James Nestor @MrJamesNestor Twitter profile

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

4 years

Breathing through the nose has innumerable benefits: more oxygen, lowers heart rate, protects us from pathogens. But should we *exhale* through the nose as well? I've been asked this question loads since the release of Breath. (Answer: YES!)

Should We Exhale through the Nose or the Mouth?

Some context on a question that's been asked about 6,294 times since the release of Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art. I thought I'd explained clearly th...

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3 years

"I inhale for five seconds; I hold for five seconds to let oxygen transfer into my lungs. I purse my lips. And I blow for five seconds." Pranayama/Qi Gong/Box Breathing by any other name. #lostart #breath #breathwork

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3 years

Breath made it to the FINAL ROUND of Good Reads Best Science/Technology Books of 2020! I realize everyone has serious voting fatigue at this point, but if Breath was something you enjoyed this past year, you can cast a final vote herein:

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

4 years

¡Rogan!

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@MrJamesNestor

4 years

More babies are being born without wisdom teeth and with much less powerful jaws amidst the “fastest rate of evolution” recorded in the past 250 years. Sounds more like Lieberman's term (Harvard) "dysevolution" to me. In other words, we're hosed.

‘Rapid evolution’ means humans now being born without wisdom teeth

Other changes include increasing prevalence of additional artery in the forearm, and changes to face shape as jaws become less powerful

www.independent.co.uk

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

3 years

DEEP BREATH LIVE! | A 40-minute video debuting via The Global Classroom (UN/WHO/UNICEF) on World Breathing Day, April 11 at 8:30amPT / 16:30BST.

Deep Breath Teaser Video | 11th April 2021 | World Breathing Day

To celebrate World Breathing Day, The Global Classroom, in collaboration with James Nestor, bestselling author, is thrilled to present our seventh classroom ...

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

4 years

Breath releases across the pond today in the United Kingdom today. At 8:30am London Time, I'll be on the Chris Evans Breakfast Show (which will be a midnight snack for me here in Pacific Time, which is also why I'm up at this ungodly hour). #lostart #breath #breathwork

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

4 years

Whoever bought Breath, wrote about it, talking about, and all else--thank you. Very much appreciated. We debuted at #6 on the New York Times Bestseller List, #4 on the Los Angeles Times Bestseller List, and #10 in the Wall Street Journal.

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

3 years

Not an interview... a conversation. During which Niraj will lead a breathing session with none other than...WIM HOF! It's all free. Thurs, March 29 @ 6pm PT

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

4 years

Here's what happened to my snoring/sleep during the Stanford experiment while mouth breathing vs. nasal breathing. More on this and other Breath ruminations tonight at 6PT, hosted by the AAPMD.

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

4 years

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art (Riverhead | Penguin Random House) released today--at long, bloody last. It's a surreal thing to work four years on something that ends up being 17 ounces of wood pulp and ink. But I loved the respiratorical ride:

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@MrJamesNestor

4 years

Interview with Dave Asprey @bulletproofexec on Bulletproof Radio just released.

Breathing Essentials That Will Change Your Life – James Nestor with Dave Asprey – #751

Breathing can nurture our bodies, center us, and rebalance us. When you start harnessing the power of your breath, you're going to feel huge benefits.

daveasprey.com

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

4 years

Q&A with breathwork session led by Samuel Whiting tmrw at (the ungodly hour of) 7amPT/10amET tomorrow. Will definitely not be showered/dressed anything like this press photo. It's free.

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

4 years

Friends: I'll be on Fresh Air with Terry Gross today talking about things Breath. And, yes, she's really as insanely pleasant and cool as she sounds. For Friscaniscos, that's 1pm on KQED (for others, that's other times on other NPR affiliates). #breath #lostart #riverheadbooks

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

4 years

Superbreather Chuck McGee (whom I wrote about in Breath, and who taught me so much about the potential of breathing to overcome various maladies) will be running a breathwork session this Sun, July 19th @ 11AM, PT. It's free; nobody is selling anything.

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

4 years

“More than sixty years of research on living systems has convinced me that our body is much more nearly perfect than the endless list of ailments suggests. Its shortcomings are due less to its inborn imperfections than to our abusing it.” Albert Szent-Györgyi, 1937 Nobel winner

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

3 years

I'll be presenting about things breathing and human dysevolution at the venerable and inimitable Long Now Foundation tonight at 5pmPT. It's free. C'mon by...

