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The Breathing Book: Good Health and Vitality Through Essential Breath Work Paperback – November 15, 1996

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A new approach to improving quality of life through your most accessible resource: your breath.

Internationally renowned yoga instructor Donna Farhi presents a refreshingly simple and practical guide to reestablishing proper breathing techniques that will dramatically improve your physical and mental health. Complete with more that seventy-five photos and illustrations, The Breathing Book offers a thorough and inspiring program that you can tailor to your specific needs. Whether you need an energy boost or are seeking a safe, hassle-free way to cope with everyday stress, you will find answers here.

These safe and easy-to-learn techniques can also be used to treat asthma, depression, eating disorders, insomnia, arthritis, chronic pain, and other debilitating conditions.

"Donna Farhi has been a student, researcher, and teacher of the breath for many years, and now we get to reap the results of her studies in this exquisite manual." -- Yoga Journal

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    November 15, 1996
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    7.3 x 0.8 x 9.1 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0805042970
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0805042979
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"Donna Farhi's book does more than simply animate the familiar act of moving air ... It brings breathing back to a central place of importance in daily life." -- Yoga International

"An excellent and exceptionally useful book on breathing ... The Breathing Book offers a refreshing absence of gimmicks. It is, itself, a breath of fresh air." -- Robert Fried, Ph.D., professor of biopsychology and head of the Respiratory Psychophysiology Laboratory, City University of New York

"Donna Farhi has written THE BOOK on breath. Through gentle breathing practices, we allow healing and integration to take place naturally without effort or force." -- Erik Peper, Ph.D., director of the Institute for Holistic Healing Studies, San Francisco State University

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In The Breathing Book, internationally renowned yoga instructor Donna Farhi presents a refreshingly simple and practical guide to reestablishing proper breathing techniques that will dramatically improve your physical and mental health. During infancy most of us breathed with complete ease. Since then, however, we have unconsciously altered our breathing in response to stress and other demands in our lives. Now, rediscover the wonders and freedom of unrestricted breathing. In this accessible and comprehensive manual you will learn how to get in touch with your own lost natural breathing so that you can develop effective strategies for using your breathing to relax your body in stressful situations and calm your mind during trying times; learn how to enhance your sexual pleasure, develop your concentration, and cultivate inner peace; use safe and easily learned techniques to treat asthma, depression, eating disorders, insomnia, pain, fatigue, headaches, and to quit smoking and a wide variety of other debilitating conditions; and improve athletic performance. Complete with more than 75 photos and illustrations to illuminate concepts and exercises, The Breathing Book presents a thorough and inspiring program that you can tailor to your specific needs. Whether you are hoping to increase your energy levels or looking for a better way to handle everyday pressures, you will find this an invaluable guide to promoting physical, mental, and spiritual well-being.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Holt Paperbacks; 1st edition (November 15, 1996)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0805042970
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0805042979
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.3 x 0.8 x 9.1 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 531 ratings

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Donna Farhi

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Donna Farhi is a Yoga teacher who has been practicing for 40 years and teaching since 1982. She is one of the most sought after guest teachers in the world leading intensives and teacher training programs internationally.

Considered the “teacher of teachers,” her approach to Yoga is informed by the refinement of natural and universal movement principles that underlie safe and sustainable Yoga practice. This concentration on fundamental principles allows students of all levels of experience and from all traditions to build their own authentic Yoga practice.

Donna has written four contemporary classics: The Breathing Book (1996); Yoga Mind, Body and Spirit (2000); Bringing Yoga to Life (2005); and Teaching Yoga (2006).

American born, Donna now resides in Christchurch, New Zealand on a 30-acre farm with her partner and her horses Santosha and Pavana.

For Donna's future event schedule and to book, visit www.donnafarhi.co.nz. Note, the European 25 hour intensives continue to be over-subscribed, and bookings are not yet open for the 2019 retreat in Spain.

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4.6 out of 5 stars
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Customers find the information in the book helpful, with amazing life guidance for yogis. They describe the writing as beautiful, nuanced, and thoughtful. Readers also mention the book helps them with different kinds of breathing and provides great anatomical insight.

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37 customers mention "Information quality"35 positive2 negative

Customers find the book helpful, informative, and interesting. They say it provides amazing life guidance for yogis and life travelers searching for meaning in daily life. Readers also mention the content is essential to wellness and self-care. They appreciate the pictures and diagrams with great explanations.

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"...It has just the right amount of pranayama, just enough to start meditating (though I use a different method), just enough to find a good stretch,..." Read more

"...This book has been quite helpful. Her style is good. Now to make myself finish the second half...." Read more

"...This work is probably the most interesting, informative and helpful that I have found and have read every single word, cover to cover, twice over...." Read more

20 customers mention "Readability"18 positive2 negative

Customers find the writing beautiful, nuanced, and easy to read. They appreciate the great illustrations and thoughtful, insightful, and useful book. Readers also mention the author is modest and shares her experientially derived knowledge.

