This BREATHING TECHNIQUE Will Transform Your BODY & MIND! | James Nestor & Lewis Howes
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My guest today is author and journalist James Nestor. He has written for Scientific American, Outside Magazine, The New York Times, The Atlantic, National Public Radio, Surfer’s Journal, The San Francisco Chronicle, and several other publications.
James believes that the world has lost the ability to breathe properly. After spending years in laboratories and ancient burial sites, working with researchers at Stanford, University of Pennsylvania, and other institutions to figure out what went wrong with our breathing, he’s learned how to fix it.
From his discovery, James has spent the last several years working on a book called Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art. It released on May 26, 2020, and was an instant New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Los Angeles Times, Sunday London Times Top 10 bestseller.
Breath explores how the human species has lost the ability to breathe properly over the past several hundred thousand years and is now suffering from a laundry list of maladies - snoring, sleep apnea, asthma, autoimmune disease - because of it. James Nestor has traveled the world to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it, and today, he’s sharing that knowledge with you all!
If you’re ready to learn the secrets about proper breathing techniques and how breathing will change your life, join me on Episode 1,060!
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I’m 75 years old, as a baby I developed asthma & ended up in intensive care numerous times. They discovered I had an allergy to house dust, so my parents ripped up all the carpet in the house. I continued to suffer from asthma. I was administered antibiotics, steroids etc to no avail. At age 10 a lung specialist, told my mother, all these medications, were not working & effecting my immune system. In those days there were no asthma puffers, ventolin. The specialist told my mum, get a dress makers tape measure, he had one & demonstrated how to use it. He said Put it around just below your diaphragm. Each day let out all the air in your lungs, then breath deep & low, do this as many times a day & keep measuring the increase in inches. It worked & I got rid of asthma. Cheers Nik. ❤️
The mouth is for talking, the ears for listening and nose for breathing.
Ancient times
Remember you have one mouth and two ears. You should listen twice as much as you talk
@@victorjcano Learn more, Observe more Nice comment..
Mouth is for talking and eating as well Dear...
And smell. Which would be hard if you breath through your mouth. I think both can be ok. There's benefits to both
Mouth for eating n communication, if a person can hear them let him hear said Christ, the nose is to smell and the hairs is to capture the dust so it doesn’t lead to infection and prevents the nostrils to becoming dry.
I healed my chronic illness (and asthma) with earthing, breathing (more like yoga and meditation & all activities that activate the parasympathetic nervous system) & stopped eating wheat & GMOs & mostly eat organic good oils. & lots of fats. I think the cause of my chronic debilitating illness was my ribs were inflexible from PTSD and a life of shallow breathing. I healed and feel better than ever!!! Happy & full of energy!
I study foreign languages, I speak Italian, Romanian, English and French and I can tell you that doing pronunciation exercises in another language makes you exercise your throath and tongue since you have to get used to move your tongue differently to imitate the right sound
Who else was concentrating really hard on breathing through her nose while watching this?
I found this fascinating especially since I was recently diagnosed with severe sleep apnea. I will definitely buy the book! And to answer your question…Yes!
LOL!!!
Thanks for ruining my attempt to nose breath while watching this with the LOL!
😂😂
Well, I'm not a cave man, so...
Humming is an amazing way to stimulate your vagus nerve. It is terrific for your health.
This is the most important take-away from this interview. I'm seriously considering getting a prescription for humming so people stop telling me to stop it at work. It sounds like I'm joking, but I'm completely serious. There are some of you out there who know what I'm talking about. ;-)
Love it. Thanks for the reminder.
This is life changing for good, thanks so much!
Amazing 🤩
Good to know! I was humming all afternoon while doing my gardening.❤
Lewis, your show and your guests are AWESOME! thanks for helping us to learn more about our body and life. Keep up the good work!
You're welcome,thank you for being here 💜
It’s crazy how intelligent our body is. When I was younger I had asthma. During summer time I would spend my entire day at the pool and I would challenge myself to do 1 lap under water with one breathe or throw a ring in the deeper level of the pool and go get it.
I did not realized that truly my body was guiding instinctively to do those things to help itself operate on an optimal level.
I’ve been led to focus on breathing exercises lately, thank you for providing such good information and helping people awaken to their full potential.
Wow that's really interesting that you intuitively moved towards those kinds of activities and it ultimately helped you! Thanks for sharing
I have learned more useful life lessons from you tube than anything taught in schools.