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

4 years

Almost every skull pre-1500s had straight teeth, huge jaws, and wide sinuses. Meanwhile, modern skulls (+/- 90%, which means you, me, and almost every you know) have mouths so small that teeth no longer fit: they grow in crooked. Small mouth/sinuses=less room to breathe. #breath

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

4 years

A little pre-release primer to the release of Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art (May 26) running this weekend in the Wall Street Journal... #breath #breathwork #lostart #wimhof #buteyko

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

4 years

Experts answer questions on how best to breathe for asthma, anxiety, athletic endurance, ADHD, autoimmune issues, and more. Nobody is selling anything; all advices are free. #breath #lostart #breathwork #wimhofmethod #buteyko #riverheadbooks

Q&A — MRJAMESNESTOR

www.mrjamesnestor.com

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

4 years

Mouth taping still seem sketchy? Learn about the real science of this practice from dentist and sleep and airway expert, Dr. Mark Burhenne.

Q&A — MRJAMESNESTOR

www.mrjamesnestor.com

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

4 years

Come on virtually over Wed, Oct 7 at 10am PT to hear about things breathing and stress and breathwork with the World Forum for Ethics in Breathing and Art of Living Foundation. Swami Jyothirmayah will lead some breathwork sessions at the end. Live stream

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

4 years

Nothing really quite like the feeling of finishing (another) book: happiness, sorrow, self-love, bewilderment, certitude, self-hate, and most of all bloody, bloody relief. This brick drops on May 26, 2020 (PRH/Riverhead). In the meantime, time to re-up on Vitamin Sea.

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

4 years

(Zoom) Breath Book Release 6/11 at 5pm PT | Stanford neuroscientist, Dr. Andrew Huberman, and UK dental researcher, Dr. Mike Mew, will join me to share research and answer audience questions on things breathing. RSVP. It's free.

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art on Zoom

Tech and the City Series co-presented by Gray Area Now, in the time of COVID 19 when respiratory health is on everyone’s mind, James Nestor’s latest book examines the often misunderstood and overlo...

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

4 years

Breath releases across the pond today in the United Kingdom today. At 8:30am London Time, I'll be on the Chris Evans Breakfast Show (which will be a midnight snack for me here in Pacific Time, which is also why I'm up at this ungodly hour). #lostart #breath #breathwork

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

6 years

Fear and loathing on St. Paul's Rocks -- latest scribbles 500 miles off the coast of Brazil exploring deep life systems, thousand-year-old microbes, and cases of Brahma beer.

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

4 years

A few of you have inquired about this so I'm posting again. . . .Breathwork session led by Chuck McGee tonight (Mondays) at 9pm PST. It's free, it's easy, nobody is selling anything, and it works wonders. Zoom:

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

4 years

(Virtual) Book Release is TONIGHT (June 11) @ 5PT Zoom passes are all gone but we managed to finagle a way to stream it to YouTube Live: The great Drs. Mike Mew and Dr. Andrew Huberman will be presenting as well and we'll do a big Q&A at the end.

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

4 years

First podcast on things Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art with the wondrous Shelby Stanger on Wild Ideas Worth Living. Available through whatever podcast channels and via REI. @ShelbyStanger @shelbypodcasts

Breathwork with James Nestor - Uncommon Path – An REI Co-op Publication

In the unsettling times of the COVID-19 epidemic, one thing we can do to be healthier and calmer is breathe.

www.rei.com

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

4 years

100,000 years ago Neanderthals were freediving for shells, food, and tools. Yes. This is really the only news worth reading nowadays.

Free-Diving Neanderthals Gathered Tools From the Seafloor

New evidence suggests Neanderthals gathered clam shells and volcanic rock from the bottom of the Mediterranean, which they fashioned into tools. The work is yet more evidence that Neanderthals often...

gizmodo.com

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

4 years

Been buggy about reading the Sunday paper, considered the thing was likely touched by many a hand before it made it to the door. Turns out this foul Covid flu dies pretty quickly in heat. The CDC rec is 158 F for a half hour. I'd also heard 138 F for less will work.

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

10 years

Legendary freediver and ocean nut @fredbuyle goes where no one has gone before. Astounding. http://t.co/tts4ZaC5io http://t.co/ICC6gn26x6

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

6 years

Just in time for World Oceans Day...DEEP on sale for $2.99 until midnight tonight (6/7 PST).

Deep

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. An Amazon Best Science Book of 2014. A Scientific American Recommended Read. Deep is a voyage from the...

www.audible.com

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

8 years

A Conversation with Whales via NYTimes

Opinion | A Conversation With Whales (Published 2016)

They surrounded the divers and started clicking — they seemed to be saying hello. Read and then take a swim with whales in a virtual reality feature.

www.nytimes.com

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

5 years

Brand new initiative funded by Templeton to decode humpback communication in collaboration with SETI. 'Bout time! Beauteous vid to boot.

Humpback Whale Communication and the Search for Alien Intelligence |...

