413: James Nestor - Breathe This Way to Transform Your Body and Mind

<p>Watch the full video interview on YouTube here: <a href= "https://bit.ly/jamesnestor413">https://bit.ly/jamesnestor413</a></p> <p>James Nestor (<a href= "https://www.instagram.com/mrjamesnestor/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">@mrjamesnestor</a>) has written for Outside, Scientific American, The Atlantic, Dwell, The New York Times, and many other publications.</p> <p>His latest book, <a href="https://geni.us/maYW311" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art</a>, was an instant New York Times bestseller.</p> <p>James has appeared on dozens of national television shows, including ABC’s Nightline and CBS’s Morning News, and on NPR.</p> <p><strong>In this episode, we discuss:</strong></p> <ul> <li>How James became fascinated with the subject of breath and breathing</li> <li>What James learned from studying free divers</li> <li>The 10-day mouth breathing experiment</li> <li>Why it’s advantageous to breathe through your nose</li> <li>The difference between mouth vs. nose breathing</li> <li>During allergy season snoring & sleep apnea goes up</li> <li>Mouth breathing can affect the development of your face</li> <li>Breastfed babies will be less apt to snoring, sleep apnea & crooked teeth</li> <li>The problem with braces</li> <li>Palatal expansion is the new wave of orthodontics</li> <li>Practices to make nose breathing an unconscious habit</li> <li>You can change the size of your mouth</li> <li>Our environment impacts our breathing</li> <li>Overbreathing can make you more apt to have osteoporosis</li> <li>Why balancing carbon dioxide in your system is important</li> <li>What is hypoventilation training?</li> <li>Carbon dioxide training is an effective therapy for anxiety</li> <li>The benefits of mouth taping</li> <li>CPAPs are doing nothing to help the root cause of sleep apnea</li> <li>Myofunctional therapy trains people to have proper oral posture</li> <li>Why you should use a neti pot</li> <li>Hacks for better breathing</li> <li>Tummo is similar to the Wim Hof Method</li> <li>The breat