Same.
welcome to CZcams University freshie.
100%
Thanks again you tube to..
Very true.
My ex-cardiologist actually asked me "can't you breathe faster?" at my last appointment. He was listening to my heart and apparently I was taking up too much of his time. I was a dancer for 35 years. I naturally breathe deeper, slower and easier than most people. That question is why he is an "ex". I'm healthier without him.
Ha ha
unbelievable :o
My ex- was a cardiologist?
Agree with you
I started going to natural path holistic medicine I've found out more with one visit then years of going to different doctors to get worse not for me
You all are blinking wrong. Come buy my book and I'll teach you how to blink. Smfh
Highly recommend James Nestor's book "breathe". In the span of 4 days of practicing some of his breathing exercises I gradually went from BP of 126/89 to 122/82 to 117/80. It was higher before starting these exercises which was reason I began tracking with home device after my dentist commented during a routine cleaning. Going to continue and hope to see progress. Thank you James!
I want to be a breathing instructor 🙏
Intermittent Fasting in conjunction with breathing...will double your effects.
I'll try the breathing and check my BP. I need help with high BP and need help with lowering my bp!
Please check in again and let us know how you do!
@JaredJamesMusic
Thank u for sharing it was encouraging to me
I practiced nasal long deep breathing exrrcises by lowering my shoulders and it cured my anxiety attacks permanently many years ago --- by myself I discovered this technique.😁
How did you do it? I have Anxiety bad, help!
Please share the details. Ive suffered from panic attacks for the majority of my life.
If you know how to breathe. . breath can cool you down, warm you up, stops your mind from thinking, makes you happy ❤️
+ It also will prevent the spillage of ojas; as Mantak Chia explaines in his: 'the multi orgasmic man'.
I first learned to breathe correctly as a vocalist. Babies are born breathing with their diaphragm, but as we get older, we start breathing more shallow and by the time we are elders, we are only breathing through the top of our lungs. So learning to breathe through the stomach is very helpful, I noticed how comfortable it was and that I was getting much more oxygen that way. Then when I discovered yoga and meditation techniques, I noticed how much more calming it is to breathe deep, long, breaths through the nose. I breathe through my nose and stomach without even thinking about it anymore, but notice if I'm stressed, I have to get back into that way of breathing, to steady my thoughts and release whatever negativity I'm feeling, just through breathing correctly. It is highly effective.
From Lil Giant No. Breathing through my nose does NOT make me stop thinking.
@@rickybondalapidiah7880 the spillage of ojas. spanish for leaves? can u elaborate on that? thanks in advance.
@@mjt11860 brethere, ojas is samskrita for milk in sistern and seed in bretheren.. mostly mentioned in conjunction with 'tejas' or the (internal (eternal) fire..
"And יהוה Elohim formed the man out of dust from the ground, and BREATHED into his nostrils BREATH OF LIFE. And the man became a LIVING BEING." Bereshit (Genesis) 2:7
ET HaShamayim V'et HaEretz, sounds like U do your research and the Creator hears U Brother from another Mother, Blessings
Bingo.
@@julielarson3107 ... there was a farmer had a Dog and Bingo was his name O ... Been a while, Thanks Jewels!
Amen 🙏🏽
Breathed into his nostrils breath, but did he breath through his own mouth or nose to provide that life?
I m just amazed how this people are spreading healing technics for free . Even if I didn't read I would buy the book just to support..
Great content and smooth interview..
Thank you so much for watching!
This is a fascinating conversation. I suffer from anxiety and it has helped me a lot. Thank you 😊..
So happy to hear we have supported you!
I am a yoga instructor. The first lesson I teach to new students in my classes is how to breathe and the importance of the breath. In all my classes we practice diaphragmatic breathing to calm the nervous system while doing a slow yoga practice. Thank you for your support to educate people on how to have a healthier body.
Is this the same as ujaii sp)breathing?
Thanks for recognizing the importance of breathing effectively.
May I ask if your nose is broken does this affect your ability to breath this way
@@user-bd4bo4tb8u There are many types of yoga breathing (pranayama) & ujayi is one of those types. However, the focus of ujayi is more on slightly constricting the throat, although all breathing involves the diaphragm. There are hundreds of youtube videos on ujayi.
