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ashrafulla's review against another edition
medium-paced
I didn't finish this book because it fits the theme of other self-help-guru pseudoscience books. It is not that the studies referenced are pseudoscience; those are pretty OK examples of stories worth exploring more. But the book is written as if anecdotes without facts are meant to be rigorously proven conclusions, that the works of the ancients are wisdom beyond the knowledge of the present, that single superheroes have secret insight that us mere mortals need to agree with. In other words, this book is optimism without rigor. As a result, even if there are nuggets such as nose breathing increasing oxygen intake, the book itself is unreliable pseudoscience. I stopped at page 85 of 337. Don't waste your time with this book.
ttodd86's review against another edition
2.0
Some interesting anecdotes but a book about “The new SCIENCE of a lost art” should probably have more actual science. Instead, it’s largely about the author’s own experience trying a bunch of things that may have worked thousands of years ago but for some reason they’ve since been largely forgotten.
sueking365's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Audio. Super interesting look at how we breathe and how we can breathe better. Lots of science but clearly stated so you can understand it. Also breath work exercises at the end.
sk13912's review against another edition
3.75
Great book but some of tue conclusions the author makes are presented as scientific despite being deeply unscientific (not acknowledging external factors/theories/bias)