Free Your Breath, Free Your Life

This is by far the most compelling and complete book on breathing I've ever read. It is 'must' reading for everyone who is interested in optimal health. --Christiane Northrup, M.D., author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom Lewis teaches us how to assess our breathing and provides practical tools to help us learn to breathe better and create a healthier balance in our everyday lives. He makes clear that how we breathe reflects who we are and the manner in which we express ourselves--physically, emotionally, and spiritually. This book is a wonderful resource for anyone who wishes to improve his or her health and vitality through the breath. --Len Saputo, M.D., coeditor of Boosting Immunity Dennis Lewis has a deep understanding of the central importance of breathing, in both its physical and spiritual dimensions--as the breath of life and the breath of the spirit. This book is a practical, inspiring guide to opening yourself to the larger energies of life through the medium of the breath. Highly recommended! --John Welwood, author of Toward a Psychology of Awakening A delightful and innovative path to the most profound truth, shared by the world's greatest healing traditions: the way through any trauma, stress, illness, or injury is to first put attention on the breath. The reader will not only understand through Dennis's inspired writing, but get to experience through numerous excellent, practical exercises how conscious and authentic breathing is the gateway to enhanced health and vitality. --Meg Jordan, Ph.D., author of The Fitness Instinct and founder and editor of American Fitness It is extremely difficult to write well and truly about the healing role of breathing both in our everyday life and on the way to great self-knowledge. Dennis Lewis succeeds through a rare combination of clear-headed, practical thought and spiritual sensitivity. --Jacob Needleman, author of The American Soul