The study of animal communication challenges our ideas of intelligence and informs our search for life in the universe. Among the most fascinating of vocaliz...

www.youtube.com

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

10 years

Your body on water: http://t.co/lTBTlpyzSv http://t.co/XD4OyQHUy0

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

4 years

BREATH LIVE TODAY | Join the conversation -- ask me questions, proffer your own advices, share a villanelle. REDDIT LIVE 12 - 1 PT |(must log into your account to ask questions) INSTAGRAM LIVE 2 - 3 PT

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

7 years

New interview with Stanger @GetWildIdeas Wild Ideas Worth Living podcast about writing, ocean stuff, much more:

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

8 years

DEEP AUDIOBOOK (read by yours truly, for better, worse) out today via AUDIBLE on Amazon!

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

14 years

When stressed breathe in to count of 4, hold 4, exhale 6, hold 2 and repeat 10x. Millions of people do this everyday. It works, man!

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

8 years

Back when, I received a few letters from "scientists" lambasting me for including this theory in DEEP. And now. . .

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

10 years

Book Release Party for DEEP at Ohio Design in SF | Fri June 27 | 8pm | Drinks Fun Free http://t.co/2fID7Zpwa9 http://t.co/17zJtagjWS

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

9 years

DEEP is now DEEPER. New, revised, 36,000-foot paperback edition of DEEP 1.99 this-week-only e-book sale. http://t.co/2QmwKL2xHw

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

10 years

More Book Talk(in'), here with the inimitable @NatGeo http://t.co/ExNRGaUlC2 http://t.co/fKm2UyacBZ

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

7 years

My latest now out on EPIC Mag (free). Victorian gold, fetid waters, and exploding faces with the Brothers Deane.

Unfathomable | Epic Magazine

Sunken treasure, death-defying adventure, sibling rivalry: How Charles and John Deane invented modern deep-sea diving and saved the British Empire. By James Nestor

unfathomable.epicmagazine.com

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

7 years

Friscans: Meet me and a gang of scientists, biologists, etc at the Scurvy Salon 5/16 7pm at Interval (Long Now)

The History & Science of a Persistent Malady

Scurvy Salon at The Interval: A special night of short talks about the long history and scientific background behind a most persistent malady. And the drinks that can help keep it at bay. Featuring...

theinterval.org

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

10 years

DEEP comes to @longnow INTERVAL in SF | Oct 7 6:30. Pix, vids, sounds, beer. Tix on sale: http://t.co/KJrm0krUu4 http://t.co/sZZY5c147V

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

4 years

@Jo_Miller Thank you, Jo! Realy appreciate it.

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

10 years

San Diegans: Presenting things DEEP tmrw (17th, 7:30pm) at Warwick's in La Jolla. Free. Come. http://t.co/QOpOiCXAlb http://t.co/TyEJ4z7snv

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

7 years

Audio version of Unfathomable, for those headphone inclined.

Audm

@audmapp

7 years

🔊 Listen to a tale of sunken treasure, death-defying adventure, & sibling rivalry w/ Audm. From @epic / @MrJamesNestor

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

10 years

I'll be presenting pix, vids, and reading from DEEP tmrw night (Thurs, July 17) at Book Passage, Corta Madera | Yes! http://t.co/Czjv0wQPiq

James Nestor - Deep

Co-Sponsored by the Academy of Sciences While on assignment in Greece, journalist James Nestor witnessed something that confounded him: a man diving 300 feet below the ocean’s surface on a single...

www.bookpassage.com

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

15 years

Drinking the blood of a schizophrenic will cause violent hallucinations due to its high levels of DMT. It's streetname is "red creeper."

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

10 years

Humbled (and very stoked) to see this in yesterday's Sunday NY Times. DEEP releases tmrw. http://t.co/zaoLPQUJR9

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

7 years

Moderating talk with TIDES author at Mechanics' Institute in SF Wed, May 3 6pm (use CAS friend for free admission!)

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

14 years

1950s scientists developed rhythms to lull the brain into the relaxing, dreamlike theta state. Sample it here: http://tiny.cc/theta732

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

10 years

@CHIMPSINSOCKS Whoa, thanks Chimp. Much appreciated. Book trailer here, for what that is worth (probably, not much): http://t.co/mbY02nAP04

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

9 years

Words of wisdom/perspective on the current perils of competitive freediving from world champ F Buyle http://t.co/AsKU6iu2wL @fredbuyle

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

10 years

@barnettcomic Thanks for the kind words, sir. See you in the water soon! http://t.co/YKTibBHb8l

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

8 years

@HotYoungBriley Thanks for the kind words, Ryan. We're moving forward with all things whale communication research:

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

7 years

Thank you!

The Sunday

@TheSunday_

7 years

Pick of the Week | Unfathomable | @MrJamesNestor @epic #longreads

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

10 years

Thought provoker by former officemate @harmancipants on the underwhelmingness of transient, non-city life. Great piece.

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

14 years

Ancient Egyptians and Chinese cured illnesses with different colored light. Modern ultrasound works on the same premises.