@@helenkelb2014 I am a yoga practitioner, but not a doctor. IMO, your nasal issue might impact your breathing a bit, depending on the severity of the broken nose. With time & practice, you should be able to breathe calmly with the help of the diaphragm.
I can vouch for the tongue exercises helping snoring. I'm a singing coach and I kept hearing my students say they got the best night of sleep ever after their first lesson. I've attributed it to the tongue exercises I gave them. When you strengthen your tongue it tightens up and doesn't collapse into your throat when u fall asleep. Snoring stops. Strong tongue, no snoring. It will change ur life
Thanks for that tidbit man!!!
@@kirstinstrand6292 What are you seeing now Kirsten, pink elephants ? 😁
I snore and wake up feeling like I am about to swallow my tongue sometimes. Thanks
@@fullytahtawee8757 NP. I have friends who got throat and nasal surgery to stop snoring. Scraped their sinuses, amputated their uvulas, etc... Barbaric. And it didn't help.
Very interesting, i never heard this. Thank's for sharing!
This video just changed my entire life. I suffer from PANIC ATTACKS !!!
So happy to hear we have supported you!
I was in track, my coach taught us to run by breathing in with the nose (mouth closed) and exhale through the mouth. Took practice however we always won the race. Thirty years later I still breath this way and have taught many children. After a race we could still speak and carry on a conversation. The other were gasping, couldn’t speak.
@@da4dim No need for your condescending comment.
Thank you Sir
We are fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139❤
It's amazing how ancient Indian Sages knew & preached this .
Sadhguru talks about this
iT DOESN'T mean they were no wrong about a hell of a lot.
“Use it or Loose it!” It feels good to breathe deep in through my nose. It feels like the oxygen is going directly to my brain. In Ballet Class we have to close our mouth to breathe which also helps to avoid getting thirsty. In my 1969 Jr. High Health Class the teacher instructed us to also exhale all the way and push out the “bottom junk” at the bottom of the lungs periodically to “clean out”.
Exhaling all the way allows the body to take really full belly breaths rather than chest breathing. I am always encouraging this to decrease anxiety.
Its quite bizarre as I always breathe through my nose and only really open mouth for communicating and when I gasp for air x
I have a great and an amazing immune system and I appreciate it every day 🙏
Gratitude is plenty given from myself to my body and its amazing ability to do the things within it does to keep me alive and well x
If you look at the animal world, the only time any animal breaths through it's mouth is when it is sick, or in the case of dogs, who don't have sweat glands, use panting to cool down. Any other time their mouths are closed.
Never thought I would watch a one hour video about - hold your breath - how to breathe!
Right! Who new. I just had the same thought. Also very informative.
Lmao yooo i fell you. But im glad i did. This was crazy informative
I healed myself from asthma by the time I was 16 by learning proper breathing after struggling with it my entire life. About 20 years later I caught an infection in my lungs due to my then environment. I have since healed that as well just knowing the proper way to breathe. Thank goodness for proper breathing and healing!
That's pretty awesome! I think I started mouth breathing because my nose is always so stuffed up it was just easier; and I have big lips so they kinda hang open a bit anyway hehehe.
@@manners7483 Might be some sort of allergy from the environment, too. Or even cleaning product. Years ago, we had a pony who had runny nose and discharge from eyes; turned out to be hay fever!
@@manners7483 um..Snake Oil..?..
jk..
@@manners7483 try subliminals or ask someone to make one for a snake. Hope you find a way to heal your buddy. Godspeed
@@manners7483 hahaha.. have you tried putting it in a basket and playing the recorder to it? 🐍
personally by just changing my breathing throughout the video helped bring me a lot of clarity
Mom made sure we breathed through our noses, when we could understand she explained it to us. That was years before she went back to school to get a PhD! Smart lady!
You lucked out for a great mom!
i wanted to share my story in this video since it's such a comprehensive look at breathing.
At 17 I had reactive arthritis. At 23 I had tuberculosis, and there wasn't a year where I didn't get sick. even four times or more during one year. it wasn't rare..
Now, I've been researching and practicing breathing techniques for 2 years.
Pushing through anxiety and depression while doing it, it's hard to know if you're on the right path when there's no one beside you willing to understand the place where you are, where you want to be, why you want to walk that path.
