{"product_id":"breath-the-new-science-of-a-lost-art","title":"Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art","description":"\u003cp\u003eJournalist James Nestor's argument: humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly, and most modern health complaints — from snoring and sleep apnea to anxiety and asthma — track back to that loss. \u003cem\u003eBreath\u003c\/em\u003e is his investigation into what changed and how to reverse it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNestor reports across thousands of years of medical texts and recent research in pulmonology, biochemistry, and human physiology, alongside ancient breathing practices like Pranayama, Sudarshan Kriya, and Tummo. He underwent a Stanford University experiment in which his nostrils were taped shut for ten days, then unblocked, to test the effects of mouth-breathing versus nasal breathing on the body. The book argues for the primacy of the nose, the slow exhale, breathing less rather than more, and the cultivated practice of breath-holding. Spent eighteen weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, won Best General Nonfiction Book of 2020 from the American Society of Journalists and Authors, and was a finalist for the Royal Society Science Book Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e James Nestor\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Riverhead Books \/ Penguin Random House\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 2020\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames Nestor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmerican author and science journalist whose work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eScientific American\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOutside\u003c\/em\u003e, and on NPR. His first book, \u003cem\u003eDeep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves\u003c\/em\u003e, was a finalist for the PEN American Center Best Sports Book of the Year and an Amazon Best Science Book of the Year. \u003cem\u003eBreath\u003c\/em\u003e has sold over three million copies and been translated into more than forty-four languages. Nestor's collaboration with the Global Classroom — a partnership with the World Health Organization, supported by UNICEF — teaches breathing techniques to schoolchildren around the world. He lives in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BK Quanta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51133251617074,"sku":"9780735213616","price":39.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0055\/0012\/files\/71gxuHqAF-L._SL1500.jpg?v=1776370616","url":"https:\/\/www.alternity.ca\/products\/breath-the-new-science-of-a-lost-art","provider":"Alternity","version":"1.0","type":"link"}