3 breathing exercises for better health with James Nestor

3 breathing exercises for better health with James Nestor | BBC Maestro

2 місяці тому

Try these 3 deep breathing exercises to improve your focus, calm a busy brain or help wind down after a long day, with breathwork expert James Nestor.
This video is solely about breathing exercises and should not be seen as medical treatment for specific medical conditions. If you feel like you need medical advice, consult a doctor.
Timestamps:
00:07 - Slowing down your breath
1:55 - Coherent breathing technique
6:36 - Ujjayi breathing
8:38 - 4-7-8 breathing
Find out more:
Learn more from James in his BBC Maestro course, where he explores the impact of better breathwork on your sleep, concentration, and stress. bbcm.co/3T83phU
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КОМЕНТАРІ: 67

@katiaverresen4123 17 днів тому

I first heard of buteyko breathing in James Nestor’s book. Since then have learned it and it is absolutely life changing!

@AnnelienNieman Місяць тому

So happy that you changed the 4-7-8 to a 4-8-8 breathing! I've had the same issue with the 7, and have been doing the 4-8-8 for myself and clients for a while!

@TheHulksMistress 2 місяці тому

It is amazing how much of a difference just breathing deeply and thoughtfully makes. It’s just that unfortunately when we’re stressed and tired, it’s difficult to slow ourselves down and essentially put life on pause and breathe deeply. But it’s so worth it - genuinely life changing

@ceeell5772 Місяць тому

Both of these breathing patterns are too slow for me. But it’s been a good reminder to a more mindful breather though. Even though I know this stuff I don’t do it thoughtfully. I bought your book a few years ago and am now listening to it from my library. I’m so glad for the audio review and the book to reference. I mouth tape every single night or even for a nap. I read Close Your Mouth as well. Such valuable information. Thank you.

@juliettegrossman3065 2 місяці тому

I love this guy!

@larryfroot 2 місяці тому

I'm reading his book 'Breath' at the moment. Very well researched with Mr Nestor placing himself at the centre of many controlled experiments. Highly recommended.

@jeromealexander259 12 днів тому

I am reading his book at the moment. While it is very interesting, it is incredibly easy to be sceptical about the way he presents the evidence - by this I mean he misses an ENORMOUS amount of contributing factors to various things. Stough was no doubt an innovator, but the Olympic team did prepare at altitude before the Mexico Olympics...and Nestor completely ignores that fact that the team trained at altitude. He also ignores modern lifestyles (activity basis) as well. It doesn't get a mention at all. It is as if he is trying to be sensationalist rather than factful.

@anamarie8 Місяць тому

very helpful thank you

@dotskelly6297 26 днів тому

Thank you 🙏🏼 that was great!

@brendamanchester6969 24 дні тому

Love this thank you 🙏💗

@VeveganJames-rl2uf 10 днів тому

Amazing thank you

@danferguson519 17 днів тому

“We started jamming to find some music for the 4-7-8 breathing, and it sounded like prog rock. Nobody wants that.”

@grahamcotter5255 10 днів тому

Great video thanks!

@user-kh8cb5ik8h Місяць тому

Thanks for demonstrating uja breath so well; it’s the best clarity on this since I have known it. Thanks for the exercises, breath is life. ❤❤❤❤❤🎉

@barbfaison1333 Місяць тому

Thank you for this. I read James Nestor’s book, Breath, and it has had a powerful effect on me. I shared the book with my 40 yr old daughter. Same. We mouth tape for sleep (no more snoring) and have changed how we breathe during exercise and yoga. (Nasal breathing) 👍🏼So powerful.

@BBCMaestro Місяць тому

Wonderful!

@iacopogavarini3027 7 днів тому

Grazie mille è stato utilissimo ❤

@sherrydantonio4080 20 днів тому

Docotor James, I think you are great, to give us this wonderful oportunity, that I must send to everybody. Mi reverencia para usted.

@olavooliveiradacruz2579 2 дні тому

Foi muito bom!

@emsmac80 Місяць тому

Last practice was intense for me, love x

@xsjado295 22 дні тому

@bbcmaestro Is there a way to get the wonderful piano play from the coherent breathing exercise as a stand alone piece?

@surimenon7660 19 днів тому

All borrowed from BHARAT 💪🇮🇳💪

@healthyspineyoga5079 16 днів тому

I've been doing breathing exercises for 2 years now. I feel 10 years younger

@gleaveinjapan 22 дні тому

I want prog rock, liked and subscribed, feeling so relaxed after the 4-7-8 breathing.

