Breathing might seem like the most natural thing in the world – after all, we've been doing it since the moment we burst onto the scene, screaming and gasping for air. And you’ve been doing it all the time while reading these words, too.

I hated Pranayama. I just hated it. Whenever a Yoga class started with breathwork, I felt that incredible mental resistance. My body felt like it was dying during these endless breath holds. And then everything changed when I heard these words…

Here are the five most interesting findings. Nestor has made it his life’s work, after a life-altering breathwork session, to unearth the mystery behind this lost art. He talked to a lot of scientists, physicians, breathwork gurus, did an admirable amount of (sometimes awfully painful) self-experiments and distilled it into the following findings.