Learn To Breathe

I think everyone can benefit from learning these breathing techniques. It gives you an easy way to relieve stress and lower blood pressure in just a few minutes. Easy to do anywhere you are in your day.

I bought this dvd as a complement to a few books I have read on breathing. I enjoyed the dvd because it's a great starting point for people just learning how to breathe. However, eventually you will want to move beyond this to something more. When you are ready there are some excellent books to read.I would recommend the following:Carola Speads Ways to Better BreathingThe Art of Breathing by Nancy ZiFree Your Breath, Free Your Life by Dennis LewisThe one, by Carola Speads is my favorite and is also a testament to how her life benefited from proper breathing. She outlived her husband by many years and died at the age of 92. None of the other authors, including Mr. Strom, have reached that age so that is why her book is the first one recommended. In fact, Dennis Lewis, who is in the third place on my list, even references Carola in his introduction for pointing him to some information he wasn't aware of.Anyway, do not let my comments about other books chase you away. This is a great dvd and you will get a lot out of it. However, it's not a complete system and certainly not Pranayama, as another reviewer mentioned. It's a perfect start that, with a hunger for more would eventually lead you to the three books I've mentioned.

perhaps ok for total beginners to the importance of breathingbut no real pranayama - none !First a lot of really basic talk ... then,just 5 simple exercises repeated over and over by 4 women and one guy all dressed in white trying to keep expressionless faces, as the camera zooms in on seemingly a more attractive female,while Max (off camera) tells them over and over to make sure their palms are still facing up, unbelievable.For real in depth serious information on pranayamathese are excellent booksGregor Maehle Pranayama Breath Of YogaPaperback: 338 pagesPublisher: Kaivalya Publications (June 11, 2012)ISBN-10: 0977512622ISBN-13: 978-0977512621--------------Light on Pranayama: The Yogic Art of Breathing by B. K. S. Iyengar---------------------------Prana And Pranayama [Paperback]Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati (Author)Paperback: 362 pagesPublisher: Bihar School Of Yoga/Yoga Publications Trust/Munger; 1st edition (January 1, 2010)ISBN-10: 8186336796ISBN-13: 978-8186336793===========================also goodAsana Pranayama Mudra Bandha/2008 Fourth Revised Edition [Paperback]Swami Satyananda Saraswati (Author)Paperback: 544 pagesPublisher: Bihar School of Yoga/Munger/India; 4th/17th reprint edition (August 1, 2008)ISBN-10: 8186336141ISBN-13: 978-8186336144-------------------------------------------Pranayama: The Yoga of Breathing [Import] [Paperback]Andre van Lysbeth (Author)Paperback: 231 pagesPublisher: Harmony Publishing (2007)ISBN-10: 0955241235ISBN-13: 978-0955241239------------------------------------------good audioYoga Breathing [Audiobook, Unabridged] [Audio Cd]Richard Freeman (Author)Audio CDPublisher: Sounds True, Incorporated; Unabridged edition (July 2002)ISBN-10: 156455984XISBN-13: 978-1564559845----------------------------------------------------if you want videolots of free video avaiable on YouTubeas well as better DVDs are available-----------------------------------------want to understand more than just being told to sit up straight by Max?then this lady is itAnatomy of Breathing [Paperback]Blandine Calais-Germain (Author)Paperback: 232 pagesPublisher: Eastland Press; 1 edition (December 4, 2006)ISBN-10: 0939616556ISBN-13: 978-0939616558-----------------------------------------------a non yoga approachConscious Breathing: Breathwork for Health, Stress Release, and Personal Mastery [Paperback]Gay Hendricks (Author)------------also author Dennis Lewis

really simple great instructions for people unfamiliar with yoga breathing- or just need a refresher course in basic expansive breathing and how it helps the body - great for people who want to be more aware of breath, incorporate in exercise routines, use breathing to relax the body -also great for elderly or those with restricted movement, options shown

What a breakthrough - as a PTSD survivor, I finally came to the realization that a lifetime's worth of trauma resulted in a lifetime's worth of nervous, shallow breathing. It's been keeping my nervous system in varying degrees of "fight-or-flight" hypervigilence, which is extremely detrimental to physical and mental health.Remaining locked in that toxic style of breathing keeps me in a perpetual state of fear. Nervous/shallow breathing was actually affecting my ability to relax, enjoy my life and relate to others effectively (how can I if my body's locked in fear as an innate protective measure?)Max Strom's "Learn To Breathe" provides extremely helpful exercises to actually retrain myself from that automatic breathing pattern. It is a MUST for Trauma/PTSD/Domestic Violence/Rape/Depression survivors.The exercises look deceptively simple, but actually are not - they are skills that survivors must use on a daily basis to avoid slipping back into unhealthy breathing patterns. I also highly recommend Strom's books "A Life Worth Breathing" and "There Is No App For Happiness".To every survivor out there...please know that you really deserve to take care of yourself and end the defensive breathing patterns that are keeping you in a perpetual state of unease/fear/nervousness/depression. Incorporating these daily breathing exercises will change the quality of your life. You deserve to take every breath in peace, not fear.

Very good dvd ! Explains techniques of different breathing!

So I have been having breathing retraining via the good old NHS for hyperventilation syndrome and this DVD is pretty much the opposite of what I am being told to do. Breath softly through your nose and belly breath is what I am taught. This is mouth breathing using your chest. No thanks.

Great

来日時にレッスンを受けましたがその時同様DVDでも説明が丁寧でとても為になります。

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