Did you know you’re breathing wrong? Or at least 70% of you are. I had NO idea.

I finally got around to reading Breath by James Nestor. It’s been top of the stack since November, which is a tough time for any book to move up to the “currently reading” status.

I have strong feelings about many things and it’s not unheard of for me to read something, have strong feelings about it and then a few months later I have a hard time telling you the name of the book.

I could be wrong, but this one will be hard to forget. I’ve talked about it so much BB is walking around reminding me to close my mouth.

I even taped my mouth shut to sleep the other night. Effective in making me breathe through my nose, ineffective in that one of my security blanket’s most important qualities is how she feels on my lips.

BB asked me to close her mouth when I check on her at night. That’s what some Native American parents used to do for their babies.

I’m not going to do this topic justice. I’d recommend reading the book if you wonder what the heck the difference is.

The amount of health benefits associated with nose breathing versus mouth breathing is almost enough to make me tape my mouth shut during the day. Almost.

This week I attempted zumba with my mouth shut. I thought maybe I’ve done it with my mouth shut before and I didn’t realize it? OH NO.

I don’t know if I’ve ever exercised with my mouth shut. It was HARD. But also amazing. I had substantially increased stamina over just last week.

I was sitting in the library last weekend. I had just started reading the Breath book. A woman exclaimed,

“I LOVE that book! It changed my life! It’s amazing.”

I thought,

‘Whoa. She’s coming on strong. This is what I get for reading in the children’s section where people can talk at whatever volume they want.’

I question her,

“Really?”

“YES! It’s all about nose breathing.”

OKAY.

Well I hope I see that woman again and we can exclaim together, while breathing through our noses.