The 5.5 Rule Will Change the Way You Breathe
A simple hack to reclaim the power of breathing.
If you’re among the 50% who breathe through their mouth, you’re ruining your health.
Through mouth-breathing, you deteriorate your jaw, decrease your sleep quality, lose 42% more water than nose breathers, and inhibit memory and learning.
Breathing is an essential part of human health. If you do it right, you stay healthy. If you do it wrong, you get sick.
James Nestor concludes: no matter how healthy you eat or how much you exercise — none of it matters if you’re breathing in the wrong way.
Until last month, I thought twice about breathing. The first time I almost drowned under a rubber boat in a hotel pool. The second time my grey-haired Yoga teacher demonstrated the breath of fire.
But since I read Nestor’s ‘Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art,’ I can’t stop thinking about breathing. It’s one of those rare books whose insights will forever change my life.
Nestor promises that by making tiny adjustments to the way you inhale and exhale, you can jump-start athletic performance, rejuvenate internal organs, halt snoring and asthma. Here are his top breathing tips and how to apply them.
