245: You’re not healthy if you’re not breathing right | James Nestor, NYT bestselling author of Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

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Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 26 August 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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James Nestor: “To keep inflammation down, one of the easiest things you can do is breathe slower and not breathe through your mouth.” Nestor, the New York Times bestselling author of Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob to discuss how to breathe your way to better health, plus: *How to increase your lung capacity* *How to breathe for better sleep* *Why humming is important for supporting immunity* *Why your nose has erectile tissue* *How breathing less can help you absorb more oxygen* 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 Nestor's book, Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, which you can find at https://www.mrjamesnestor.com/breath. 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	James Nester has written for Outside, Scientific American, The Atlantic,
0:53.3	Dwell, The New York Times, not to mention
0:55.8	has appeared on national TV shows, including ABC's
0:58.7	Nightline and CBS Morning News.
1:01.1	And his latest book, Breath, The New Science of a Lost Art, is a runaway
1:06.6	bestseller and just might be one of the most important books of 2020 as we focus on our breath as it's a powerful tool to
1:17.1	strengthen our immune system. I am beyond excited that he's with us today as we explore the power of our breath.
1:27.0	James, welcome, so great to have you here.
1:30.0	Thanks for having me.
1:31.0	So I love your book. I'll start there.
1:35.0	Everyone listening, talk about write book, right time, right message, a powerful read, breath, the new science of a lost art. I gotta say you had me at the title.
1:49.5	But the book is phenomenal and we're gonna talk about it but let's start the why and
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