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Breatheology
Want to learn more about effecient breathing techniques, freediving, yoga or just boost your daily energy-level?
The book Breatheology – the art of conscious breathing is written for all breathing beeings interested in raising energy-levels and attaining a positive attitude in life.
It offers a simple and straightforward method to improve your quality of life by training specific key factors.
These include enhanced brain activity, bigger lung capacity, heart rhythm and blood pressure stabilization. All factors which have a strong direct effect on your daily health and longevity.
Get updated on the newest training techniques from sports and modern science and travel back to ancient India to enjoy their holistic philosophy of life.
Whether you wish to perform better in sports, corporate life, recover from illness or improve your stress tolerance in a hectic everyday life – the concept of breathology will guide you in the right direction.
The book Breatheology – the art of conscious breathing is written for all breathing beeings interested in raising energy-levels and attaining a positive attitude in life.
It offers a simple and straightforward method to improve your quality of life by training specific key factors.
These include enhanced brain activity, bigger lung capacity, heart rhythm and blood pressure stabilization. All factors which have a strong direct effect on your daily health and longevity.
Get updated on the newest training techniques from sports and modern science and travel back to ancient India to enjoy their holistic philosophy of life.
Whether you wish to perform better in sports, corporate life, recover from illness or improve your stress tolerance in a hectic everyday life – the concept of breathology will guide you in the right direction.
300 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
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About the author
Stig Åvall Severinsen
3 books17 followersStig Åvall Severinsen is a four-time World Champion freediver and holder of two Guinness World Records. Freediving consists of diving deep or long while holding your breath.
He holds a Master’s degree in biology (2001) and a PhD in medicine (2007) from the University of Aarhus, Denmark. During the last decade he has practiced and investigated the beneficial effects of breathing and breath holding on body and mind.
His lifetime passion for water and breath holding lead him to write the book "Breatheology – the art of conscious breathing" which appeared in Denmark in 2009 with the title "Træk Vejret – mere energi, mindre stress". It quickly became a bestseller and was subsequently translated and published in English in 2010 by Idelson-Gnocchi.
Through his company BlueConsult, blueconsult.biz, and his international web community breatheology, he offers courses and lectures on efficient breathing and mental training.
He holds a Master’s degree in biology (2001) and a PhD in medicine (2007) from the University of Aarhus, Denmark. During the last decade he has practiced and investigated the beneficial effects of breathing and breath holding on body and mind.
His lifetime passion for water and breath holding lead him to write the book "Breatheology – the art of conscious breathing" which appeared in Denmark in 2009 with the title "Træk Vejret – mere energi, mindre stress". It quickly became a bestseller and was subsequently translated and published in English in 2010 by Idelson-Gnocchi.
Through his company BlueConsult, blueconsult.biz, and his international web community breatheology, he offers courses and lectures on efficient breathing and mental training.
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September 26, 2014
More effective breathing = more energy you're able to store in your body.
Cue to release tension in neck: "your neck has to be soft as butter."
Two elements in human nature separate us from animals:
- cognitive abilities
- ability to consider the future and make plans for it
<=> worry about events that might never occur
Ideal breathing: inhalation and exhalation follow 4 heartbeat rhythm.
The brain cannot distinguish between something that happens in the physical world vs happens in the mind.
=> The brain is able to cheat itself. You can push yourself in a desirable direction.
Write down 5 things that made you happy during the day before you go to sleep.
Use your nose, not mouth. Mouth is for food. Only when your nose is clogged...
Sympathetic nervous system: fight or flight.
Parasympathetic nervous system: rest and digest.
Vagus nerve: connect the brain to everything form tongue, pharynx, vocal cords, lungs, heart, stomach and intestines ,... activates when you exhale slowly or take deeper breath than usual.
When you focus on time, it will also exist in your mind.
Breath holding is a practical solution to enhance the content of red blood cells in the body.
Breath out everything you got after hard activity - remove large amount of carbon dioxide form the blood; makes it more alkaline; muscles work better in alkaline conditions.
