The ocean is the last truly quiet place left on Earth. - James Nestor

I'd just recovered from pneumonia, which I'd also had the year before and the year before that. I was... wheezing, working, and eating... in a rut—physically, mentally [etc.]

I... signed up for an introductory course in breathing to learn... Sudarshan Kriya.

[T]his is all happening in the nose. In slowing down that air all of these other functions allow us to gain 20% more oxygen breathing through the nose than... through the mouth.