Breathe: The Simple, Revolutionary 14-Day Program to Improve Your Mental and Physical Health

 

Breathe Audiobook Now Available


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Listen to an excerpt of Dr. Belisa Vranich's BREATHE audiobook, read for you by the author. Insomnia? Gone. Anxiety? Gone. All without medication. Unpleasant side effects from blood pressure pills? Gone. A cheap and effective way to combat cardiovascular disease, immune dysfunction, obesity, and GI disorders? Yes. Sounds too good to be true? Believe it. Contemporary science confirms what generations of healers have observed through centuries of practice: Breath awareness can turn on the body's natural abilities to prevent and cure illness. The mental and physical stresses of modern life, such as anxiety, frustration, sexual dysfunction, insomnia, high blood pressure, digestive woes, and immune dysfunction can all be addressed through conscious control of your breath. In addition, it can increase energy, accelerate healing, improve cognitive skills, and enhance mental balance. Yet most of us stopped breathing in the anatomically right way, the way to take advantage of these benefits, when we were four or five years old. We now mostly breathe in a way that is anatomically incongruous and makes for more illness. Dr. Vranich shows listeners how to turn back the tide of stress and illness and improve the overall quality of their lives through a daily breathing workout. In a fascinating, straightforward, jargon-free exploration of how our bodies were meant to breathe, Dr. Belisa Vranich delves into the ins and outs of proper breathing. By combining both anatomy and fitness with psychology and mindfulness, Dr. Vranich gives listeners a way of solving health problems at the crux and healing themselves from the inside out. Breathe is an easy-to-follow guide to breathing exercises that will increase energy, help you lose weight, and make you feel calmer and happier.

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book REVIEWS

“The key to staying calm is your breathing. In this book, Dr. Belisa teaches us to breathe in a way that immediately calms us, and hence everyone around us. Simple, practical and extremely effective.”
— Cesar Millan, Dog Behaviorist and Best-selling Author
“Clear, simple, powerful - in her new book Dr. Belisa shows why everything starts with the breath, and how to improve your breathing for mental and physical health, energy and maximum performance. The ideas in this book — and Dr. Belisa’s techniques — are a revelation.”
— Jason Fine, Managing Editor, Rolling Stone
“Dr. Belisa Vranich is the real deal. Her book, Breathe, and breathing workshops are a must for everyone looking to optimize their health and life!”
— Michael Galitzer M.D., Author of Outstanding Health
“I was smiling - and breathing! - as I read Dr. Belisa’s wonderful book, Breathe. With a great sense of humor, and an even greater understanding of her craft, she reminds us how breathing is our birthright, despite its neglect by modern (wo)man. She further connects us to our breath with relevant hows and whys, and empowers us to reclaim respiration with practical exercises. A full, deep breath benefits us on so many levels; I frequently recommend breath work to patients and am delighted to now be able to recommend this book.”
— Stephanie Marango, MD, RYT, founder of i.m.body, Author of Your Body and The Stars
“Breathe was a game changer for me and after only a short time of doing the exercises I was considerably improved. Not only is Dr. Belisa extremely knowledgeable about her subject, but her intuitive sense and sincere care shine through on every page of her book. Healers like Belisa are hard to come by, so I feel very fortunate to have found her.”
— Jen Widerstrom, Trainer, The Biggest Loser
“Revitalize sleep, energy and mood with this easily accessible program that taps into our body’s most innate health function, the breath!”
— Patrick McKeown, Author of The Oxygen Advantage
“Breathe is basic training for the breath. Dr. Belisa Vranich’s book is a must read for anyone serious about taking control back of their health through the free medicine of breathing. I personally use these principles with my SEALFIT athletes and have seen profound results.”
— Mark Divine, New York Times bestselling author of 8 Weeks to SEALFIT, The Way of the SEAL, and Unbeatable Mind, Founder of SEALFIT
“Dr. Belisa Vranich draws on her years of clinical knowledge, skills, and insights to provide critical information in a direct way. Breathe equips us with essential and innovative tools that allow us to rejuvenate our physical and mental well-being.”
— Dr. Adeyinka M. Akinsulure-Smith, Senior Supervising Psychologist at the Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture
“BREATHE: The Simple, Revolutionary 14-Day Program to Improve Your Mental and Physical Health, Belisa Vranich (Griffin): In this debut work, Vranich, a clinical psychologist and health commentator, asserts that changing one’s breathing can change one’s life, and to this end offers illustrated exercises for altering “dysfunctional” breathing patterns. Citing experience with her personal clients, she makes the case for breathing awareness and improvement, maintaining that better breathing can alleviate digestive problems, lower blood pressure, and help a person lose weight, heal faster, and control stress. The author asserts that most people have forgotten how to breathe fully, or are “underbreathing,” due to unhealthy lifestyles and environments. The concept of breathing awareness may strike some readers as far-fetched and unsubstantiated by scholarly research, but Vranich will win them over with her detailed descriptions of strenuous-sounding but practical exercises to expand lung capacity and improve diaphragm strength. For those suffering from shortness of breath or ailments related to breathing or core strength, this work and its accompanying exercises depict an appealing and methodical program for improvement.”
— Publisher's Weekly

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