Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Breath is a universal vital sign displaying your health; it's a tool you can employ anytime and anywhere. But in the modern era, breath is under attack from stress, disease, air pollution, global instability, and the environmental trappings of progress that immobilize our bodies at desks, in cars, and on couches. You can still breathe under this pressure, but it slowly whittles away at your health, impacting every system of your body. Reversing bad breathing habits is life-changing, and
you can harness your breath for health so that every aspect of you rebounds toward optimal function.
Jill Miller is the co-founder of Tune Up Fitness Worldwide and a foremost thought-leader in applying fascial research along with novel breathing strategies that literally change the foundational texture of your fascia and other tissues. Her scientifically supported methods reduce stress, balance posture, adjust scar tissue, improve performance, and transform the nervous system. In Body by Breath, she gives you all of the tools to harvest the power of breath for optimal physical, mental, and emotional health. This book shows you how to map the way you breathe and identify which parts of your body are helping or hurting your breathing efficiency, from foot to face to feelings.
You'll develop more body awareness and trigger a cascade of positive effects, including:
- improved digestion and sleep
- enhanced cognitive function
- an elastically strong core
- supercharged recovery power
- pain and injury self-help
Jill shows you how to treat breathing and self-massage as forms of self-care, with a treasure chest of new tools and practices to incorporate into your daily life that help transform your relationship to trauma.
Body by Breath is complete with a step-by-step guide to each exercise, full-color photos, and real-life success stories from people who have used Jill's techniques. It also includes a special section for pregnant women that shows how to utilize breathwork for performance and recovery before, during, and after childbirth.
Embrace your innate power of breath to unlock recovery, embodiment, and resilience.
Synopsis
In the hierarchy of life, breath always wins. It will persist 24,000 times daily, but you get to decide whether the way you breathe is to your benefit or detriment.
Your breath is compromised by stress, disease, air pollution, global instability, and the environmental trappings of progress that can immobilize your body. While you can still breathe under this pressure, poor breathing habits slowly whittle away at your health.
In Body by Breath, bestselling author Jill Miller takes you beyond technical movement by guiding you to an internal reservoir that builds awareness, self-knowledge, and empathy. She shares her scientifically supported methods to train and modulate your nervous system for reduced stress, improved mobility, and whole-body resilience.
Jill reveals the latest findings in breath and fascia research and outlines how to get more out of breathwork practice by including more of your body's parts in the mix. She maps the vast reach of the diaphragm and helps you feel how it intermingles with everything in your body. You'll travel the pathways of the vagus nerve and trace miles of fascial intersections beneath your skin. Explore an inner treasure chest of tools and practices to activate a cascade of positive effects:
- Greater power, endurance, and recuperative ability
- Enhanced emotional self-regulation skills
- Increased tolerance for the daily grind and supercharged executive function
- Relief from pain, injuries, and chronic conditions
- Freedom to feel, connect, and express stored emotions
Body by Breath features a full step-by-step guide, including more than 100 techniques with full-color photos and sample practices that maximize your relaxation response to help you recover from the rigors of life and sport. Real-life success stories from survivors of adversity will inspire you to take these practices into your life and renew the way you embody breath.
Synopsis
In the hierarchy of life, breath always wins. It persists 22,000 times daily, but you get to decide whether the way you breathe is to your benefit or detriment. Breath becomes compromised by stress, disease, and the environmental trappings of progress; you can still breathe under this pressure, but it leads to poor breathing habits that slowly whittle away at your health. In Body by Breath, bestselling author Jill Miller takes you on a journey through your breathing body and presents more than 100 step-by-step techniques and practices to help you master the body/breath connection and reset your physiology.
Body by Breath explores four primary types of resilience-building exercises--breathwork, movement, rolling, and non-sleep deep rest--to help you achieve
- Greater power, endurance, and recovery ability
- Enhanced self-regulation skills
- Supercharged executive function
- Relief from pain, injuries, and chronic conditions
- Freedom to feel, connect, and express stored emotions
Jill shares her scientifically supported methods to train and modulate your body and nervous system for reduced stress, improved mobility, and whole-body resilience. She reveals the latest findings in breath and fascia research and outlines how to get the most out of breathwork practice by including more of your body's parts in the mix. She maps the vast reach of the diaphragm and helps you feel how it intermingles with everything in your body. You'll travel the pathways of the vagus nerve and trace miles of fascial intersections beneath your skin to unlock your body's regenerative reservoir.
If you have struggled with traditional meditation practices because remaining still spikes your anxiety and leaves you feeling agitated and fidgety, Body by Breath presents innovative alternatives designed for your unique nervous system. This inclusive approach allows you to reap the benefits of relaxation, restoration, and regeneration.
Take these practices into your life and renew the way you embody breath.