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

6 years

@bioneers Things DEEP keep deepening...did this interview last year for the great Bioneers Radio. Many updates since then on the sperm whale communication front with some big news on the horizon. More soon...

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

15 years

Moon Breath: To de-clutter your mind, cover your right nostril with your right thumb and breathe in 30 x with your left nostril.

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@MrJamesNestor

14 years

Buddhist monks can raise the temperatures of their fingers and toes up 17 degrees! The mind rules the body, indeed.

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

15 years

Wallow in the lucid, psychedelic state of hypnagogia by holding an arm perpendicular to you body while falling asleep tonight.

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

9 years

@emjacobi Thanks for the kind words. Much appreciated! See you in the water...JN

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

10 years

@Sarah_L_B Thanks for the kind words, SLB!. I've just discovered how this Twitter thing works (kind of). Enjoy DEEP! http://t.co/SfVK9grMPo

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

14 years

Need your computer for this, friends. Try staring for 30 minutes before talking to mom on the phone. http://tiny.cc/0wqxq

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

12 years

Mindblowing piece from Grottomate, T. Oppenheimer, on how crap bread causes gluten intolerance: http://t.co/ujtjDRXY

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

5 years

@DustinWTP Thank you, Dustin! This is the first time I've looked at Twitter in, uh, about six months as I've been in lockdown finishing a new book. Appreciate the post and kind words.

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

5 years

@cav_0390 Thank you, Carmen! Much appreciated. This is the first time I've looked at Twitter in, uh, about six months as I've been in lockdown finishing a new book. (And, I'm really bad at social media). I really appreciate the post and kind words. Be well..

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

10 years

Come down or listen in to West Coast Live (NPR) at the SF Ferry Bldg this Sat 10-12. I'll be on for a 20 min intrvw. http://t.co/Ngl4igjz7z

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

14 years

Sixty percent of doctor visits are related to stress. Relax. Breathe in and out thru your left nostil, mouth closed, 30x once a day. Do it.

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

11 years

World's poorest president. . .and my new hero http://t.co/BC13xrHk

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

14 years

Ancient Greek soldiers used to get inadvertently high off honey made from plants that contained psychotropic chemicals.

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

15 years

The venom in bee stings spurs the body to release good-feeling hormones like dopamine. Repeated bee stings lead to intense hallucinations.

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

4 years

@davidjrich Thank you, David! Much appreciated.

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

4 years

@Physio_Jen In time, in time...

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

5 years

@scot_laing Whoa, thank you Scot! Sorry for the lag in response. This is the first time I've looked at Twitter in about six months as I've been in lockdown finishing a new book. (Due out in later 2019). I really appreciate the post and kind words. Be well!

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

15 years

In the 60s Russians made an electroshock machine that would enable soldiers to get a full night's rest within a half hour.

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

10 years

Final (and only) DEEP presentation in SF this Wed, July 23 | 6PM @MILibrary | Vids, pix, audio strangeness. http://t.co/gAOKG9gAVs

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

14 years

William James, father of American psychology, loved inhaling nitrous oxide. His quote after huffing: "What's mistake but a kind of take?"

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

14 years

The brains of chronically stressed people eventually rewire so that they can never, ever feel happy. This is true.... http://bit.ly/8MLhbE

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

5 years

@emily_b_milton Thank you, Emily! Sorry for the lag in response. This is the first time I've looked at Twitter in, uh, about six months as I've been in lockdown finishing a new book. I really appreciate the post and kind words. Be well..

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

10 years

@brucknerchase Thanks, Bruckner, for the kind words. Much appreciated.

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

15 years

To energize, cover your left nostril and breathe in 30x quickly through your right nostril for "sun breath."

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

9 years

Some NPR perspective on the recent freediving tragedy.

Peter O'Dowd

@odowdpeter

9 years

Fascinating look at dangers of free diving w/ @MrJamesNestor after world-famous diver dissapears at sea http://t.co/0gKcSbhD8I

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

11 years

Four page excerpt from my new e-bookthing (Half-Safe) on Outside. It's free! More on bookthing at http://t.co/U9D8HL6r http://t.co/SsygzanU

MRJAMESNESTOR

www.mrjamesnestor.com

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

15 years

See GHN at LitQuake competing in Literary Death Match Thurs Oct 15 in SF. We'll all be getting high--sans drugas. http://tiny.cc/LDM

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

15 years

Ancient Greeks used dill to make love potions (i.e., roofies) that would lull (i.e., drug) dates into caring arms... http://bit.ly/4suozA

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James Nestor

@MrJamesNestor

5 years

@newcloudkicker Thank you, Arunaabh! This is the first time I've looked at Twitter in, uh, about six months as I'm finishing a new book now. I appreciate the post and kind words.