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    Breathe Smart: The Secret to Happiness, Health and Long Life
    Breathe Smart: The Secret to Happiness, Health and Long Life
    Breathe Smart: The Secret to Happiness, Health and Long Life
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    Breathe Smart: The Secret to Happiness, Health and Long Life

    By Aaron Hoopes

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    Learn the secret Yoga and Tai Chi masters have known for centuries and discover one of the most fundamental dimensions of good health: proper breathing.
    Breathe Smart shows us how, through deep, conscious breathing we can raise the level of oxygen in the body and reap the benefits of increased energy, better health, and a stronger sense of well-being.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAaron Hoopes
    Release dateNov 3, 2010
    ISBN9780974324708
    Breathe Smart: The Secret to Happiness, Health and Long Life
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    Aaron Hoopes

    Aaron Hoopes has studied karate, kung fu, tai chi, qigong and yoga for over thirty-five years. A native of Vermont, he spent many years in Japan and Australia studying with a number of exceptional teachers. He is the founder of Zen Yoga and the author of numerous books including Zen Yoga: A Path to Enlightenment through Breathing, Movement and Meditation, Perfecting Ourselves: Coordinating Body, Mind and Spirit, Breathe Smart: The Secret to Happiness, Health and Long Life. and The Zen Anti-Diet. His best-selling Zen Yoga Daily Warm-Up DVD has helped thousands of people integrate breathing and gentle movement into their lives. He is a Zen Shiatsu massage therapist and a long-time student of permaculture and plant spirit medicine. He runs the Dragon Mountain Kung Fu School and teaches yoga and qigong classes at the Zen Mountain Healing Center in Vermont.

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    • 4/5
      A very practical book describing how to improve your life by breathing properly. It offers both the rational for better breathing and easily followed exercises. Even though I already follow the practice described, I found the exercises are a good way to take a few minutes to get in touch with my body.

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    • 4/5
      This is a very simple book to read with easy to follow instructions. In no time at all you will be deep breathing and relaxing. This would also be a good book for woodwind musicians and others I am sure as it clearly explain how to take a deep breath instead of the shallow ones most of us are used to. I enjoyed it.
    • 5/5
      This small, readable book is full of useful advice about learning how to make the most of breathing. I like the simple explanations for teaching the breathing exercises. I've practiced yoga for over ten years and I still find it useful and interesting to read about the breathing techniques, rather than simply being told in a class. I can see myself referring back to this book for reminders and to improve my breathing. The one thing that would improve this book would be some diagrams or pictures to further illustrate the techniques.
    • 5/5
      I was really looking forward to reading this e-book as being a born worrier tends to play havoc with my stress levels and I am always interested in new techniques to help reduce this. It was a very quick read indeed - but all the better for that. It is a book about changing the way you breathe to improve health and stress levels. When reading about new techniques grounded in alternative philosophies, I don't want to plough through mountains of obscure quotes of wisdom or arguments that go way over my head: I want a book like this to explain the benefts and get to the point of how to achieve them. Happily, this book does exactly that. In fact as I sit here I am practicing my breathing exercises (the author suggests linking tasks such as typing to the breathing exercises which is a very effective memory technique and one I can see working for me) as you can learn them as you read. I also liked the author's writing style - often this sort of self-help book may be interesting, but the writing leaves much to be desired. However, I found the author's arguments compelling and well presented. Having read some of his biography, it's clear that Aaron Hoopes is a master in his field and I am willing to learn from his experience and give the suggestions in the book a try. It makes absolute sense to me that controlling breathing pace can not only revitalise a person, but also help control stress. The biofeedback from breathing slower and not hyperventilating during hectic or stressful times must make a difference to feelings of stress as our psychology is often informed by our biology. I will give the advice in the book a serious go and am interested to see how this will work for me. I'd recommend this book to anyone interested in exploring alternative ways to stress reduction and vitality.
    • 4/5
      What if every breath you took was predetermined, and after so many breaths, you'd die? Well, in a way, that is how it is: we will only take as many breaths as we take. So why not stretch those breaths out, and not squander them?In this book, Aaron Hoopes discusses the are of breathing, explaining how though our bodies breathe without us having to pay attention, it's doing a minimal job. It includes several helpful breathing exercises to help encourage your body to use all that oxygen you're breathing wisely.This short book is recommended for anyone looking for better living through more regulated breathing. Since I've read this book, I've slowed down my breathing considerable, and feel much more relaxed.

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    Breathe Smart - Aaron Hoopes

    Breathe Smart:

    The Secret to Happiness, Health and Long Life, 2nd Edition

    Copyright © 2010 Aaron Hoopes.

    Smashwords Edition

    This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

    ISBN: 0-9743247-0-1

    For questions, comments or for more information on Breathe Smart contact us:

    ZEN YOGA PRESS

    1152 North Rd.

    Vershire, VT 05079

    Phone: 802-685-4448

    Email: breathe@artofzenyoga.com

    Website: www.artofzenyoga.com

    BREATHE SMART

    The Secret to Happiness, Health and Long Life

    2nd Edition

    Aaron Hoopes

    Also by Aaron Hoopes

    Zen Anti-Diet: Mindful Eating for Health, Vitality and Weight Loss

    (Zen Yoga Press, 2010)

    Catch the Cat: Healthy Life Skills for Children e-Book

    (Zen Yoga Press, 2010

    ZEN YOGA: A Path to Enlightenment through Breathing, Movement, and Meditation

    (Kodansha International, 2007)

    The Zen Yoga Daily Warm-Up DVD

    (Zen Yoga Press, 2006)

    Inner Sunrise: A Journey of Deep Relaxation CD

    (Zen Yoga Press, 2005)

    Perfecting Ourselves: Coordinating Body, Mind and Spirit

    (Turtle Press, 2002)

    UPDATE: Japan

    (Intercultural Press, 1991)

    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

    Thanks to Mom and Dad for all of their support and editing skills.

    Thanks to Elfeya for her love.

    If I had to limit my advice on healthier living

    to just one tip, it would be simply…

    to learn how to breathe correctly.

    -Andrew Weil, M.D.

    --//--

    The most effective technique,

    To deal with anything, is to use the breath.

    If you learn to breathe properly,

    All things will fall into place.

    - Zin the Wandering Sage

    --//--

    Saying a thing once

    is tantamount to saying it not at all.

    There are truths that must be enunciated

    Again and again and again

    In the same words and in different words

    Again and again and again.

    -Daniel Quinn

    Table of Contents

    Author’s Note

    1 - The Importance of Breathing

    2 - Smart Breathing

    3 - Breathing Postures

    4 - Abdominal Breathing

    5 - Breathing Exercises

    6 - Remember to Breathe

    7 – Stress, Weight Loss and Breathing

    8 - Conclusion

    About the Author

    Author’s Note

    A lot has happened in the years since this book was

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