Brindley, who has asthma and worked with doctors, physiotherapists, and nurses to develop a professional training course for the use of therapeutic breathing exercises, offers a guide to using these exercises to improve day-to-day breathing, for those with COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and physiotherapists, physical therapists, and carers who work with them. The exercises are presented in a 28-day program and focus on calming breathing, awareness, nose-breathing, controlling coughing, and stretching to reduce hyperventilation, limit hyperinflation, and increase fitness. She describes how the techniques work; their basis in established breathing exercises, Buteyko, and yoga; and their steps, with color photos. There is no index. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)