The yoga teacher Eddie Stern has spent decades thinking about and practicing breathing and breathwork—more specifically, pranayama—and across these countless hours he has learned and taught an array of techniques that can transform one’s life both mentally and physiologically (not to mention philosophically and spiritually). The founder of the Broome Street Ganesha Temple in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood, Stern is a legend in the realms of yoga and well-being, and over the years has counted Gwyneth Paltrow, Mike D of the Beastie Boys, and Madonna among his students. The author of the book One Simple Thing: A New Look at the Science of Yoga and How It Can Transform Your Life and the co-creator of the Breathing App (with Moby and Deepak Chopra), Stern’s approach to yoga is intentionally uncomplicated. As is clear in this interview for our series The Good Life, he prefers to keep things simple. Whether lecturing or in conversation, Stern makes yoga and yogic traditions accessible to all, deeply engaging, and easily understandable.