Episode 1: How to Breathe to Save Your Life with James Nestor

James Nestor and I talk all about how breathing relates to anatomy and physiology. As an automatic and unconscious practice, we never really take the time to understand breathing and appreciate it, yet it is one of the most vital contributors to the efficacy of all the systems in our body and how well they work together. Fundementally, James Nestor talks into addressing the root cause, which in many cases is the breath, when approaching pathologies within the body. James Nestor briefly explains the mechanics of nasal breathing, its physiological effects, and the mis-directed conceptions around mouth breathing and performance!

We dive into over-breathing and the oxygen-carbon dioxide balance, the humility when having to decrease intensity to accomodate nasal breathing, and the evolutionary consequences of mouth breathing. Moreover, we discuss the root cause of snoring, Oropharyngeal exercises, the technique of mouth sleeping, mouth dryness, diseases from acidity in the mouth, and sobering up when hyperventilating. Using the fundamental concept of our brains trying to keep us alive, James hones in on adaptation and dives into deviated septums, jaw and palate development, teeth development nasal surgeries, allergies, and the close links between ADHD and sleep disorders. We hope to shift common binary perspectives around breathing into a more systemic perspective on the integrity within the body. Look better, breathe better, develop better by nasal breathing. 

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Learn More About James:

James Nestor is an author and journalist who has written for Scientific American, Outside, The New York Times, and more. His latest book, Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, was released May 26, 2020 by Riverhead/Penguin Random House and was an instant New York Times and London Sunday Times bestseller. Breath explores how the human species has lost the ability to breathe properly--and how to get it back. Breath spent 18 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list in its first 11 months of release, and will be translated into more than 30 languages in 2021. Breath was awarded the Best General Nonfiction Book of 2020 by the American Society of Journalists and Authors. Nestor has spoken at Stanford Medical School, Yale School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, the United Nations, Global Classroom, and appeared on more than 60 radio and television shows, including Fresh Air with Terry Gross, the Joe Rogan Show, and more. He lives and breathes in San Francisco.

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