9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Research-based, practical and comprehensive, 20 Feb 2009
By Alan Zimmerman - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Perfect Breathing: Transform Your Life One Breath at a Time (Hardcover)
As another reviewer noted, these are stressful times. But this book helped me. The last time I was in a business meeting, getting worked up about something, I remembered this book. I took a slow, unobtrusive breath in, held it for a second, and let it slowly out. My tension evaporated and I was able to listen more effectively.
This book's fact-based approach of using the latest research to support its claims really helped its credibility in my opinion. And using the exercises helped me experience the benefits directly. I just wish I could read it while driving on the freeway - it would help me cope with the morning commute!
There's a lot of material here, covering all sorts of aspects of medicine, art, sports, and spirituality. Some of the sections weren't really relevant to me -- I'm not a athlete, for example, so the coaching it offers isn't as helpful to me as it might be to a runner or ball player. But it's easy to pick up if I have just a moment and there's always an interesting quote, practical fact or breath technique I can use.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfectly Timed for These Stressful Times, 10 Jan 2009
By Patrick Galvin - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Perfect Breathing: Transform Your Life One Breath at a Time (Hardcover)
I haven't spent much time thinking about breathing. But, I wish I had. Authors Lee and Campbell provide the how and why breathing is so important beyond merely allowing you to live. Their well-written and engaging book explores how breathing is the key to so many things such as our ability to heal, feel content, perform at work and play, and even deepen our spiritual experience. I particularly liked the stories from breathing masters as well as the practical advice on how to incorporate "perfect breathing" into daily life. In these tough economic times, this book provides great insight into how to use breathing as a way to meet life's challenges.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fresh Air Reading, 15 Feb 2009
By Susan M. Tollen - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Perfect Breathing: Transform Your Life One Breath at a Time (Hardcover)
Outstanding! This book has been very helpful and will be on my nightstand forever more (well, for a very long time anyway). I am grateful for this book and all the reminders and exercises it gives. In the past 6 years I have lost my mother, father, and only sibling, as a result of lung diseases; this book reminds me how much I love life and want to benefit from perfect breathing for many years to come. My upcoming spring hike to the Canyonlands in Utah will give me many opportunities to practice breathing and ENJOY LIFE.