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"...It's wonderful, nuanced, appropriate, accessible, complete...." Read more

"...This book has been quite helpful. Her style is good. Now to make myself finish the second half...." Read more

"Donna Farhi is an extraordinarily gifted teacher and author. This book has been a wonderful adjunct to my yoga library...." Read more

13 customers mention "Breath awareness"13 positive0 negative

Customers find the book thorough and helpful for different kinds of breathing. They say it has breathing techniques and tips for them to try out in each chapter. Readers also mention the book provides great anatomical insight into breathing.

"...This has it all: understanding your breath, using it to stretch, to grow, to meditate...." Read more

"...Many helpful exercises and explanations, my way of breathing has been changed." Read more

"...Love it and love all the breath inquiries. Highly recommend this. I am a yoga teacher and I teach breathing at my massage school...." Read more

"Instructive without being pedantic; has breathing techniques and tips for you to try out in each chapter. Written in a way that anyone can understand." Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Clear & to the point
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5.0 out of 5 stars This is the one
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I guess I bought this book a few years ago, when I was dealing with some insomnia, and developing a meditation practice. I don't do much in the way of yoga, but am an avid swimmer, and stretch each day. Recently I noticed the need to combine my stretching and my breathing, using my breath to find the stretch. After more searching to find a book in that vein, I came back to the Breathing Book. This has it all: understanding your breath, using it to stretch, to grow, to meditate. I can't imagine how much work went into making this book just right. It's wonderful, nuanced, appropriate, accessible, complete. It has just the right amount of pranayama, just enough to start meditating (though I use a different method), just enough to find a good stretch, to find your "history" in your body and release it. It's good for beginners as well as more advanced students. I've read many books on the subjects of meditation and breathing. This is the go to if you want to start a practice on the breathing side. And, btw, yes, meditation and breathing practices are effective in treating insomnia and anxiety.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Plenty tools
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Plenty tools to work with to help me in various ways! Excited to learn more on this subject and use these tools/exercises regularly.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful
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Sitting and breathing well is the weakest part of my yoga practice. This book has been quite helpful. Her style is good. Now to make myself finish the second half. It does take some time to work through it correctly so I keep putting it off even though I know it's a real benefit. Typical.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Took my breath away!
Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2017
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I have over the last 45 years had to deal with chronic migraine headaches. Over the last 20 years or so I have practiced asanas and breathing associated with yoga. Have read more literature on the subjects than I care to mention. I read non-fiction in the same way as I read newspapers, fleetingly. This work is probably the most interesting, informative and helpful that I have found and have read every single word, cover to cover, twice over. I recommend this book to everyone, not only to those who endure certain conditions but even those that feel they don't require it. The importance of breath and the correct way to breathe is better expressed than anything I have come across!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Back to basics
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2013
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This book really helped me deal with some of the dysfunctional ways in which I breathe. Often, when I have been in the middle of a yoga class, I have found myself all tangled up in the breathing: when the instructor says to breathe in, I am halfway into an outbreath. I tense up trying to do the pose, so I breathe high up in my chest and fail to bring enough breath into my body to maintain the position. Like many women, I don't always breathe into the sides of my abdomen. The author gives experiments that help the reader diagnose where the problems are. Then there are excellent exercises to open up where one needs to or to strengthen an area that is weak. I intend to keep it close to my side as a tool and reference for both hatha and meditation practice.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Western and Eastern Healing
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2017
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Donna Farhi is an extraordinarily gifted teacher and author. This book has been a wonderful adjunct to my yoga library. As a teacher, both in the college system and in the yoga studio, I have found many helpful tips from this gem of a book. In the book, she teaches specific practices of Pranayama and also the physiology of breath, hitting both Western and Eastern traditions of healing. If you have in interest in learning more about the power of breath and energy, this book will be a good guide for you.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Has helped me to be the best that I can be
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2019
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Breathing and having a flex able spine is the key to good health and dealing with the ageing process. I have found that flexing the spine and breathing as mentioned on pages 110 & 111 along with standing on a whole body vibration platform for 10 minutes has helped me at age 77 to take a Kenneth Copper fitness test at my Golds gym and subtract 25 years from my age and score in the top 10% using the age 52, this one Technique alone has a lot to do with my fitness and well being.
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5.0 out of 5 stars THE BREATHING BOOK
Reviewed in Mexico on September 18, 2021
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Lo estoy leyendo y me ayuda a profundizar en aspectos básicos de la respiración
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GilbertoV
5.0 out of 5 stars Best book on breathing
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 31, 2023
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Great information, diagrams, exercises, advice and generally all round an accessible book.
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Leslie J.
5.0 out of 5 stars I highly recommend this book
Reviewed in Canada on February 27, 2021
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I am always giving this book to people I love because it’s the best book on breathing I’ve ever read. It was required reading in my yoga teacher training class so, that’s where I discovered it. The author is a nurse and explains the breath and it’s importance in an easy to understand way. She is excellent at explaining clearly how to improve awareness and improvement of breathing.
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Terpou
5.0 out of 5 stars Très intéressant !
Reviewed in France on December 9, 2019
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A faire, à pratiquer !
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Parthasarathy
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book
Reviewed in India on March 31, 2019
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Good book to read good breathing techniques given in the book helpful for breathing and other methods and helps in learning
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