Modern Wisdom

Podcast Notes Key Takeaways

• Basic Breathing Recommendations:
  • Stop mouth breathing; focus on habitual nasal breathing
  • Breathe slow and low
  • Use nasal tape and dilators to acclimate nasal breathing
  • Use incline bed therapy
  • Avoid sleeping on your back
  • Efficiency is more important than quantity of breath
• “The further away we get from a natural environment, the more patches we rely on to keep our body sustaining”-James Nestor
  • The lungs are an organ you can control unlike our kidneys, liver, heart, etc. The control of the lungs can directly control many vitals and overall health of the body.
• The need to breathe is dictated by tolerance for CO2, not oxygen
  • The more acclimated you become to holding more CO2 in your body, the more oxygen your body can deliver
• Breathing is not a one stop solution but can help rebalance the body
  • Dysfunctional breathing can directly accelerate chronic health problems like diabetes

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James Nestor is a journalist and an author.

We get more energy from our breath than we do from food or hydration or sleep. And yet most people have never considered assessing how properly they breathe. Thankfully James has spent years speaking to the world's leading researchers, breathwork teachers, monks and free divers to find out exactly what we need to know.

Expect to learn why computer use is affecting your breath, how poor breathing can cause diabetes, why snoring is a dangerous habit, James' tips for optimising your daily breathing, the best strategies to use for athletic performance, how to improve your breathing while you sleep and much more...

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