238: You’re probably breathing wrong | Brian Mackenzie, human performance specialist

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Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 22 July 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Brian Mackenzie: "At least 80% of your breathing in a day should be through your nose only.” Mackenzie, a human performance specialist, breathing expert, and New York Times bestselling author, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss why we should all be nasal breathers, plus: *How nasal breathing can strengthen your immune system* *What to do if you can't breathe in your mask* *Why respiratory health is the new frontier in well-being* *How to strengthen your lung capacity* *How to practice slow breathing to reduce anxiety* To learn more about our hemp multi+, visit mindbodygreen.com/hemp. Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: [email protected]. Also be sure to check out Mackenzie's breath calculator, which you can find at shiftadapt.com/breath-test-calculator/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the My Buddy Green podcast. I'm Jason Walkab, founder and co-ceeo of My Buddy Green and your host.
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0:47.0	Brian Mackenzie is the best-selling author of numerous books including one of my favorites titled Unplugged.
0:55.0	I first met Brian as he spoke at her 2017 Revitalized event about the power of our breath.
1:01.0	Since then I've been hooked on his Instagram as he is quite simply one of the best in the world
1:07.0	when it comes to harnessing the power of our respiratory system to accelerate and raise both mental and physical performance.
1:15.0	He's worked with world-class Olympic and professional athletes, top executives,
1:20.0	and he's also here to help those suffering from various chronic and pathological issues.
1:25.8	And today, we're going to go deep on the power of our breath.
1:31.1	Brian, welcome, so good to see you and hear your voice.
1:36.0	Jason, the pleasure is all mine and I'm glad to be here.
1:41.0	So I've been thinking a lot about you
1:44.4	in the context of COVID-19 and the importance of breath work
1:48.7	and breathing in a mask, which I just am not good at,
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