Exhale

40 Breathwork Exercises to Help You Find Your Calm, Supercharge Your Health, and Perform at Your Best

By: Richie Bostock

Narrated by: Richie Bostock

Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's summary

More than 40 simple breathing exercises to help you transform your physical and mental health and improve performance and emotional well-being.

We take between 17,000 to 29,000 breaths per day. Yet most of us aren't aware we're breathing incorrectly and in the process increasing our chances of fatigue, headaches, digestive issues, sleep disorders, chronic stress, and anxiety.

However, having more energy, sleeping better, and performing at your best can be as simple as taking some breaths in certain ways. Breathing is the secret weapon you never knew you had!

In Exhale, breathwork coach Richie Bostock shares more than 40 exercises to use your breath to feel and perform at your best. With strategies researched in the lab, along with practices employed by ancient cultures as well as Navy SEALs, Exhale will show you how to find a solution to many of life's everyday challenges. Whether you're hoping to reduce stress and anxiety, increase energy levels, improve sleep, rejuvenate creativity, tackle a hangover, or boost athletic performance, the easy-to-master conscious breathing techniques you'll learn in Exhale are the ultimate tools to transform your well-being.

A Penguin Life title

©2020 Richie Bostock (P)2020 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

“This book will show you that there is a lot more to breathing than you think! Read it and learn Breathwork to strengthen and improve your physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing. Richie has gathered a wealth of knowledge and skills from some of the best Breathwork teachers in the world. And he has put together his own simple yet powerful set of exercises and techniques that will quickly have you breathing better, feeling better, and performing better! Take his breathing tests. Learn what kind of breather you are. Practice the exercises to increase mobility and flexibility in your spine and torso. Follow his brilliant twenty-minute ‘daily routine’ for twenty-one days and you will be amazing at the benefits! Exhale is an outstanding contribution to the art and science of Breathwork from a genuine student of the breath and an avid student of life. I highly recommend it!” (Dan Brulé, author of the international best seller Just Breathe: Mastering Breathwork for Success in Life, Love, Business, and Beyond)

"Richie has a deep, experiential understanding of Breathwork. As with all the best teachers, his passion for conscious breathing techniques and his determination to bring them to a wider audience stem from his own personal journey. He conveys the practical ideas behind many different breathing disciplines in an easy, engaging way, allowing more people to access the potential of healthy breathing for life-changing health and resilience. Highly recommended!” (Patrick McKeown, author of The Oxygen Advantage)

"A fantastic guide to one of the most important exercises we’ve completely forgotten about. This book will help you refine the life enhancing practice of simply breathing properly.” (Dr. Rupy Aujla, MBBS, BSc, MRCGP, founder of The Doctor’s Kitchen)