Follow Your Breath: Transform Yourself Through Breathwork

by Emma Power, Jenna Meade

Follow Your Breath is a practical introduction to life-changing breathing techniques, offering a 'breathwork menu' so you can turn to the page according to what you need at any given time and access this incredible life hack.

Whether it's calming down, sparking up, preparing for physical activity, settling in for a deep meditation, dealing with a health or sinus issue, focusing for a test, managing insomnia or wanting to get a natural euphoric high, Follow Your Breath has you covered. Breath activates communication pathways between the mind and body to positively affect our emotions, and we can even use the breath as a vehicle to shift our level of consciousness. In Follow Your Breath you are offered a range of easy-to-follow practices with step-by-step instructions, diagrams and post-practice notes so you can start shifting your mental state today. By using this book you'll unlock one of the greatest – and most accessible – life hacks. Your breath will become your personal, pocket-ready superpower that you can pull out anywhere, anytime – no complicated equipment needed.

Genres: Nonfiction

176 pages, Hardcover

Published January 10, 2023

Reviews

[Bridgett · Rating 4 out of 5]

I quite liked this. I think it’s best for people who are fairly new to breathwork and/or meditation and want to learn more techniques.

[Lucie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy to absorb and apply practises in this book, highly recommend!

[Vince · Rating 3 out of 5]

A handy little guide to different breathwork practices, although some of it is just Buddhism-lite (if that's what you want, cool; if you're exploring this as something separate from a religious practice you're already participating in, you might be a little underwhelmed), and some of the claims beggar belief (particularly the centuries-outdated idea that rabbits live short lives because they wear out their hearts by breathing so quickly, so therefore we - and presumably rabbits? can expand our lives if we learn to respire more slowly). I also don't exactly love phrases like "this aids manifestation" (the scam that is The Secret? Come on), nor the way that the authors frequently say things like "a study proved that..." without providing any citations/sources.

So: Probably as informative and useful as you can get for a casual introduction to breathwork, and that will satisfy most readers. But as with most (if not all) self-help, if you want something with more rigor in backing up it's more extreme claims, you'll need to stick to academic work.

[Kelly Prososki · Rating 2 out of 5]

Took awhile into reading to finally get to the breathing practices.
The illustrations were bad, like elementary sketched.
Didn't fully read.

[Kara Rowley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting