Breathwork: How to Use Your Breath to Change Your Life by Andrew Smart

Harness the power of your breath to nourish your mind, body, and spirit.

Decrease anxiety, foster energy, and build awareness using breathwork traditions.

• Covers foundational breathing techniques from a range of traditions--including Zen breathing, Somatic breathing, and Holotropic breathing
• Teaches simple-to-follow breathing exercises that you can do on your own
• Unintimidating and highly accessible to beginners

This book is an inspiring guide to breathwork, the practice of using breathing exercises and mindfulness techniques to calm the mind and body. In these pages, breathwork teacher Andrew Smart presents a variety of foundational breathing techniques from a range of traditions-including Zen breathing, Somatic breathing, Holotropic breathing, and more-and makes them accessible to a wide audience. Organized by breathwork technique, each chapter includes a short explanation on the background and basic science of the technique followed by simple-to-follow breathing practices for stress relief, energy, healing, connection, exercising, and more. Delivered in a warm and welcoming tone with eye-catching illustrations by celebrated artist Eric Nyquist throughout, BREATHWORK is a useful and engaging handbook on how to use our breath to foster health and happiness.