Overview: A concise handbook on how to improve your breathing Breath for Health: A Mindful Way to Restore Your Natural Breathing Cycle is based on a centuries-old understanding of the breath-mind-body relationship, backed by current medical research.

Verdict: Your breath is both a friend and a force which can open you up to breathe in a better way. Starting as a complete beginner, you can, step-by-step, restore your natural breathing cycle, so easily lost due to health issues or to physical or emotional stresses.

You can work through the exercises at your own pace, guided by advice, clear instructions, illustrations, encouragement and inspirational anecdotes.

In time, you can enjoy a more open, upright posture, speak more confidently and have a deeper sense of well-being. You’ll be ready to start traditional yoga breathwork (Pranayama) should you wish.

Our mind and our breath are irrevocably linked. By simply understanding how the breath connects the mind and the body you can change both your mental and your physical state by consciously changing the way you breathe.

Notice how you breathe when you are stressed, fearful, angry, anxious or feeling overwhelmed. There is a tightness in the top of your chest, your breath is shallow and rapid, causing your heart to race.

During a panic attack when fearful thoughts overwhelm us this shallow rapid breathing is exacerbated leading to an interruption in the chemical balance in our bloodstream and we can feel completely out of control, weak, faint, often with numbness in our extremities. This can be terrifying.

So what can we do? Well, in what is a most wondrous book, from start to finish, and one that touches on a few subject matters as it freely flows off the pages and on into your subconscious, Breath for Health: A Mindful Way to Restore Your Natural Breathing Cycle by author Michael D. Hutchinson is a tour de force of both garnered knowledge and instantly learned gratification.

This concise, yet elegantly sculpted, informatively-hued and magnificently engrossing handbook on how to improve your breathing is not only based on a centuries-old understanding of the breath-mind-body relationship, and, of course, is also backed by current medical research, but moreover, it is a valuable resource for those seeking to enhance their physical, emotional and emotional wellbeing.

As for the author himself, and if he has the right to bring forth such a book, well, he has over 30 years of practice and has undergone years more of scientifically trained research, which means Michael has every right to put on paper what he has for us all to willingly, and for our own good,m lovingly devour.

Based on current medical research, as we know, the book utilizes the breath-mind-body relationship, which, for all intents and purposes, means A key strength of this book really lies in its comprehensive approach to breathing practices. It introduces a wide range of techniques, from simple diaphragmatic breathing up to more advanced pranayama exercises, and patiently explains the benefits of each technique, providing clear instructions and diagrams for practice throughout. In closing, this book, recommended by some of the world’s most experienced yoga teachers, will also fill a longstanding gap if you’re a teacher of yoga or mindfulness, a physiotherapist or a psychotherapist.

About the Author - Michael Hutchinson is a retired scientist with a long-standing parallel involvement in an ancient yoga tradition which emphasizes working with the breath. Michael’s outstanding experience within this tradition means he is uniquely placed in the UK as a leading teacher of remedial breathwork, and he has led two teacher-training courses, taught at the European Yoga Congress and featured at four World Yoga Festivals. He lives in Hampshire, UK.

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