So many people train their body, but never give much thought to training their breath. This is a mistake! Here are 11 reasons why… Breathing is fundamental. By that I mean that you can only survive for a few minutes without air. You can survive a week without water. A …
Air Pollution = Bad Gut Health?
A new study published in Environment International shows that air quality impacts your gut microbiome. “This study examined relationships between air pollutants and the gut microbiome in young adults residing in Southern California. Our results demonstrate significant associations between exposure to air pollutants and the composition of the gut microbiome” …
Breath Holding, 2019 Nobel Prize and You
I got turned onto this from my interview with Perry Marshall (one of my favorites you can listen to here). Be warned, science ahead… Cells can sense and adapt to oxygen availability. Part of this is through the DNA that codes for the hormone erythropoietin (EPO), which in turn leads …
Science Behind Breathwork
Zoubair asks: “Hope you’re doing well, still following you and your quality posts on your blog. I must admit I am intrigued about those breathing exercises you’re regarding so highly, and I am interested in your “Upgrade Your Breath” program too. However, I still can’t figure out exactly what are …
Research Benefits of Deep Breathing Exercises
What Deep Breathing Does for You Recently I came across some new papers on the benefits of deep breathing exercises. Like this paper titled, “Physiology of long pranayamic breathing: neural respiratory elements may provide a mechanism that explains how slow deep breathing shifts the autonomic nervous system.” (Yep, they pretty …
Walking may kill you faster…
A new study just came out showing that walking may not be so great for you…if you are doing it in a polluted area. This study was from the Lancet, titled “Respiratory and cardiovascular responses to walking down a traffic-polluted road compared with walking in a traffic-free area in participants …
Box Breathing
Box breathing is a specific form of cadenced breath. It is called box breathing because each leg of the breath, inhale, hold, exhale, hold, is the same length. Thus, if you drew it out in the number of seconds for each one turning 90 degrees for each transition, it would …
Float Tanks to Refine Your Breathing?
While I was in San Diego the other week I finally went to a sensory deprivation tank. Been meaning to try one of those out for a long time and finally I did. For those that haven’t experienced or heard about these you get into a pitch black tank float …