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Can Snoring Be Decreased by Changing How You Breathe?
According to James Nestor, author of Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, how you breathe affects more than you realize.
Two months ago, how I breathed was not on the list of things I wanted to change about my life. I mean, I’d been doing it since birth — automatically — without any thought at all. Air comes in, air goes out. Nothing complicated there.
If I’d made it this far, why should I pay any attention to it now?
When it comes to new ideas, I’m pretty skeptical. I need a lot of evidence to change my perspective or behaviour. So, when I learned about a book entirely about breathing, a process so mundane and boring I barely even notice it, I needed some convincing to be interested.
A buddy I wall climb with had read the book and suggested I try climbing while breathing only through my nose. I was shocked by the immediate difference it made. I bought the audiobook days later.
James Nestor, author of Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, makes a compelling case for why breathing matters, not just because it literally keeps us alive, but because how we do it impacts numerous, important aspects of our health and wellbeing. According to Nestor, the breath can affect everything from snoring and sleep apnea to anxiety and whether we need to pee in the…
