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| |  | DVD-CD-VIDEO | Home » » Anatomy of Breathing | | | | | | | Description: | | My hope is that [this book] will contribute to a more enlightened practice of breathing. I also hope that you, the reader, will have a better understanding of how breathing changes spontaneously from moment to moment. My other wish is that you will discover how to consciously choose a specific breathing technique for certain purposes or circumstances. -- Author s Preface Everyone breathes, yet few of us understand how to consciously control breathing to improve our well-being and the quality of many daily activities. Anatomy of Breathing is a clear and helpful guide to both the theory and practice of breathing in its many variations. Hundreds of expert drawings along with easy-to-understand text help you explore just how breathing works. Once you re acquainted with the principal organs, structures, and forces that affect breathing, you will learn how to control them to enhance the quality and variety of breathing in your own life. Along the way, you will also correct many common misconceptions about breathing. Anatomy of Breathing is filled with helpful practice pages. Here you will learn simple exercises to prepare your body for the benefits of different types of breathing. You will then be shown, step by step, how to practice some of the most common and useful breathing techniques on your own. Anatomy of Breathing is a unique and wonderful resource for anyone who wishes to understand the science and art of breathing, and how to make their own breathing better and more life-enhancing. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Blandine Calais-Germain | | Paperback:
| 232 pages | | Publisher:
| Eastland Press | | Publication Date:
| December 04, 2006 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0939616556 | | Product Length:
| 9.9 inches | | Product Width:
| 6.9 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.7 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.1 pounds | | Package Length:
| 10.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.01 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.63 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.53 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 7 reviews |
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35 of 35 found the following review helpful:
 Well written, interesting and to the pointJan 17, 2008
By Erifili I. Nikolakopoulou
This book is well written and interesting.
The anatomy of the breath is explained in layman's terms and illustrated so that even a child could understand its basic concept.
The book chapters are:
1. Initial observations about the act of breathing
2. The skeleton's role in breathing
3. Respiratory organs
4. Respiratory muscles
5. The principal forces involved in breathing
6. Forces affecting respiratory volumes
7. Relationships among anatomical structures involved in breathing
8. Analysis of the principal types of breathing
9. Practice pages
Practice pages include exercises for lamaze, costal, diaphragmatic and abdominal breathing amongst others.
Strongly recommend it to people involved in body work teaching. Even if you already know this stuff, the book may help you find ways to explain it to your classes more simply. At least this is what it helped me for.
25 of 26 found the following review helpful:
 Good Breathing BeginningDec 27, 2008
By Ann L. Rodiger
"Ann Rodiger Alexander Technique Teacher"
As a teacher of the F. M. Alexander Technique I am always looking for good resources and material about breathing for my students and teacher trainees. I found this book to be very helpful in sparking discussion about breathing and how to think about breathing mechanics. The drawings are generally very helpful although I found that the arrows are sometimes confusing and unclear.
Many techniques and types of breathing are presented in the book which are wonderful to explore. It would be great if there was more of a point of view about the best and optimal breathing coordination.
My experience is that when breathing is optimal the breath comes in and out by itself and no sucking or pushing is necessary on either the inhale or the exhale. When one works too hard to breathe it shortens the neck and basically pulls the whole body down -- thus restricting the breathing potential. Basically one has get out of the way and allow the breathing to take place. It would be great to hear about that option in the book.
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
Exceptional clarityJan 25, 2009
By Dominika Gaines
"Movement Educator"
Blandine-Calais has again written a book of exceptional clarity: the descriptions of the body parts related to respiration and the exercises given are simple, clear and easy to follow, yet bring a depth of understanding to the reader.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Great Book for gaining an understanding of the breathJan 27, 2011
By L. King
I'm a yoga anatomy teacher and purchased this book to use for reference material when teaching the anatomy of the breath. The illustrations are good, although not as detailed as most books. The author breaks down the concepts of respiration into language that's easy to understand. I'm only giving this 4 stars because I would have enjoyed just a bit more detail. Definitely worth investing in though!
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Thorough--It Touches All the Bases in BreathingJun 17, 2011
By Passionate Therapist
Perhaps both the strength and the limitation of this book is that passion for the subject is avoided. This doubtless helps avoid mistaking ideas about breathing for actual breathing. On the other hand, someone stumbling upon this book may under-appreciate the benefits of better breathing. Some may consider the discussion of smaller muscles and the smaller movements unimportant and diluting the interesting parts. However, if one wants to really change breathing then it is beneficial to know every part because in effective breathing, everything works in harmony. Changing my breathing has helped change my life, and it was this book, not my first book on the subject, which gave me clues on how to change my tendency to paradoxical breathing. (I had to find a way to stop my lower ribs from pulling up and flaring out in disproportion when my diaphragm pulled on them, so that the center of my diaphragm could instead pull itself down.) Together with a book that covers the motivations and goals of better breathing, say by Dennis Lewis, this book is well worth it the cost and the study.
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