Robin L. Rothenberg’s book, “Restoring Prana” is a valuable resource for anyone working in healthcare.

“I want to thank Robin for sharing so generously her personal experiences, and the knowledge she has gained from these life-determining experiences, and to tell her how much I have enjoyed reading the book, and doing the practices. It has helped me personally, and I am now including this information, and her workouts for all my yoga students and private clients.Robin has extensively investigated ancient yogic philosophy regarding Pranayama (breath/energy management), re-interpreted it, and very expertly weaved it into a modern context, which integrates current thinking in modern Western Medical science, to produce a work that addresses the need for greater understanding about how we breathe; the implications of breathing incorrectly; and recommendations and asana practices that support this greater awareness of breath – in our daily Yoga practice, and in our everyday life! In an easy-to-read format, Robin has successfully created a well-structured and informative resource for Yoga Teachers, Yoga Therapists, Yoga Students and Healthcare Practitioners. I enjoyed reading this tome of important information regarding how we breathe, the bio-mechanics of breathing, the habitual habits of incorrect breathing (the “myths and myth-busters”), and how to gradually change our poor breathing habits to good, positive breathing habits – for increased health and wellness. I know I will re-read it many times. As a Yoga Teacher specializing in adapted Therapeutic applications of Yoga as Therapy, I am planning to use it as my regular ‘go-to’ resource for anything about prana management, which for me personally, and for most of my older students and private clients, is of primary importance and an everyday necessity!”

Sri Shanthi Bhavana – CYT-900, Therapeutic Yoga Teacher - Zen Yoga Wellness

Restoring Prana delves deep into the physiology of breathing, explaining in understandable language what constitutes functional breathing and more importantly how to teach it.

“For any healthcare specialist who teaches breathing exercises, Restoring Prana makes for compulsory reading. Rothenberg offers simple strategies to improve oxygen uptake and delivery throughout the body. Yoga Masters of old knew about the importance of subtle breathing through the nose and admonished the practice of hard breathing. This book uncovers the truth about the breath and brings wisdom from the ancient Sutras into the 21stCentury.”

- Patrick McKeown, author of The Oxygen Advantage

Required Yoga Textbook

“The book Restoring Prana is a comprehensive analysis of breath chemistry as well as clinical application of breath practices. This book will be required reading for all Yoga Therapy schools..It includes an amazing wealth of the ancient Yoga texts and how their knowledge of the breath corresponds to todays knowledge. The layout of this book enables even the beginner Yoga student to grasp this information. The practice and sequences are laid out at the end of the chapters so that it can be referenced continuously as the practitioner utilizes this both for themselves as well as their clients.”

- Lisa T Graddy LCSW, MS

Restoring Prana by Robin Rothenberg is a delightful blend of personal and client stories, Yoga and the Buteyko Method, all integrated by cutting edge science.

“This book should be required reading in the education of all rehab professionals who are dealing with clients with breathing or other chronic health issues. It should also be read by anyone who has a breathing or chronic health issue that have not responded to conventional care. Hopefully the information in this book, will become conventional care in the future.”

Dr. Stefan Elgelid, PT, PhD, PhD, GCFP, C-IAYT

An Amazing Masterpiece!

“A comprehensive text on functional breathing with the goal of achieving and maintaining health, complete with exercises and explanations, as well as the science behind it all. For those in the Yoga field… a must read! Should be required reading for all Yoga training programs. Finally an explanation of pranayama with science and The Buteyko Breathing Method. Invaluable knowledge for healthcare practitioners treating people with respiratory illnesses. Suffering from respiratory dysfunction? Don't wait a moment longer to read this masterpiece. It holds the key to a healthier, perhaps even disease-free life inside its pages.”

- Lisa Bauman, DMD, C-IAYT

Clears up misconceptions about the pranayama practice

“The deepest teachings offer the idea of sustaining and increasing Prana. Using the practices in this book has revolutionized my relationship with my breath and changed a long standing chronic issue in neck and upper back. The Language is clear and the illustrations are helpful.”

- Mary Alice Lester

Robin Rothenberg’s newly released book, Restoring Prana, goes where few books on yoga and pranayama have ever gone before.

“Rothenberg, who is the director of the IAYT-accredited Pacific Institute of Yoga Therapy and The Yoga Barn in Washington, fearlessly turns multiple cultural myths regarding pranayama on its head. But at the same time she retains yogic sensitivity on the subject. "There are several myths (in yoga) that have arisen over time with regards to breathing, which are derivatives of the truth," she says. “I spent 30 years believing those myths, and had no idea how misguided my understanding was,” she laments.

Rothenberg began researching the book four years ago after learning Buteyko, a drug-free breathing technique for overcoming respiratory ailments from internationally renowned breathing strategist Patrick McKewon. That influenced her to question what she had studied from well-known yoga teachers worldwide. In Restoring Prana, Rothenberg introduces the Buteyko breathing method as a more contemporary way of understanding the original intention of pranayama. She establishes that, as with Dr. Buteyko’s breath retraining technique, the ancient yogis prescribed breathing less not more.”

-Viji Sundaram

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