James Nestor

You've talked to hundreds of experts.

You've gone all over the world.

Tell me the mystical knowledge behind proper breathing, and I'm here to tell you it's nothing fancy.

Just like nutrition, in many ways, it just doesn't need to be that complicated.

So the very first thing is you have to become an obligate

nasal breather.

This doesn't mean every single breath you take needs to be in and out of the nose.

I'm breathing through my mouth a bit now as I'm talking.

You're laughing, you're breathing through your mouth.

Sometimes when you're really exerting a lot of energy, you can, all of that is perfectly fine.

But your habit, your default should be nasal breathing.

It's hard for me to give advice on this because everyone is different and they suffer from slightly different things.

So there are some people that have a structural problem in their noses and need to see a surgeon.

There are some people who have problems with their nostrils.

Here's a little trick.

You may be one of them.

You can take two fingers, for those of you listening and not driving, don't do this driving.

You can take two fingers, your forefinger and your middle finger from both hands, place them.

right next to your nose, right next to your nostrils, and pull your nostrils apart.

If that is significantly easier to breathe that way, is it for you?