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Understand how respiration fits within the wider Nicolaev Medicine perspective.


Bring breathing into the study of human experience.
By Gabriel Nicolaev – CyGuruBreathing is the organising theme of this book’s enquiry into bodily state and human response. Gabriel Nicolaev – CyGuru places respiration within his wider perspective on nervous-system regulation, exploring its relationship with pressure, presence and everyday experience.
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The writing takes a strong, doctrine-led position. Read it alongside the library’s evidence-focused discussions of the autonomic nervous system and relaxation research. That pairing makes room for both the author’s conceptual argument and careful questions about what a particular physiological explanation actually establishes.
Understand how respiration fits within the wider Nicolaev Medicine perspective.
Consider breathing in discussions of activation, attention and responding under pressure.
Distinguish an explanatory model from individual assessment or a promised health outcome.
A practical way to assess claims about breathing, guided imagery and other relaxation approaches.
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