Thanks to It pushing through, though (and this is how I know I've made progress), I've been able to get in touch with several areas of my body affected by trauma early in my childhood (Physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, and 1 major injury, 1 surgery, and 2 minor injuries). It's hard because it's so much stuff to work through. Unevenness in posture; tightness in muscles and tendons; abdominal, diaphragmatic, and spinal miscoordination. Some areas of my spine remain inactive, cause nervous aerophagia, shallow breathing, thoracic mobility issues, and whatnot...
But breathing.... breathing has been a medicine for it all.
Physical, psychological, emotional level.... the spirit, you might say, want to wake up.
Thanks for sharing this.
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@@bettylangley3103 what lol
thats pretttyimpressive, when you say medicine, do you mean for pain?
@@anonutzo1199 Yeah, and besides that.. just feeling good in general.
I've discovered that to feel pain is normal, sometimes it's better to avoid it, sometimes it's better to give in and work through it. It depends.
For example, if I'm feeling pain on a bone (usually I feel it sometimes in my shin), it's probably due to pressure, and I distribute weight somewhere else to avoid it. In the other hand, sometimes I feel pain on the ball of my right foot just below what would be the thumb toe, and I press harder on that and distribute the weight on the rest of the foot, because I know it's because it's been overall-y inactive and that's what that pain is telling me.
Right now I have a headache, and If I breathe shallowly, 'it goes away', but at the cost of my posture, and I know it's still there, but I'm just making myself numb to it. Instead, I'm breathing deeply and I'm feeling how tension comes and goes exactly behind my eyes and left ear (this also has connections to the rest of my body, but I'll just focus on that), but by feeling that tension I feel how the headache is slowly going away, and actually improving on my posture too. Instead of making myself numb to it, I work through it.
Thank God . May He bless you more peace and happiness.
Really interesting, I thought everyone breathed through their noses .. I’m a slow breather .. I practice the Wim Hof method but just the beginner 11 minute route daily .
I’ll be 71 in may and do it for vascular health .. Thanks for this great collaboration.🇨🇦
Hi.. during whm, do you use your mouth for breathing?
@@nandansharma3923 during Wim Hof I inhale through my nose and exhale through my mouth.
@@harissaspice7402 Thanks for the reply. When I inhale through nose, the breath hold time is significantly lower than, when I inhale through mouth. Also, I saw that Win Hof himself uses mouth for inhalation.
@@harissaspice7402 Iv been hesitant to the Wim Hoff method. Does it really work? And if so what’s changed with you?
Hi, me too. Been doing yoga breath since 1973 now do Wim Hoff. I am 74 haven’t been to a doctor for decades, don’t take any medication. The breath is phenomenal. Well done us oldies.
37:00 breathing tech. 56:00 humming benefits. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it!
36:35 my vocal coach taught me that while singing, helps tremendously! Good for ‘head-voice’.
As a registered nurse I understand the physiology, but as a singer ( hobby) it wasn’t until I put this into practice that I understood the benefits!!!
Thank You James for bringing this information out again. Breathing this way eliminated my life long asthma.
Taping my mouth at night has changed my health/emotions 😊
Yep. Studied and practiced this in yoga teacher training. Am glad that modern teachings finally catching up with ancient wisdom🧘🏿♀️
I read the book and started taping the mouth during sleep, after a few days of discomfort I could find that I woke up better rested, need fewer hours of sleep and my nose is freer.
Taping the mouth is standard now.
Right breathing is the door to good health, and awareness of breathing is the simplest device to get access to it.
I really like your channel. You are a very good interviewer, because you ask intelligent questions, but more importantly you allow your guest to answer without interruptions, which creates an amicable interaction between you two and eliminates anxiety for the audience. Thank you!❤
I'm with you 100% And yes I comment all the time on people synchronicity and their ability to interview they deserve the respect an acknowledgement for what they do
My very first time to watch your show Lewis.... you’ve got me hooked & I’ll be looking for a your interviews from now on.
Thank you & James Nestor for all these fascinating info about breathing.
Both extremely handsome and itelligent men.just sayin
@@bonnierush7843 now now Bonnie take a deep breath!
You can train yourself to take a breath through your nose while talking, it’s about awareness and knowing how important it is, thank you for an interview
I have always breathed through my nose, talking to someone or not.
How?
Any videos?
i call bull shit
@@cIeetz why, cuz i learned to breathe thru my ass? lol.
