🎧 The Healing Power of the Breath by Richard P. Brown and Patricia L. Gerbarg

Richard P. Brown and Patricia L. Gerbarg share simple breathing techniques drawn from yoga, meditation, qigong and other traditions. The authors read it themselves in this unabridged audiobook from Shambhala Publications (2022), the full original edition with some updates.

Key Themes

• Simple breathing techniques to learn at home
• Practices from yoga, meditation and qigong
• How breathing affects the body's stress response
• Using the breath to steady everyday stress

Sissoo recommends this because it offers gentle, practical ways to work with your own breath. It explains in plain terms how breathing and the stress response are linked. Hearing the authors read it themselves makes it easy to follow along and try each technique.

If you would like to explore breathing with a practitioner, browse Meditation or Yoga & Movement Therapy on Sissoo.

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