Breath holding => increase carbon dioxide tolerance => athletes can push harder
Build connection between breath and special mental state. Trigger.
Blood's capacity to carry oxygen can be boosted through breath holding.
Breathing as a recovery tool; as a rehab/prehab tool for injured athletes. Activate parasympathetic nervous system after exertion.
Cue to release tension in neck: "your neck has to be soft as butter."
Two elements in human nature separate us from animals:
- cognitive abilities
- ability to consider the future and make plans for it
<=> worry about events that might never occur
Ideal breathing: inhalation and exhalation follow 4 heartbeat rhythm.
The brain cannot distinguish between something that happens in the physical world vs happens in the mind.
=> The brain is able to cheat itself. You can push yourself in a desirable direction.
Write down 5 things that made you happy during the day before you go to sleep.
Use your nose, not mouth. Mouth is for food. Only when your nose is clogged...
Sympathetic nervous system: fight or flight.
Parasympathetic nervous system: rest and digest.
Vagus nerve: connect the brain to everything form tongue, pharynx, vocal cords, lungs, heart, stomach and intestines ,... activates when you exhale slowly or take deeper breath than usual.
When you focus on time, it will also exist in your mind.
Breath holding is a practical solution to enhance the content of red blood cells in the body.
Breath out everything you got after hard activity - remove large amount of carbon dioxide form the blood; makes it more alkaline; muscles work better in alkaline conditions.
Breath holding => increase carbon dioxide tolerance => athletes can push harder
Build connection between breath and special mental state. Trigger.
Blood's capacity to carry oxygen can be boosted through breath holding.
Breathing as a recovery tool; as a rehab/prehab tool for injured athletes. Activate parasympathetic nervous system after exertion.
June 4, 2020
فن التنفس الواعي
يوجه صاحب رقم غينيس كتم الأنفاس في الغطس الحر، إرشادات و تقنيات للإستفادة من الطاقة القصوى للجهاز التنفسي
تقنيات ليست بجديدة لكن مستحدثة من تعاليم قديمة من اليوغا، تقنيات تعمل من الخارج باتجاه الداخل مركزة على التنفس أي من الجسد باتجاه العقل .
عبر فصول مقدمة تعريفية عن التنفس و أنواعه إبتداء من التنفس المألوف العادي الذي تنفسه غالبيتنا إلى التنفس المُدرب و العلاجي و القوي و المهدئ الخ و لكل من تلك الأنواع مميزاتها و تمارينها في نهاية كل فصل .
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و كونه حاصل على دكتوراه في علم البيولوجيا يوضح أثر التنفس و الغذاء المتناول على الجسم و بالتالي على نمط العيش
في الجزء الثاني من الكتاب
يفصل أكثر نظام اليوغا و يُعرّف أجزائه الثمانية و القصد للوصول إلى فهم أعمق للحياة و توجيه سلوك الأفراد إلى الإيجابية و الأخلاقية، كي تتلاقى الجسد و الروح و القعل مع نقطة الطاقة الكونية
بتلك الطرق الواعية يستطيع المرء معالجة جسده و التحكم بأفكاره
عناوين الفصول التالية في الجزء الثاني مشوقة مهمة منها على سبيل الذكر لا الحصر :
التنفس المُدرب
العلاج بالتنفس
التنفس المهدئ
وأخيرا ملحق الإسعافات الأولية
كيفية تعلم تقنية الإنعاش القلبي الرئوي
ملاحظة
======
النسخة العربية هذه خاصة استقبلتها من إيميل المؤلف نفسه عندما طلبتها في حين عرض هو توزيعها مجانا لفترة محدودة وخاصة بوقت ( covid-19) ، تشجيعا للناس على تأدية التمارين لتقوية الجهاز التنفسي عند احتمال الإصابة بالفيروس .
أما النسخة العربية الورقية فتطلب من دار إرادة السعودية, بعنوان :
فن التنفس الواعي
ستيغ آفال سفرسن
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Instagram @beatheology
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Thanks alots to our dear Stig .
