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View fullsize Repost from @thebreathingdiabetic • Note that consciously controlling our breathing (instead of the mechanical nasal stimulation shown here) might influence the brainwave response since focused attention would be used. In any case, it’s re
View fullsize Your Breath is Your Brain’s Remote Control | Crystal Goh @mindfulmagazine — “These findings show a system where our in-breath is like a remote control for our brains: by breathing in through our nose we are directly affecting the el
View fullsize Humans without a sense of smell breathe differently | Nature — “In other words, beyond respiratory rate alone, the intricate dynamic patterns of respiratory airflow can be highly consequential for health. Beyond the general physiological
View fullsize Restoring Prana: A Therapeutic Guide to Pranayama and Healing Through the Breath for Yoga Therapists, Yoga Teachers, and Healthcare Practitioners | Robin Rothenberg @essential.yoga.therapy — “Until I explored the breath in depth and beca
View fullsize Better Chemistry Through Breathing:‭ ‬The Story of Carbon Dioxide and How It Can Go Wrong | Christopher Gilbert PhD — “Whether episodic or habitual,‭ ‬hyperventilation might be explained by the concept of “action projection.”‭
View fullsize Baduanjin exercise: A potential promising therapy toward osteoporosis — “The relationship between muscle and bone is always complementary and inseparable, muscle contraction and relaxation may also stimulate osteogenesis, and men with str
View fullsize How to Breathe Yourself Thin | Ruben Meerman — When we lose 22 lbs/10 kg of fat (triglyceride), 18.5lbs/8.4 kg is exhaled as CO2. 84% of Fat is converted to carbon dioxide and 16% to water (sweat, tears, urine) How do we know this? In 2014, R
View fullsize Improved exercise ventilatory efficiency with nasal compared to oral breathing in cardiac patients — Objectives: To assess whether nasal breathing improves exercise ventilatory efficiency in patients with heart failure (HF) or chronic coronary
View fullsize Brief structured respiration practices enhance mood and reduce physiological arousal | @cellpress — “The pattern and depth of breathing have direct physiological impact on oxygenation level, heart rate, ventilation, and blood pressure. S
View fullsize Effects of conscious connected breathing on cortical brain activity, mood and state of consciousness in healthy adults — “Due to the richness of breathwork techniques, it is important to specify which type of breathwork is used in this st
View fullsize Type 2 diabetes can cause lung disorders, new study finds | Imperial College London — “New research funded by Diabetes UK has revealed, for the first time, that type 2 diabetes can directly cause lung complications. In the largest ever ge
View fullsize HPA axis, respiration and the airways in stress—A review in search of intersections — If we all know what the acute distress of breath holding feels like, most of us also are familiar with the different set of feelings associated with pro
View fullsize Breathe How you Want To Feel | Matteo Pistono @matteopistono — “Knowing how to regulate your own nervous system is nothing other than a secret power. The efforts you make in changing how you breathe optimally have exponential positive eff
View fullsize Do peripheral chemoreceptors in the carotid body serve as sites of glucose sensing? | The Physiological Society — “The brain lives on oxygen, adequate blood pressure and glucose. If any one of these three essential elements for brain func
View fullsize Speaking under pressure: Low linguistic complexity is linked to high physiological and emotional stress reactivity — “What can a speech reveal about someone’s state? We tested the idea that greater stress reactivity would relate to
View fullsize Osteoarthritis patients exhibit an autonomic dysfunction with indirect sympathetic dominance | Journal of Translational Medicine — “Osteoarthritis (OA) is a multifactorial chronic degenerative joint disease characterized by a wide range o
View fullsize Brain Waves Synchronize when People Interact | @scientific_american — “Collective neuroscience, as some practitioners call it, is a rapidly growing field of research. An early, consistent finding is that when people converse or share an e
View fullsize High ventilation breathwork practices: An overview of their effects, mechanisms, and considerations for clinical applications | Guy Fincham — “All breathwork practices invariably require a controlled pattern of volitional breathing. Howev
View fullsize Can breathing exercises reduce Alzheimer’s risk? | USC School of Gerontology — “The exercise was simple: inhale for a count of five, then exhale for a count of five. Do that for 20 minutes, twice a day, for four weeks. These brief
View fullsize Breathing, postural stability, and psychological health: a study to explore triangular links | Frontiers — “Breathing and postural control are mechanically and neuromuscularly interdependent as the main muscles used during respiration (di