AWHI Book Club!
No pressure. No performative book-club energy. Definitely no homework policing. Just show up, join the kōrero, and see what you think.
October Read: Breath (by James Nestor)
We talk about the breath a lot around here. This month, we’re getting curious about what the science has to say about it.
We’re reading Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor, a deep dive into how the way we breathe can affect our sleep, stress, health and wellbeing.
It’s part science, part history, part slightly wild experiment — and there’s plenty in there to agree with, question, try out, or bring to the group.
Finished the book? Great. Halfway through? Also great. Read a few chapters and got distracted by life? Very much welcome.
Come along for a relaxed chat about what surprised us, what we’re sceptical about, and whether the book changes anything about the way we think about breathing — on or off the mat.
No pressure. No homework guilt. Just good conversation.
Your facilitators
Veena Patel
Long time AWHI member, RYT-200 and co-founder of Good Company Yoga. Lawyer by trade. Lover of books, laughs and good chats. No visual historical evidence of ever having read a book, but strong yoga posture and hot takes since roughly 4 years old.
Kathleen Kuehn
Long-time AWHI member, ERYT-500 and co-owner of AWHI Yoga & Wellbeing. Side hustles as a University lecturer in Media & Comms and has been an avid reader since before she could actually read.