I than God for you
When meditating, you slow your breathing, but get totally energized when done. I also feel the energy in my hands and use this energy to heal myself after surgery and heling my elderly cats.
Really? I feel exhausted and dizzy. When when my pulse go down to almost 55
Sureeeee
I’m 61, my mother told me to always breathe through my nose as the hairs filtered out all the germs. And my grandmother told me to always hold my tongue on the roof of my mouth to stop me having a double chin. Both worked!
I was taught by my yoga teacher how to breathe properly. He says in India they teach their children to breathe before they learn to walk. It's called Prana. The breath of life. That lesson has had profound in my life. Especially since I got sciatica. Talk about pain! The best way for me to get relief is to practice prana! Awesome!
Thanks for the tip, I suffer from chronic pain from a back injury where my T12/L1 burst and my left rib was used as a graft along with a cage & rods. Spinal injury and nerve damage. I need opioids to live a normal life, these breathing techniques are of great interest to help relax my muscles and control my pain. Thanks 🙏
@@EconetsCa j
My son gave me Mr. Nestor's book for my 63rd birthday and IT IS FANTASTIC!!! SO incredibly eye opening reading his personal breathing experiment! Definitely life changing! Great interview!
Thank you very much James Nestor e Lewis howes for the amazing conversation. At this very moment, that I'm typing this few words, I've been sick for almost 3 months, going back and forth with a lot complications.
I have been rushed to the hospital several times due to my blood pressure that spikes at any given moment. But never suffered with that before and it's reoccurring daily. Today i was looking for videos on the topics about what to do when you are running out of breathe and this specific one has changed and saved my life. I've applied exactly what James Nestor said: I don't care even if you nose is blocked, breathe through your nose! For the past 30 minutes while watching this conversation I have been breathing through the nose my health has restored... No heart palpitations, no dizziness, no short of breath.
Thank you for very much indeed...............
I have been breathing from my nose all my life, I also learned breathing techniques when I ran track. It does make a huge difference my friends.
Do you mind sharing the breathing techniques you learned?
I started taping my mouth shut at bed time and my throat isn’t dry anymore plus when I breathe through my nose vs my mouth during workouts, I noticed that my lungs isn’t as easily exhausted as before
@@ojrivas6843 Take a look at a product called Azazar. It's not painful to remove and works pretty well.
This is because your mouth lets out too much air out ur lungs! The mouth is strictly for eating.
I would suffocate, my nose is blocked half the time
@@minagica Breathe Right nose strips are a godsend, if you can't breathe through your nose when you sleep. The first time I tried one on I thought, "Holy shit! Is this how the rest of the world breathes?"
I used to have a little panic when I had to breathe out of my nose.
Try some, if you haven't already.
@@StevenCavanaugh I have some but I never actually tried them, I guy I will tonight, thanks!
I want to say thank you to Lewis and James, I have had asthma for 40 years and never new about this, what a mind shift this will be for me.
@Simon Zutshi isnt it a sad life to be a scammer?
I practiced the correct breathing technique while listening to this and I found myself so relaxed I was falling asleep ❤thanks
🙏🙏
On my Valentine's day post morn midnight walk or pull.. with our 2 twin Lab's.this morn, i began intuitively humming , more like Throat Singing ""Om Mani Padme Om'' for the first 20 mins. People often tell me ''You have a beautiful voice,'' and ''Your dogs are happy when you sing.'' That is dating back to 2012 when they both entered mine and my son's life. So, then, i arrive back home and one of my new fave Buddhist songs.. in further mentioned here and i am now, really humm'n. Thank you for the 'science behind' so much of what i innately felt to be true . And, a i continue to put into practice what my training and certifications have been teaching me since i was 22 and prior so on my own accord, i salute you both with a long, slow, deep intake and beautiful blessed exhale. whew. Wowwwww!
That's the book I'm reading!
"Breath," by James Nestor.
🙌🏼 🙌🏼 🙌🏼
LOL, I never looked at the back inside jacket; otherwise I would have known!!
I was so conflicted watching this because I want to keep reading the book. Little did I know until the end. Actually his name was there in the beginning and I didn't see or hear it. LOL
Anyway, you have to read this book. Part One:Amazing test of 10 days of mouth breathing & its effects by Nestor and Olsson.
I'm only on page 56 of 214. Bye!
Yep, I bought it last October. AMAZON'S book.
