The Scientific Revolution Behind Slow Breathing Polyvagal and neurovisceral integration theories favor slow over fast ...

Slow-breathing exercises are game-changing tools to help reduce stress and anxiety. A recent research study has found that even a single session of five minutes of deep and slow breathing lowers ...

The secret to transforming mediocre workouts into extraordinary fitness sessions lies not in expensive equipment or complicated routines, but in mastering something everyone does automatically ...

Breathwork guide Ashley Neese, author of "How to Breathe," shares a quick breathing exercise for stress that's so simple, you can do it anywhere. Okay, well there’s a little more to it than that: You ...

High blood pressure can increase a person’s risk of heart attack, stroke, and heart disease. However, daily breathing exercises can lower blood pressure and reduce these risks. Blood pressure is the ...

I hear conflicting recommendations on how to breathe when I exercise: In through the nose, out through the mouth? In and out through the nose? Let my breath flow naturally or breath in and out for a ...

That familiar tightness in your chest. The wheeze that seems to announce itself at the most inconvenient moments. The inhaler you clutch like a lifeline. Living with asthma can feel like your lungs ...

Diaphragmatic breathing has long been associated with relaxation and anxiety reduction, but for centuries the evidence supporting this has come anecdotally from practitioners of meditation and yoga.

Enter hypopressive breathing, a deep breathing exercise that involves emptying your lungs completely. It’s similar to the uddiyana bandha in yoga (or an “abdominal lock”). “It involves breathing in a ...

Adding home remedies on top of your prescribed asthma medications can help you fight inflammation and remove stale air from your lungs.