There was a gap of understanding there with a lot of a breathing therapist because breathing therapists are concerned with

teaching people how to breathe the best ways of breathing and they're incredibly

helpful to so many people but I wanted to know why these things affect us in certain ways, how breeding

can lead to anxiety, how it can cure depression, you know, how it can cure autoimmune problems and to find that information I had to go much deeper into the medical community which is a lot of what this book is. In these uncertain times of the COVID-19 pandemic, one thing we can all do is

breathe.

I've been doing breath work for a few years now and for me

it's been a game changer. Instead of having to relieve my anxiety by going

running or a whole yoga class I can do 15 minutes of breath work and I feel so much more grounded, centered, and just calm.

I got into breathwork after reading James Nesta's book about free diving.

It's called Deep and it became a New York Times bestseller.

After writing about free diving, James also got way more into breathing.

He studied with experts around the world, looked at the science behind it,

and he even studied the bones of ancient humans to see

how our breath has changed over the years. The results are in his newest book.

It's called Breath, the new science of a lost art,

and it comes out in May.

I'm excited to have James on the show today

because not only do I think we could all

use some more tools to help us be more calm and centered

right now, but also because this is James's first interview about his new book.

Today we're exploring what he learned about breathing while researching the book and the simple things

you can do right now to breathe better adding more health, joy, and peace in your life right now.

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