How to Take a Breath

by Tania Clifton-Smith

Learn how to breathe well for reduction in stress and anxiety, better sleep, clearer thinking and improved performance in sports and at work, written by an experienced clinical expert in breathing function.

Breathing well can bring about improvements in a surprising number of areas of your life. This skill is usually taken for granted. Surely you just breathe in ... and then you breathe out...? But experienced physiotherapist and breathing dysfunction specialist Tania Clifton-Smith has been helping people correct their breathing patterns for over 30 years and has seen at first hand what a difference it makes.

Includes chapters on:
* Why breathe well?
* Self-awareness and self-checks
* The stress connection
* Meditation, mindfulness and breathing
* Why does breathing change?
* Recipe for breathing well
* Breathing well at different ages and stages
* Sports Performance and recovery
* Voice production
* Cough, hoick, spit
* Pain management
* Beyond the body and mind - a Māori perspective

Genres: Health

272 pages, Paperback

Published August 17, 2021

Reviews

[Meg Sutton · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a respiratory physiotherapist I have a huge bias towards this one. Tania Clifton Smith is an incredible and iconic figure amongst the physiotherapy profession and world of respiratory health; and with the knowledge and research she brings, she will continue to become more of a known name with her growing impact. Her work with breathing and its relationship to the whole body has positively influenced and healed thousands across the globe. Her work has helped reignite the historical concepts of breathing well to optimise all of our body systems - now further proven and backed by science. This book will highlight the incredible systemic impact our lungs have in optimising our wider body systems and what happens on a larger scale when our breathing is sub optimal. This one is worth a read whether you live with or without a lung condition.

[Kara Rowley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting