116. Why You Need To Relearn How To Breathe | James Nestor

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Mikhaila Peterson

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🗓️ 24 September 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Want to sponsor the show? Message [email protected] Mikhaila and James Nestor spark up an interesting conversation about sleep apnea. They discuss the effects of sleep apnea in addition to some ways of reducing it. Mikhaila shares her opinion on soothers which led their discussion to proper breathing. If you’re interested in seeing whether you properly breathe or have an interest in freediving, then this video is for you. James Nestor is an American Journalist and New York Times bestselling author of Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art. He appeared on many television and radio shows in addition to an appearance on TEDX to share his experience on breathing and deep diving. If you enjoyed this episode, remember to subscribe! Find more James Nestor on his website: https://www.mrjamesnestor.com/ Follow his Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/mrjamesnestor/?hl=en Check out James’s Tik Tok: https://twitter.com/mrjamesnestor?lang=en ———————————— Follow Me On ———————————— Audio - https://linktr.ee/mikhailapeterson Twitter - https://twitter.com/MikhailaAleksis Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mikhailapeterson Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mikhailapetersonpodcast Lion Diet - https://linktr.ee/liondiet Telegram - https://t.me/mikhailapeterson ———————————— Show Notes ———————————— [0:00] Intro [03:22] How to reduce sleep apnea. [05:22] The different effects of sleep apnea. [06:28] Working the tube in the throat. [09:36] How to spot proper breathing. [10:39] Oropharyngeal exercises. [14:19] Mikhaila’s experience with soothers and the problem with pacifiers. [19:17] Does sleep tape help? [22:00] What a proper breath looks like. [26:07] The breathing of Wim Hof. [29:41] Nestor’s book popularity. [31:57] Our twisted healthcare system and the effects on COVID19. [39:35] How James started. [41:41] Freediving. [44:47] James's experience in freediving. [49:54] The practice of freediving. [55:41] Wrap up #MikhailaPetersonPodcast #JamesNestor #Breath #SleepApnea #Freediving Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So first of all you have to figure out where that that's occurring and then you have to consider
0:05.2	that we have a muscle tube it's cartilage and muscle and tissues right here in our throats right
0:11.3	we need to be working this out as well and by working out that tube you can expand it and you can
0:17.2	actually reduce and sometimes reverse your sleep apnea. Okay so how do you work out that tube?
0:24.4	Welcome to the Michaela Peterson podcast episode 116 with James Nester the breathing expert. Do
0:35.3	people really need to learn how to breathe? Apparently when I was really ill I felt like I couldn't
0:40.3	inhale fully all the time but my diet fixed that. There is more you can do though. If you have
0:46.1	trouble sleeping or sleep apnea this episode is for you. We got majorly sidetracked down topics
0:51.1	like free diving which was fun. James is awesome. I am most definitely trying free diving. We spoke
0:57.4	about the healthcare system, sleep, free diving, some hippie stuff, the usual. I'm a huge fan of
1:04.2	this guy. This was a fun episode. If you enjoy it please remember to hit subscribe. Also side note
1:09.9	if you want to sponsor this show hit me up. If you have awesome products that I like that is no vegan
1:16.4	shakes. I like meat and honey and air friars and girls and salt and things I can sleep at on or
1:22.0	sit on or maybe free diving equipment just kidding. You don't need anything to free dive except your
1:27.9	breath. Hit up sponsorships at Michaela Peterson dot com link below. I hope you enjoy this episode.
1:35.3	James Nestor welcome to my podcast. Thanks a lot for having me. Before we get started would you mind
1:50.0	giving my audience a brief background if they don't know who you are of who you are and what it is
1:54.0	you do. Sure I am a science journalist and an author and I write about health or have been for
2:02.0	the last few years and I'm interested in the potential of the human body. That's what seems to be
2:08.8	a through line through a lot of my work. Okay so I specifically wanted to speak with you because
2:16.5	my dad's been diagnosed with sleep apnea rather severely. He was waking up like maybe 30 times
2:23.6	like a ridiculous amount. He had no deep sleep and it was ruining his life. One of the things that
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