يوجه صاحب رقم غينيس كتم الأنفاس في الغطس الحر، إرشادات و تقنيات للإستفادة من الطاقة القصوى للجهاز التنفسي
تقنيات ليست بجديدة لكن مستحدثة من تعاليم قديمة من اليوغا، تقنيات تعمل من الخارج باتجاه الداخل مركزة على التنفس أي من الجسد باتجاه العقل .
عبر فصول مقدمة تعريفية عن التنفس و أنواعه إبتداء من التنفس المألوف العادي الذي تنفسه غالبيتنا إلى التنفس المُدرب و العلاجي و القوي و المهدئ الخ و لكل من تلك الأنواع مميزاتها و تمارينها في نهاية كل فصل .
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و كونه حاصل على دكتوراه في علم البيولوجيا يوضح أثر التنفس و الغذاء المتناول على الجسم و بالتالي على نمط العيش
في الجزء الثاني من الكتاب
يفصل أكثر نظام اليوغا و يُعرّف أجزائه الثمانية و القصد للوصول إلى فهم أعمق للحياة و توجيه سلوك الأفراد إلى الإيجابية و الأخلاقية، كي تتلاقى الجسد و الروح و القعل مع نقطة الطاقة الكونية
بتلك الطرق الواعية يستطيع المرء معالجة جسده و التحكم بأفكاره
عناوين الفصول التالية في الجزء الثاني مشوقة مهمة منها على سبيل الذكر لا الحصر :
التنفس المُدرب
العلاج بالتنفس
التنفس المهدئ
وأخيرا ملحق الإسعافات الأولية
كيفية تعلم تقنية الإنعاش القلبي الرئوي
ملاحظة
======
النسخة العربية هذه خاصة استقبلتها من إيميل المؤلف نفسه عندما طلبتها في حين عرض هو توزيعها مجانا لفترة محدودة وخاصة بوقت ( covid-19) ، تشجيعا للناس على تأدية التمارين لتقوية الجهاز التنفسي عند احتمال الإصابة بالفيروس .
أما النسخة العربية الورقية فتطلب من دار إرادة السعودية, بعنوان :
فن التنفس الواعي
ستيغ آفال سفرسن
.
Instagram @beatheology
.
.
Thanks alots to our dear Stig .
August 27, 2012
This is a free diving champion, doctor and yoga advocate. Stig extolls the health benefits and is very knowledgeable and articulate in doing so.
His breathing exercises have been added to my physical therapy and meditation regimin and find them beneficial.
He has brought me to a greater understanding of the importance of the vagus nerve.
Worth a read.
His breathing exercises have been added to my physical therapy and meditation regimin and find them beneficial.
He has brought me to a greater understanding of the importance of the vagus nerve.
Worth a read.
May 21, 2018
This book covers many different topics somewhat to its detriment. For example, I have no interest in free-diving and there is a sizable portion of the book devoted to that topic. The book does cover pranayama better than any other book I've seen before so it is still worth checking out.
January 23, 2025
I really believe he has found a golden ticket to health, tapping into ancient hindu wisdom. Just a shame that he delivers it in a self-glorifying, belittleing way.
February 10, 2018
A wonderful book that teaches us about freediving, yoga and breathing in a way that makes it clear how much we underestimate the power of breath in the West and it's potentials in both our daily life as in sports and health care. The only downside to the book would be the slightly excessive amount of pictures of Stig looking swell in his swim shorts.
December 8, 2018
This is essentially a yoga book, focused on pranayama, which is the breathing part of yoga. It contains helpful exercises and advices that can be applied in many situations, however it is a bit too much yoga and holistic healing for someone who doesn't care about such things, as myself.
February 21, 2022
An interesting look into the yoga world and pratices around breathing.
It is structured with every other chapter describing a collection og breathing techniques and the corresponding effect followed by a shorter chapter with exercises to the former chapter. This structure is fine, but you quickly loose overview partly because the names of the techniques are sometime mention in native language and sometimes with yoga-names. There is also no tables or lists of the various techniques and exercises and their purpose. This would have helped creating an overview of the techniques, exercises and their purpose and effect.