Lewis asks intelligent questions. I learn more because of his basic, systematic questions. Informative messages come from good questions! Thank you.
EXEPT WEN IGOT COLD. MY NOUS IT IS PLAG UP.😇 THANK YOU.😇
Same with the Dr. Leaf podcast!! I can't follow any of the other podcasts with them but Lewis keeps me engaged. Not all of his do but this one with james nestor and the one with dr. caroline leaf - magic happens!! i saw both back2back 1st time and have been using clips from both for reference like the bible ever since.
I really enjoy Lewis’s curiosity and his willingness to appear unknowledgeable or like he doesn’t get it. Most people need to hear things in different ways, plus it makes the conversation more dynamic.
@@lorraineclarkson4984 He just has to be careful not to step.on the words of the answers.
ñu
JUST WANT TO SAY YOU ARE CHANGING THE WORLD WITH THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE IN THE CONTENT SUPPLIED ON YOUR CHANNEL!!
THANK YOU
A great breathing exercise to fall asleep easy is the 4-7-8:
Inhale counting 4
Hold your breath inside counting 7
Exhale counting 8
It works
I been breathing through my nose since i was a child, and breathing that way relaxed me even if i can't sleep i listen to meditation and breathing and I am knocked out sleeping!
I have always held my tongue against the roof of my mouth and done the tongue positioning he talked about.
I have always done these things naturally.
And I topically on average take six or less breaths per minute naturally.
I bet you have a nice face 😉
James Nestor is just brilliant 👏 Get him back on air ASAP!! CZcams is awesome
This guest is providing *amazing* information. I'm a registered dietitian nutritionist and medical massage therapist: most of my clients have some level of stress,, either because they're in pain, or because they're scared they'll never be pain free.
Amazing! The power of breath. Time to get back to basics.
With so many wearing masks, breathing correctly is especially important today.
& it's hard to breathe with the mask 🤔
@@dmosdaboss i feel i'm taking one CO2 over again .. so disruptive
Masks make me want to throw up after about 20 minutes because I think I probably don't get enough oxygen. It's a nightmare for me and I have to always be very mindful.
They are murdering us with the masks. My stamina went from 15 minutes to 30 to 60 to 4 hours of near nonstop martial arts. The 4 hour mark is actually my nervous system going into shock; not stamina loss. The masks reduce it to 15 minutes. I wore masks 2 years before covidHoax iin videos of guitar drums an martial arts. Same result. Drumming modern deathcore is super heavy athletics an very impossible to do in masks after 5 minutes
@@newleft2254 - I see people driving with masks on, but I don't think it's a good idea because people have been known to faint from wearing them. It wouldn't be good to lose consciousness while driving!
The sky is really clear nice to see
All this knowledge and studies have been already proven Thousand years ago, it sad that people are just now finding out that this all works. It's also sad that this knowledge is hidden away from the public but atleast it's being brought to Light.🙏🏼
Dr. Weston Price studied the teeth and dental structure of indigenous people around the world who never ate our modern day foods. What he found is that they had perfectly formed teeth without any signs of decay.
It is refreshing to hear you highlight this same point and also add the wisdom of proper breathing.
That orange phone is awesome
I sussed this breathing problem many years ago. I was working with photocopiers for years, the fumes were the reason why I began to shallow breathe, it brought on dizzy spells, tight chest and headaches. I had gone to the state where I didn't breathe properly. Also with the elderly in 'Homes' sitting all day half asleep, and not breathing properly. That is why they become ill.
Kryia Yoga is one of the many breathing techniques for connecting the body to the breath it requires a very slow intentional inhale and exhale. It is incredibly effective for increasing our oxygen saturation. Great interview by the way.👍👣🙏
Fascinating! I love learning the “whys” and science behind everything! Thank you Lewis, I love your interviews!!
I started mewing around 3 years ago, and my molars noticeably straightened. It was hard hard breathing at first, like I was breathing through a straw, but it adjusted and now it's just natural.
This helps me, thank you. I just started mewing and that's exactly how it feels. I'll keep on!
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My humble advice to those who have this problem: Don t count breaths and don t focus on a specific lenght of a breath, sometimes its shorter, sometimes longer. Focus ONLY to breath in and out through the NOSE. Peace! Great video!
thanks!
