The Breathwork Handbook: Understanding, practicing and facilitating breathwork Paperback – October 16, 2025

“The Breathwork Handbook: Understanding, practicing and facilitating breathwork” is a comprehensive manual designed to guide casual readers, breathwork beginners, experienced practitioners and professionals alike through the complex landscape of breathwork. Far beyond mere relaxation, breathwork can be a powerful tool to release emotions, open up enhanced states of consciousness and spiritual experiences, process trauma and discover hidden inner resources.The Breathwork Handbook provides a deep dive into the history, neuroscience and psychology of how consciously taking control of our breath boosts our mental and physical health – together with practical tips, exercises and how-to guides, both for those just starting out in their breathwork practice and for professionals looking to facilitate breathwork experiences for others.Written by two neuroscientists with over a decade of experience as academic researchers and as breathwork facilitators, this book bridges the gap between rigorous science and the more experiential, elusive aspects of breathwork, effortlessly moving between personal stories, emotional anecdotes, conceptual frameworks and fresh-off-the-press scientific studies. As such, it is the essential guide for anyone seeking a powerful and readily available tool to foster personal growth, emotional healing - and a deeper friendship with themselves.Endorsements for "The Breathwork Handbook":“I am delighted that a book I've wanted to read for ages has finally been written, and just as I hoped it would be - basic questions, simply and beautifully explained. What a delight! Thank you!” Robin Carhart-Harris, PhD University of California San Francisco“The Breathwork Handbook is an indispensable and timely contribution to the psychedelic renaissance, teaching how simple breathing techniques can catalyze psychedelic experiences that are accessible with or without external substances. The Breathwork Handbook is a much-needed and trustworthy guide to the opportunities for healing created by non-ordinary states of consciousness, wisely tempered by discussions of contraindications, ethics and the need for breathwork therapists to do their own inner work.” Rick Doblin, PhD MAPS.org founder Read more