to the exercises more consistently.

windexh8er 5y ago

Oxygen Advantage is a great book. I'd recommend James Nestor's - 'Breath' [0] as a first read, however. I feel like the book has more real world application and I picked up a number of things outside of what I learned studying Hof breathwork. I also studied, prior to both books, with Wim Hof in Poland in 2017 on one of his week long expeditions. The in person experience of group breath work is something to experience if you've never. It's so much different than working on it solo - especially if you're new to any of these methods. Breath work and cold exposure have been a large part of my life after reading 'What Doesn't Kill Us' by Scott Carney [1]. That was the book that drove me want to experience it first hand. [0] https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/48890486-breath https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/48890486-breath [1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30039048-what-doesn-t-kill-us https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30039048-what-doesn-t-ki...

fullsend 5y ago
Interestingly, Breath demonstrates that what we used to think is an O2 advantage is actually a CO2 advantage.
- windexh8er 5y ago
  Yes and this is exactly what Tummo/Hof capitalize on - better known as the "Bohr Effect" [0] [0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK526028/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK526028/
nyjah 5y ago
Wow, you studied with Wim Hof in 2017, thats pretty damn cool! Its funny you say to start with 'Breath' because I was thinking you should start with Oxygen Advantage and then go to Wim Hof, but you sound like you have a much better background for legit recommendations. I had never heard of 'Breath' before. I'll definitely look into it. Is the Wim Hof experience just something one can sign up for? How did you end up there?
- mettamage 5y ago
  Not parent. In my case for a medical experiment that got published in PNAS. WHM is the only thing I did. I’ll take a look at the book recommendations.
guiambros 5y ago
I loved reading 'What Doesn't Kill Us', and have been thinking about doing one of the week-long expeditions with Wim Hof. Did you do any prep before going on the trip, or was it your first experience with his breathwork?
voxl 5y ago
Did you read _any_ of the negative reviews for "Breath"? It sounds like pseudo science to me.
- windexh8er 5y ago

bogota 5y ago

Would this be helpful for someone who has chronic allergies and can’t breathe out of one nostril about 95% of the time?

bichiliad 5y ago
I think tying allergies to this research probably takes some effort. I will say, as someone in a similar boat, that I've gotten a lot of benefit from regular ol' allergy shots, as well as from low-grade steoroids like fluticasone when things get intense. Separately, if you haven't heard about it already, only being able to breathe clearly out of one nostril at a time is normal, and helps your nose do its job well[0]. You may be noticing it more acutely because of your congestion. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_cycle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_cycle