The Miracle of the Breath: Mastering Fear, Healing Illness, and Experiencing the Divine

by Andy Caponigro

Book Overview

"Take a deep breath." "Just breathe." Common calming mantras, but what do they really mean? Though every second of life is govered by breath, few people pay heed to this important facet of good health. The Miracle of the Breath explores the importance of breath not only to physical well-being but as a main conduit of divine energy. Replete with stories and case studies of people healed from asthma, arthritis, anxiety attacks, and other physical and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1577314786
• ISBN13: 9781577314783
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: New World Library
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

The Miracle of the Breath

This is a very clear, well written book. My wife and I have started breath meditation and we're very excited about all the possibilities. We recommend this book to anyone interested in the science of breath.

Life-Changing Techniques

I bought this book as part of the Personal Well Being program at Windemere Institute of Healing Arts. It certainly was valuable to be taught some of the techniques as a group, but the book makes things I've never understood about breathing meditation make sense at last. It is personally powerful for me because I have always had issues with breathing since I had asthma as a toddler. I'm sure this will be my meditation "bible" for years to come.

Tarzan Breath feels great!

As a Yoga teacher I am always looking for things that concern pranayama. The breathing techniques in this book are wonderful. The Tarzan breath changed some wiring in my brain. It looks funny, though.

A goldmine of information....

I consider this book to be highly valuable, as a result of the fact that it seems to present such an extraordinary array of profound ideas. Similarly, it is an easy and very interesting read ... and one finds that one can hardly wait, to try and practice all of the exercises contained within it. The exercises themselves are amazing, due to the fact that they seem to do exactly what they are supposed to do...and also, because the effects are so immediate and substantial. I love books, read quite a bit .... and consider this book to be something very special! It seems to be an incredible resource regarding the subject of "breath".

The best book on the subject I've read.

Andy Caponigro in very simple and understandable manner describes very complicated techniques. Instructions are clear, thoughtful, honest and helpful. I found in it the new way thinking of pranayama. For the first time I understood that some techniques and methods work only in meditative mode. The book is pleasurable to reed. It I tried only basic techniques so far and they work very well, just as described in the book.