2 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
James Nestor's 2020 book on breathing science — arguing that chronic mouth breathing causes health and structural problems, that nasal breathing has documented health benefits, and that ancient breathing practices (pranayama, Sufi breathing) have a rigorous scientific basis.
American author and journalist — author of Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art — who synthesized research on breathing mechanics and ancient breathing practices in a book that created a mass interest in nasal breathing and breathwork.