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I read a book called Breath by James Nestor, it’s all about the benefits of nose breathing. Anecdotally this has completely fixed my sleep apnea/ snoring/ energy levels/ etc. Highly recommended!

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Wait, people aren't breathing through noses?

I'm not sure if it started this way, but I mostly breathe through my mouth at night due to significant congestion in my nasal passage. If I use a nasal rinse or flonase it helps but if I'm not diligent it regresses immediately.

Give this a shot for a week or two. Just jam these up there. It will be uncomfortable at first but you get used to it. Really opens you up and takes away a ton of resistance in nasal breathing.

https://a.co/d/18eLtdw

I found that I have to consciously close my mouth and "tell myself" to breath only through my nose.

When I do this i sleep better.

You sleep better by consciously breathing through your nose at night? Or during the day?

Probably by falling asleep with their mouth closed so that they breathe through their nose for the night.

yes this

I know someone who has to make a "vacuum seal" with their mouth, that is, make some slight suction on the inside so that they won't drool in the night. Is it anything like that?

um... not consciously no.

I think its more just being mindful. Something i feel we could all benefit from doing more of.

> I think its more just being mindful. Something i feel we could all benefit from doing more of.

Absolutely, I'm always surprised by the lack of this in some people. Like are they not self-aware or concerned at all? Just floating through the world existing? Ignorance is bliss but I sure wouldn't want to live like that myself.

too much stimulation. the ways in which we are and can be stimulated are increasingly devisable and persistent. Information or stimulation addiction is a thing...

Hah, preaching to the choir here, ADHD brain that basically shuts down unless there is a constant supply of new and interesting stimuli. I usually can't even get enough, so I end up sleeping for 13 hours and then not even staying up for 8 afterwards. I literally need "stimulants" in order to even have a 24-hour schedule, lol.

I had to have my deviated septum surgically corrected back in my late teens before I was capable of breathing consistently through my nose. Even simple things like chewing with my mouth closed were difficult because I couldn't breath well enough with my nose only.

Nope, usually feel like I don't get enough air.

lots of people with chronic allergic or non-allergic rhinitis aren't able to breathe through their nose.

I thought I'd get a freebie there (like when you lose weight just by cutting soda - which I already don't drink. Another freebie lost), but when I paid attention I am breathing exclusively through my nose and to make matters worse my tongue is in the mewing position. So this is already the best case scenario for my weight, sleep and jawline. Bummer.

What are the best strategies for increasing nose breathing?

Look into the EASE procedure by Dr. Kasey Li

Have you tried this? does this work?

It helped me. I no longer wake up feeling congested. The impact on sleep was more subtle. I had some prior complications so I wasn’t able to expand as much as the avg patient.

I would also suggest looking into the Oxygen Advantage system. Just finished reading the Breathing Cure by Patrick McKeown, makes some interesting claims but mostly found helpful exercises to retrain nasal breathing

His book "Deep" remains one of my very favorite books of all books, and I've turned a fair stack of pages. It's a different kind of medicine though; for me, it revived my soul, if there is such a thing.

Assoc https://hubermanlab.com/how-to-breathe-correctly-for-optimal...

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