Conscious Breathing: Breathwork for Health, Stress Release, and Personal Mastery

Gay Hendricks

Jan 2010 · Sold by Bantam

About this ebook

Conscious Breathing draws on more than twenty years of research and practice to present a simple yet comprehensive program that can be used every day to improve energy, mental clarity, and physical health. As the essential life-force of the body, the breath influences how we feel on every level.  But many traditional breathing programs are limited by esoteric or cultlike elements.  Pioneering therapist Gay Hendricks has refined the most important practices into a mainstream healing tool that can provide dramatic benefits--ranging from lowered blood pressure and pain reduction to elimination of depression and anxiety--in as little as ten minutes a day. At the core of the book are eight key breathing exercises, fully illustrated, with step-by-step instructions, plus the "short form" ten-minute breathing program.  Additional chapters provide breathing techniques for special concerns, including: Breathing to aid in trauma release and recovery from addictions. Treatment of asthma and other respiratory problems. Enhancement of sex and communication between couples. Improved concentration and stamina in sports.

Ratings and reviews

I loved the book, and plan on practicing many of the exercises.

About the author

Gay Hendricks, Ph.D., is the bestselling author of Conscious Loving, Conscious Breathing, At the Speed of Life, The Corporate Mystic, and The Conscious Heart. With his wife, Kathlyn, he is the co-founder of the Hendricks Institute, which hosts workshops on numerous mind-body topics.