To get maximum out of this book I think I need to read it again and create one or more tables of the techniques, exercises, their native names, yoga-names
with purpose and effect.
It is very interesting that the author is biologist and describes the scientific reasons for the effect og the breathing techniques from the yoga-culture.
The book opende a new world to me (because it was the first book on breathing I've read), but on the other side I believe there are other books on breathing that is better structured.
It is structured with every other chapter describing a collection og breathing techniques and the corresponding effect followed by a shorter chapter with exercises to the former chapter. This structure is fine, but you quickly loose overview partly because the names of the techniques are sometime mention in native language and sometimes with yoga-names. There is also no tables or lists of the various techniques and exercises and their purpose. This would have helped creating an overview of the techniques, exercises and their purpose and effect.
To get maximum out of this book I think I need to read it again and create one or more tables of the techniques, exercises, their native names, yoga-names
with purpose and effect.
It is very interesting that the author is biologist and describes the scientific reasons for the effect og the breathing techniques from the yoga-culture.
The book opende a new world to me (because it was the first book on breathing I've read), but on the other side I believe there are other books on breathing that is better structured.
August 13, 2017
If you are interested in how you can optimize your breathing for better health and performance, this is the book for you. Stig is a professional freediver who has held multiple records in freediving and static apnea (breath holds). Using a mix of physiological science and yoga, he presents the breathe as an area for us to explore, train and develop. Both interesting and highly practical. Must read for any freediver.
July 23, 2023
Thank you for this great book Stig. An amazing book which was given away free during the pandemic. Great read with references to other goods to read. Amazing advice for anyone looking to live a more healthy life, simple steps to implement change. Make sure you check out the course offered at breathology.com.
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July 31, 2021Var en evighed om at læse denne og har skippet flere afsnit undervejs. Primært fordi jeg har svært ved at kapere den selvforherligende tone fra forfatterens side. Yogafans vil sikkert også nyde den mere end jeg er i stand til.
May 10, 2018
It was a good book, but there wasn't really much in there that I found exciting or unexpected. I did read it after reading Manual of Freediving which set the bar pretty high going in.
September 26, 2020
It makes you realize the importance of generally ignored "Breathe".
April 27, 2021
Practical and several good insights, but felt like a good lecture material. I would recommend Breath or Oxygen Advantage higher based on having stronger storylines/research backing.
May 18, 2021
Good book if you do not know about yog and Pranayam and want to have an introduction
November 10, 2022
Atmung ist das Wichtigste. Atmest du falsch, bist du schnell aus der Puste. Solange wie dein Atem geht, deinem Glück kein Stück im Wege steht. Dum spiro spero.
January 10, 2021
This is a good book, although sometimes it becomes a little boring because the author repeats The same things.
The most important content, in my opinion, is the excercises that activates The sympathetic and The parassimpathetic autonomous nervous system.
Actually, for me is the first time I hear about it. So, It’s very, very usefull.
The most important content, in my opinion, is the excercises that activates The sympathetic and The parassimpathetic autonomous nervous system.
Actually, for me is the first time I hear about it. So, It’s very, very usefull.
May 17, 2019
God bog om vejrtrækning. Hvordan man kan arbejde med det og hvorfor det virker som det gør. Jeg kan godt lide at der arbejdes med yoga-teknikker.
June 18, 2020
A must for anyone with a surface experience of the wim hof method. Will give greater insight into a highly neglected part of our physicality and a great little tease of ayurveda.
January 13, 2014
Humans are one of the few animals that breathe unconsciously.
Breathing massages the internal organs.
Being conscious of the breath is the foundation of (a certain branch of) yoga.
Your breathing does more for you than you might think.
Breathing massages the internal organs.
Being conscious of the breath is the foundation of (a certain branch of) yoga.
Your breathing does more for you than you might think.
April 9, 2020
This is more Yoga apology than breathology.. but have some interesting several breathology topics...
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