Yoga has been teaching correct breathing and breathing exercises for thousands of years... the West has for centuries doubted the science of yoga.. I have been a teacher of YOGA for 3 decades and pleased that the Western sciences are more and more "rediscovering" ancient science..!!! Rinaldo Scarton, lake Bennett, NT Australia
Love this video!!!! I was given his book almost a year ago and it’s collecting dust. I am definitely reading it today. What an awesome interview and what a great guy. Loved his attitude and persona!!!!
Thank you!!!!
42:00 Navy seals breathing technique is 4 sec inhale, 4 sec hold, 4 sec exhale. This will calm before sleeping too. 46:00 Breathe light, slow and deep and through your nose.
Also called square breathing
I was taught to breathe through my nose from a young age. from school and family. It is common sense. the nose is a filter against everything that is in the air especially with the current pollution. Also in the winter, doesn't matter if my nostrils were sticking together from frost, I had to breathe through my nose if I don't want to get bronchitis.
That's awesome, good decision.
True, breathing through your noses bringing oxygen to your brain. I have been ill for some time and been taking many different kinds of medications which dried my mouth and each morning I woken up I found my mouth opened during my sleeping and my mouth felt like sand paper. I spoke to my pc, the answer was “don’t know” and referred me EET specialist who said “it looked good”. I later trained my breathing through noses and brain filling with oxygen.
This breathing advice and explanation has allowed me to get the same effect as the wim method but in like 5 breaths as opposed to 30. Super powerful!
When the jogging craze began some 50 years ago I read that to get fitter safely,* breathe only through your nose when exercising, because your body will immediately tell you when to take a 'breather'.
I didn't follow that advice but now I'm 84, I will.
*I know of two people who died of heart attacks overdoing it.
I’m breathing through my nose right now
Talking about my experience, the real game changer has been just forcing myself to close my mouth and breath trough my nose. 24h/day. It's a new life for me
I heard something about breathing through nose but I generally feels uncomfortable doing that cause it feels more restrictive but I started while watching this video I took the best nap ever. I'm noticing a difference already. I have read about nitric oxide being good for digestion but didn't know it occurs in the nose and not in mouth breathing.
Lewis is a great interviewer
Thank you!
I do not breathe through my mouth. I’m afraid something will fly into it.
Working on a dairy farm, mouth breathing is a guarantee of breathing in something with get in it. Flying insects are the least disgusting.😜😂😂😂
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😂😂😂😂I once inhaled a knat 👍👍
Lol!!! I'm afraid of what will fly out!
Or someone 🙈
When breathing through the nose, imagine you are taking the breath through the back of the throat into the back of your lungs all the way into the back of the chest, deeply. Put your tongue just up behind the front teeth, and lower the jaw and forward a little, lower shoulders, by telling yourself let go - shoulders down. source The Alexander technique (Mathis Alexander).
Alexander Technique is spot on.
Thanks for this. I've been mewing, but still have some trouble with the abdominal part of breathing. I always overextend or something. I think this will be of help.
Try breathing while imagining 'as' if it's going down the 'back of your throat, to the back of your chest, to the back of you lower chest; it may help to open chest cavity up in the front, + fills the abdomen more relaxed and easily. My yoga teacher turned Yogi teacher, (since we don't do meeting in group) stated to me, the breath regulates the thought. Instructing your self how to breathe, helps me to pace my thought and reaction, making more considered responses. of course I fail all the time- but its what my focus and goal is, it's conscious effort when I put my mind o breathing into the back of my neck down filling the lung cavity, letting the breath out through the mouth, pursed lips, nice and easy, relaxing the jaw as I do so..
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Generally I've been a conscious nose breather for about 15 yrs and its actually really easy to condition yourself to do it automatically, even when in conversation.
I used to suffer with bronchial and chest related conditions frequently , particularly when it was cold and damp or humid and I had regular infections.
I did my own research after being given an inhaler, thankfully I never needed to use the inhaler as consciously breathing through my nose completely eliminated all the infections that I was getting and I haven't had a single one since.
When he mentioned about increasing the exhale as one of his general tips I knew he was really worth listening to.
Ever had the feeling that you cant quite get a full breath into the lungs? Exhale fully .. literally when you think the breath is all gone do a snake like hiss until it really has all gone and on the next inhale you'll enjoy what will feel like a full lung of air, it'll feel amazing and the more you practice it the more you'll notice the lung capacity increase.
Learn how to engage the diaphragm muscles through both inhale and exhale and you'll literally energise yourself through proper breathwork.
