Bon Tom answers “I found something that doesn't make sense....”

Taylor Lindsay Winter asked this question about Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art:

I found something that doesn't make sense. In the "Less" chapter he talks about breathing not just slower but lesser amounts of air. But in the Exhale chapter he says lung capacity is super key to health and "shallow breathing will limit the range of our diaphragms and lunch capacity and can lead to the [bad] posture common in those with [illnesses]" (pg 64). How do I breath less / not-deep, but not shallow?

Bon Tom By breathing deep, at 5.5 inhalations, and 5.5 exhalations a minute or even less, you actually breathe less. But you breathe more efficient because yo…moreBy breathing deep, at 5.5 inhalations, and 5.5 exhalations a minute or even less, you actually breathe less. But you breathe more efficient because you utilize the inhaled oxygen better thanks to maintaining needed concentrations of CO2.(less)

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