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jonscott9 's review for:
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
by James Nestor
Fascinating stuff about breathing, of course, but also about the ways that the human face and head have evolved over decades and centuries. Topics such as sleep, apnea, etc., are also addressed, as a book like this basically has to do. This was a bit of an acquired taste (listen) early, and then it really took off for me.
I've caught myself holding my breath absentmindedly or unconsciously a lot in the past few years (since the pandemic proper, probably), and this listen (to the author himself) helped me reset that in a meaningful way. Or at least I hope. I hope it sticks.
The journalist, Nestor, does a good job narrating his own stuff here, and he's dry and witty at times, also profane in what we'll call all the right places. The breathing techniques taught by one of his interview subjects, one of the people he practically profiles as well here, are an added bonus in the audiobook version.
I've caught myself holding my breath absentmindedly or unconsciously a lot in the past few years (since the pandemic proper, probably), and this listen (to the author himself) helped me reset that in a meaningful way. Or at least I hope. I hope it sticks.
The journalist, Nestor, does a good job narrating his own stuff here, and he's dry and witty at times, also profane in what we'll call all the right places. The breathing techniques taught by one of his interview subjects, one of the people he practically profiles as well here, are an added bonus in the audiobook version.