@eviebarton 22 дні тому

Ditto, I’ve doing and teaching the 4-7-8 breathing for years and prefer it.

@Sir_Marmalade 6 днів тому

Saaame!! Willing to collaborate 😂

@BronwenKRoberts Місяць тому

I want to hear the 4-7-8 prog rock jam.

@Sir_Marmalade 6 днів тому

Saaame! 👀

@markothwriter Місяць тому

There's a lot of value in the exhale, and value in holding the breath. High CO2 pulls the oxygen out of the bloodstream and into the cells.

@16Elless 26 днів тому

With Coherent Breathing I almost don’t feel ready to inhale after the exhale for 6, probably just need more practice. With the 4-8-8 I find the hold of 8 a bit of a challenge so tend to do 4-6-8 or 4-6-10 (which is 3 rounds per 60 seconds, same as 4-8-8) as I seem to be able to extend my out breath more easily. I don’t know if that has the same effect.

@kimweidman9772 18 днів тому

Explain to me how the 4-7-8 or 4-8-8 breathing is calming. I understand Weil promoted this in his book, but just because he said it doesn't make it so. My understanding of the breathing cycle says the 4-7-8 breath is energizing, not calming. You are activating the SNS for 4+7 and the PNS 8... that's energizing. So explain the physiology please.

@js_guyman День тому

10:20 👈(4-8-8) Question: There's nothing bad for your body bio-chemically about holding your breath in, like in 4-8-8 breathing, right? I'm asking because in buteyko they always have you breathe out before holding the breath. So I'd assumed it was for some particular reason....but I find holding my breath in to feel nice and relaxing, just as I do holding it out.... Thanks

@rosaleeadams1160 8 днів тому

I began using this and could not believe how I felt Ironically, I have multiple lung nodules, which have been diagnosed as ground glass.

@krissifadwa Місяць тому

The Four-8-Eight 👍

@philipholding Місяць тому

Good,good, good. But, a little caveat. Watch out for people with clinically somatic, health anxiety conditions. Also ptsd etc with trauma events associated with breathing.choking, sufficating,stragulation, etc etc. ( retired nhs psychotherapist).

@judixx 16 днів тому

I am curious. Would you think breathing exercise is an no-no for them? Or would you think it should be titrated or adjusted for this special patient population, according to your experience ?

@EmorettaRobinson 14 днів тому

Has anyone been doing the breathing exercises with different tongue posters?

@clarepover4978 8 днів тому

important explore

@taameemalmaliki696 Місяць тому

Is the exhale via mouth ?

@debmorrison2126 Місяць тому

Nasal breathing for both inhale and exhale

@jojolouis 26 днів тому

Dr. Andrew Weil exhale through the mouth. See his youtube videos on it.

@swent45 25 днів тому

And he adds a whoosh sound to the exhale with the tongue on the roof of the mouth next to the ridge of the back of the teeth.

@taameemalmaliki696 Місяць тому

Is the 4 7 8 all via nose or exhale via mouth

@SJ-ci7vm Місяць тому

I believe it's all through the nose. He is a big proponent of nasal breathing and his book, "Breath'" that I'm reading right now, discusses that in detail.

@jojolouis 26 днів тому

Dr. Andrew Weil recommend silent inhale through the mouth and making a sound on the exhale (tongue touching the upper palate) he's got several videos on youtube explaining it.

@kunverjihirani276 Місяць тому

🙏👍😊

@jakobw135 Місяць тому

What about the count and rhythm as follows: 4 IN and 6 OUT --> for a total of only six breaths per minute?

@sixteenstringjack Місяць тому

"It started to sound like prog-rock - nobody wants that" 😂

@Sir_Marmalade 6 днів тому

Low key kinda do 👀

@theglovefactory 16 днів тому

secretly Mark loves 7/8 prog rock

@blisswkc3344 Місяць тому

💯♾️☮️❤️💖🙏😇🌈

@AjaySivaram-by8vl 18 днів тому

Monk da l ai la ma Jain Cross Rd of the text

@tradingwithwill7214 28 днів тому

prog rock ftw lol

@Sir_Marmalade 6 днів тому

riight? 😂

@deusexmachinawl 21 день тому

Christening a new breathing technique… from 4 7 8 to 4 8 8 … that sounds a little excessive 😅

@dommccaffry3802 26 днів тому

I thought stephen elliot is the coherent guy ???

@heatherdavis7303 26 днів тому

Yes! Stephen Elliott is the founder of Coherent Breathing. Richard Brown and Patricia Gerbarg use Coherent Breathing and thanks to their work and James Nestor’s it has become more widely known in the mainstream,