Background: The psycho-physiological changes in brain-body interaction observed in most
of meditative and relaxing practices rely on voluntary slowing down of breath frequency …

Slow breathing practices have been adopted in the modern world across the globe due to
their claimed health benefits. This has piqued the interest of researchers and clinicians who …

Deliberate control of the breath (breathwork) has recently received an unprecedented surge
in public interest and breathing techniques have therapeutic potential to improve mental …

Deep breathing exercises are commonly used for several health conditions including pain
and hypertension. Various techniques are available to practice deep breathing, whereas …

Clinical research on the beneficial effects induced by slow-paced breathing has been
increasingly extended in the past twenty years. Improvements in cardiovascular functioning …

Controlled slow breathing (at 6/min, a rate frequently adopted during yoga practice) can
benefit cardiovascular function, including responses to hypoxia. We tested the neural …

Abstract High Ventilation Breathwork (HVB) refers to practices employing specific volitional
manipulation of breathing, with a long history of use to relieve various forms of psychological …

Control of respiration provides a powerful voluntary portal to entrain and modulate central
autonomic networks. Slowing and deepening breathing as a relaxation technique has …

Introduction Approaches to improve heart rate variability and reduce stress such as
breathing retraining are more frequently being integrated into psychotherapy but little …

Slow breathing is widely applied to improve symptoms of hyperarousal, but it is unknown
whether its beneficial effects relate to the reduction in respiration rate per se, or, to a lower …