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The Healing Power of the Breath

Simple Techniques to Reduce Stress and Anxiety, Enhance Concentration, and Balance Your Emotions

by Richard P. Brown and Patricia L. Gerbarg

|Shambhala©2012·176 pages

Richard Brown and Patricia Gerbarg are medical doctors, clinical psychiatrists and university professors. They also happen to be two of the world’s leading breath experts—integrating Western science and ancient breath techniques derived from yoga, qigong, Coherent Breathing, and Open-Focus meditation. Big Ideas we explore: Pill or 20 minutes?, Breath = portal to mind-body systems, Coherent Breathing, Resistance Breathing and turning off your worry centers via vagus nerves.


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About the authors

Richard P. Brown
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Richard P. Brown

Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University College.
Patricia L. Gerbarg
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Patricia L. Gerbarg

Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychiatry, New York Medical College.