Resources

Wonderful Resources for Educators:

This list of resources is curated for educators who wish to provide their students with a deeper understanding of health, movement, and well-being. The selections cover a range of topics from the science of breath to physical movement and mindfulness.

I. Breathwork and The Science of Breathing

1. Lucas Rockwood
   • Website: Yogabody.com
   • YouTube: Superb videos on breathwork and yoga.
     
2. James Nestor
   • Book: Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art (Riverhead Books, 2020).
   • Audible Audiobook: Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art.
   • Book: Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us about Ourselves (Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014).
   • Audible Audiobook: Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us about Ourselves.
   • Course: BBC Maestro course on breathwork. (Note: This is a great resource to revisit).
     
3. Patrick McKeown
   • Website: https://oxygenadvantage.com
   • Book: The Breathing Cure: Developed from the Clinical Success of The Oxygen Advantage (Little, Brown Spark, 2021).
     
   • Summary of Key Concepts:
     
     • Nasal Breathing: Emphasizes the nose as the primary airway for filtering, warming, and humidifying air, as well as producing nitric oxide.
     • Light and Slow Breathing: Advocates for gentle, diaphragmatic breathing to prevent over-breathing and improve oxygen delivery. His motto is “Breathe Light to Breathe Right.”
     • Carbon Dioxide Tolerance: Focuses on exercises to increase CO₂ tolerance, which helps calm the nervous system and enhance cellular oxygenation.
     • Benefits: Details how proper breathing can improve sleep, energy, concentration, and athletic performance, while helping to manage conditions like asthma, anxiety, and high blood pressure.
       
4. Nathan S. Bryan
   • Book: The Secret of Nitric Oxide: Bringing the Science to Life (NO Biologics, 2018).
     
   • Summary of Key Concepts:
     
     • Nitric Oxide’s Importance: Highlights NO as a crucial signaling molecule for cardiovascular health, immune function, and brain health.
     • Endothelial Function: Explains how the inner lining of blood vessels (the endothelium) produces NO and how this process can decline with age and lifestyle factors.
     • Restoring NO Production: Provides strategies for enhancing NO production, including dietary recommendations (e.g., nitrate-rich vegetables) and lifestyle modifications.
     • Implications for Health: Links insufficient NO production to chronic diseases like hypertension, heart disease, and diabetes.

II. Movement and Anatomy

1. Will Harlow
   • Book: Thriving Beyond Fifty (Expanded Edition): 111 Natural Strategies to Restore Your Mobility, Avoid Surgery and Stay Off Pain Pills for Good (Will Harlow, 2023).
   • Audible Audiobook: Thriving Beyond Fifty (Expanded Edition).
   • YouTube Channel: Will Harlow – Over-Fifties Specialist Physio.
   • Additional Resource: Offers a “3-tip Friday” email with valuable insights for individuals over 50.
     
2. Erich Schiffmann
   • Book: Yoga: The Spirit and Practice of Moving into Stillness (Pocket Books, 1996).
     
3. Thomas Myers
   • Book: Anatomy Trains: Myofascial Meridians for Manual and Movement Therapists (Churchill Livingstone, 2020).
   • Website: Anatomy Trains

III. Mindset and Personal Growth

Audible Audiobook: Brave New You.

Corey Allen

Book: Brave New You: What if You Had A Road Map to Believing That More Is Possible? (Corey Allen, 2023).