Breathing methods for sleep are supposed to ease nighttime anxiety — why do they make mine worse?

The 4 7 8 method doesn't work for me when I'm anxious, but this psychological hack always helps me fall asleep in minutes.
Medscape

Q&A: The Post-COVID Breathless Patient

Older adults, people who were very sick with COVID, and those with lung or heart problems are more likely to have ongoing ...

The Buteyko Breathing Method can make running feel so much easier – if you do it properly

Regardless of running level and ability, struggling to breathe on a run is a common issue, but one many dismiss as just part ...
Medscape

Novel Ultrasound Technology Can Maintain Accuracy in Liver Fat Assessment Despite Variations in Patient Breathing Patterns

In a technical note conducted as a part of ongoing research for liver disease prediction, detection, monitoring, and staging, the ultrasound-guided attenuation parameter (UGAP) technology maintained ...
Yahoo

Golden Retriever Puppy ‘Scares’ Owner With His Breathing Pattern

A Golden Retriever puppy’s breathing video has viewers chuckling and then checking their own snoozing pups. In an Instagram Reel, a dozing furbaby named Chief pauses between breaths, then releases a ...
Science Daily

A hidden breathing problem may be behind chronic fatigue’s crushing exhaustion

Scientists have discovered that most chronic fatigue patients experience dysfunctional breathing, which may worsen their symptoms. The likely culprit is dysautonomia, a disruption in how the body ...
Runner's World

This 5-minute deep breathing routine boosts focus by 19% and increases productivity by 16%

Breathing is, well, as easy as taking a breath – it’s a simple, unconscious act that keeps you alive, whether you’re taking it easy on the sofa or running 10K at an all-out effort. The average person ...
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Navy SEALs use this mindfulness technique to combat everyday stress

Errol Doebler, onetime Navy SEAL and FBI agent, has used breathwork throughout his career. From surviving SEAL training and special operations with the 75th Ranger Regiment in Afghanistan in 2010, to ...
CNN

Breathing for better strength: How your breath affects muscle engagement, stability and power

Dana Santas, known as the “Mobility Maker,” is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and mind-body coach in professional sports. She is also the author of “Practical Solutions for Back Pain ...
SciELO

Towards a better diagnosis of mouth breathing: validity and reliability of a protocol for assessing the awake breathing pattern in preschool children

Purpose The Awake Breathing Pattern Assessment (ABPA) is a prototypical clinical grid recently designed through an international consensus of Speech and Language Pathologists (SLPs) to categorize the ...
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Your Breathing Pattern Has Its Own Unique ‘Fingerprint’ That Could Identify You With 97% Accuracy

REHOVOT, Israel — Forget fingerprints and facial recognition – researchers have discovered that the way you breathe through your nose is so unique, it can identify you with stunning accuracy. A ...
Fox News

‘I’m a psychiatrist – here’s how to reduce anxiety in just 15 seconds'

Anxiety can creep up at any time, in any place. But one small practice can help calm the body and mind, according to experts. In an interview with Fox News Digital, Dr. Daniel Amen — psychiatrist, ...