“It’s very intuitive: If we breathe better…we can deliver more oxygen to our muscles and organs, including the heart and brain, and thus heighten our physical capacity. All we’re really doing is assisting the body in working the way it was meant to work in the first place.”
– Patrick McKeown, The Oxygen Advantage
That’s such a great reminder that breathing (and other mind-body practices like meditation and yoga) are not hacks to boost our health and performance to superhuman levels.
They’re simply “assisting the body in working the way it was meant to work in the first place,” which may feel superhuman at times…