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The Breathing Book - by Donna Farhi (Paperback)

The Breathing Book - by  Donna Farhi (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>A new approach to improving quality of life through your most accessible resource: your breath. </b> <p/>Internationally renowned yoga instructor Donna Farhi presents a refreshingly simple and practical guide to reestablishing proper breathing techniques that will dramatically improve your physical and mental health. Complete with more that seventy-five photos and illustrations, <i>The Breathing Book</i> offers a thorough and inspiring program that you can tailor to your specific needs. Whether you need an energy boost or are seeking a safe, hassle-free way to cope with everyday stress, you will find answers here. <p/>These safe and easy-to-learn techniques can also be used to treat asthma, depression, eating disorders, insomnia, arthritis, chronic pain, and other debilitating conditions. <p/>Donna Farhi has been a student, researcher, and teacher of the breath for many years, and now we get to reap the results of her studies in this exquisite manual. -- <i>Yoga Journal</i></p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>In The Breathing Book, internationally renowned yoga instructor Donna Farhi presents a refreshingly simple and practical guide to reestablishing proper breathing techniques that will dramatically improve your physical and mental health. During infancy most of us breathed with complete ease. Since then, however, we have unconsciously altered our breathing in response to stress and other demands in our lives. Now, rediscover the wonders and freedom of unrestricted breathing. In this accessible and comprehensive manual you will learn how to get in touch with your own lost natural breathing so that you can develop effective strategies for using your breathing to relax your body in stressful situations and calm your mind during trying times; learn how to enhance your sexual pleasure, develop your concentration, and cultivate inner peace; use safe and easily learned techniques to treat asthma, depression, eating disorders, insomnia, pain, fatigue, headaches, and to quit smoking and a wide variety of other debilitating conditions; and improve athletic performance. Complete with more than 75 photos and illustrations to illuminate concepts and exercises, The Breathing Book presents a thorough and inspiring program that you can tailor to your specific needs. Whether you are hoping to increase your energy levels or looking for a better way to handle everyday pressures, you will find this an invaluable guide to promoting physical, mental, and spiritual well-being.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>Donna Farhi's book does more than simply animate the familiar act of moving air ... It brings breathing back to a central place of importance in daily life. -- <i>Yoga International</i> <p/>An excellent and exceptionally useful book on breathing ... <i>The Breathing Book</i> offers a refreshing absence of gimmicks. It is, itself, a breath of fresh air. -- Robert Fried, Ph.D., professor of biopsychology and head of the Respiratory Psychophysiology Laboratory, City University of New York <p/>Donna Farhi has written THE BOOK on breath. Through gentle breathing practices, we allow healing and integration to take place naturally without effort or force. -- Erik Peper, Ph.D., director of the Institute for Holistic Healing Studies, San Francisco State University</p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Donna Farhi</b> is a registered movement therapist and yoga teacher who is a much sought-after guest instructor and speaker throughout the United States, Mexico, Canada, and Australia. She is the author of <i>The Breathing Book</i> and has written for <i>Yoga Journal</i> for over a decade. She lives in New Zealand.</p>

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