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It’s snake oil, but engaging snake oil? I guess?

Changed how I think about breathing, excellent read
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Very interesting and insightful around the history and biology of breathing. Also involved some practical application at the end. Not life changing but a good read for someone interesting in the subject.
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Lack of science evidence, a lot of things might be not true.

But in general important things 
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I should have DNF'd but at least I got to read this horrifying paragraph near the end: "Then Aryans from the northwest moved in. These weren’t the blond-haired, blue-eyed soldiers of Nazi lore but black-haired barbarians from Iran. The Aryans took the Indus-Sarasvati culture and codified, condensed, and rewrote it in their native language of Sanskrit."
Why I keep picking up pseudoscience-y books by unqualified white men I can't explain. This book was recommended to me by two people, but it's my own fault for reading it. I do have a deviated septum and have struggled with running and in yoga breathing exercises, but I found this book more disappointing than helpful. The refusal to accept mental health and physical health as being intrinsically linked was just more proof that Nestor is not a reliable source.

For anyone truly worried about their health, the single greatest thing you could do today is avoid COVID-19. The impacts COVID can have on every organ as a vascular as well as respiratory virus have been downplayed, but of course it can inhibit lung function which (as Breath sometimes correctly points out) can have ripping impacts on the rest of the body and mind. Wearing a well-sealing FFP2/N95 mask in crowded and in poorly ventilated areas is the best way to prevent infection, and the only way to prevent lasting damage is to avoid infection.

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