Breathing for health can be learned in quickly and its benefits experienced in as little as 10 minutes, and yet this practice is all but lost from most modern yoga classes. Yoga that should revolve around breath as the central, unifying theme are suddenly missing this most-important mind-body integrating practice altogether. How did yoga lose its way? On this week's show, you'll meet breathing teacher, Max Strom, who is helping to revitalize the age-old tradition of yoga breathing—and doing it in an accessible and extremely practical way.

------------ Listen & Learn:

• How 90% of communication in relationships is non-verbal, so digital relationships are extremely limited
• Why the Seattle Seahawks, the U.S. Military, and top athletes everywhere are using breath work for optimal performance
• Why 30% of the population uses sleeping medications when breathing could really help
• Why the World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that by 2020, depression would be the leading disability worldwide

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Max Strom is a teacher, speaker, and author of the books: A Life Worth Breathing and There is No APP for Happiness. His innovative method incorporates exercises, breath-work, and breath-based yoga movement to generate personal health and growth. As a speaker, Max has presented his method at the first Wellness Symposium in Saudi Arabia, The Inner Idea Conference, the Happinez Festival in the Netherlands, The Singularity University in the Silicon Valley, The Sea Island resort, on TEDx, as well as many yoga conferences.

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Links & References from the Show:

• Max's TEDx Talks
• Max's Website

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