Knowing your own breathing pattern means living better. This knowledge is an important tool for self-awareness and personal development, as well as for assessing the individual predispositions of patients, clients, partners, or students.

This book focuses on the practical confirmation of each breathing pattern and how we can consider it in our everyday interactions with the body. Elsa Gindler, the pioneer of modern body education, used to say: "We do not practice gymnastics to achieve something on the mat, but to transfer it into real life."

The suggestions in this book are intended as impulses for a realistic alignment, for a meaningful and sensory connection with the body: with one's own physical form. The book provides brief theoretical explanations and numerous exercises to recognize the respective breathing pattern.

Additionally, examples and suggestions are provided to optimally integrate the respective breathing pattern into everyday movement and lifestyle. Complete breathing optimizes metabolism and significantly supports the body's own system. When we know our breathing pattern, we are able to physically align ourselves optimally and honor the naturalness inherent to our being.