Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #116213 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-24
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 112 pages

Synopsis
This is an excellent beginning book on breathing for anyone who is interested in yoga. It covers the importance of breathing, basic respiratory physiology and the relationship between science and yoga.

Customer Reviews

Excellent guide to Pranayama
Ignore the slightly evangelical tone of the first chapter, the rest of the book is excellent. Alan Hymes gives a very clear and easy to read explanation of the mechanics of breathing, from a whole body perspective to a cellular level - which I found surprisingly interesting. He explains why your nose runs when you have a cold, why people from different regions of the world have different sized and shaped nostrils, and why the only place on the body apart from the genitals with erectile tissue is the nose! Incidentally, I don't think many people would continue smoking having read this book (I gave up recently and this has put me off for life!).

Swami Rama then presents clear instructions for Pranayama exercises, showing exactly how they help the body, and how to perform them.

This is the clearest, most concise and readable book on the breath I have read.

Eastern Breathing Philosophy
I picked up this book (1905 edition) as a martial artist hoping to help me with my KI breathing excerices. This book improved my breathing technique introduced me to yoga and eastern thought. "Science of Breath" provides a great balance between western theories and eastern ideas. This book would be a good aid to anyone in the martial arts or those who just study KI.

Breathe easy with this purchase
A thorough and interesting book, it gets the points and messages that it is making across well. I enjoyed this book :)

-Book Munching Girl. :P