Similar to any exercise, you need to let the diaphragm go through the full range of motion for it to become stronger and more effective.
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This reminds me of the book “Science of breath” by Yogi Ramacharaka.
I also have several of his books including S. Of. B he also said that the nose warm the air before it reach the lungs, keep you from getting sick👍
I always learn something new from your podcast guests. Solid interview!
The host is so cute. He laughs every time i laugh.
And i am enjoying James's book and it's changing my life.
When my daughter was 8 years old she started experiencing asthma. So I used an oil called R.C. from young living and I bought her a harmonica. Turned it all around. She still is fine and she's 31.
I find this kind of foreign .. i always breath through my nose .. i thought every one did.
SAME!
I've never breathed through my nose
Most people breathing from nose through day activities, but breathing through mouth during sleeping at night.
If you do breathing through nose all the time, you are healthy person.
Same here. I assumed everyone breaths through their nose.
I don't know anybody who breaths through their mounts unless if they are unable to breath through their nose. I always breath through my nose and at times when I can't I feel very uncomfortable. You get so dry mount, so I would not understand why anyone would do it unless they really have to. Even though I always breath through my mount I still have small mount and there is bit to small space for my front teeth so it is a bit crooked so I don't really believe what he is saying. Of course it is more healthy to breath through your nose because of you nose have those hairs in it to protect the body against virus and bacteria but I don't think you have bigger mount or more straight teeth if so I would not have small mount and crooked teeth.
Felt obligated to give my deep gratitude for this immensely informative video! Thanks for that, Lewis and James! 🙏
Glad this was helpful for you🧡
Thank you so much.
You're welcome,thank you for being here 💜
Actually, the jaw and oral issues we have is down to the fact that we have lots of processed foods and barely chew anymore. By chew I mean, actually using strength to clamp down and chew which you would do with most raw, unprocessed produce. Micheal Pollan is an amazing scientist who talks about this extensively.
And starting life with bottle instead of a breast to latch on which importantly induces the beginning of the jaw dvpt!
So did Weston Price.
He pointed this out in the podcast
Iv eaten large salads every day for decades.
Some of the healthiest people (Masai) have large well developed palates and straight teeth. They’re essentially carnivore. Red meat has gotten a bad rep in our culture because of the false information about saturated fat. Beef especially and meat in general are among the most nutritionally complete foods on the planet. Masai eat meat and blood. They don’t get plaque, cancer, or other types of inflammation in their bodies.
The sounds you make goes through your whole body and has effects everywhere in your body , and also what you see has effects, all at the same time. Some sounds make you feel good or happy and some sounds make you feel sad or afraid, your brain takes in all the signals and responds to all the signals in the best way possible.
Great Show .
Thank you 🙂
INCREDIBLE!! Both of y'all make a helluva lesson! And, personally, this should benefit me tremendously, and I thank you.😁 You have intelligently and interestingly put forth a huge amount of knowledge for one lesson.
I was a mouth breather as a youth because of constant allergies. When Afrin came to be, I closed my mouth and I truly believe it contributed to straightening my teeth, and fit together better, while my siblings all had braces. As a teen I ran distances, breathing in through the nose and out through the mouth, giving me total control over each breath and made it easier to establish a pace.
Cave technique: 1:07:54 ; Mewing technique: 1:09:38 ; Belly Breathing Confusion: 1:18:37
I've been watching your videos for 2 weeks and you just changed my life, I was so lost trying to find what to hear or watch 'cus there's so much junk on internet... but then I found you, talking to all of these awesome people and teaching us al sort of things, thank you so much for existing! I send all my loving to you.
am having irregular heart rate and shortness of breath for 2months now.. as am watching this video & also patrick mckweon as if its a miracle made feel like myself again.thank so so much
This is so good to know, breathing better already!🙌🙌🏾
Awesome!! 🙌🙌
I ran for years and trained myself to breath through my nose, very rarely sick. I strongly agree with this.
That explains why I rarely get sick. I’ve been a nose breather for years! I honestly believe this is true! Also I have been a smoker for 50 years but yet recent doctor visits always tell me with astonishment that my oxygen level is 98%. Although I do limit my smoking, that’s still amazing! Also I can sleep flat with no pillow and am now more aware of keeping my mouth shut while sleeping! Lol got my friend doing it too!
Thanks!