The Health & Human Performance Foundation empowers individuals to take agency over their own well-being through the scientific understanding of mind-body practices.

HHPF conducts and disseminates research on the effectiveness of breathing-based approaches for health and performance. 

learn how to use breathing practices for optimal stress reduction:

Breathing Practices for Stress Reduction Overview Video

Learn and practice 3 examples of slow breathing practices for stress reduction:

Cadence Breathing Video

Extended Exhale Breathing Video

Box Breathing Video

Read our latest study to find out how to best use breathing practices for stress management!

Breathing Practices for Stress and Anxiety Reduction: Conceptual Framework of Implementation Guidelines Based on a Systematic Review of the Published Literature

We are changing the world through science and translating that science into practice.

We examine the state of the field to better understand where continued research is most needed.

We put our results to the test in a real world context.

We are ending the epidemic of stress-related conditions.

We are transforming the existing limits of human performance. 

HHPF Co-Founders

tanya gk bentley, phd, co-founder, ceo

Tanya is an experienced health services researcher with a demonstrated history of health economics and outcomes research in the health policy and life sciences industries. In addition to her role at HHPF, she also conducts health economic analyses for the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center. Tanya is skilled in business development, study design and implementation, health economic analyses, decision sciences, scientific writing and presentation, and team leadership. She earned her Bachelor’s of Science from Cornell University, and a Master's and PhD in Health Policy/Decision Sciences from Harvard University. Having recently transitioned into mind-body medicine research, Tanya has a specific interest in the effectiveness of active, voluntary breathing practices on health and human performance outcomes.

She resides in Los Angeles with her husband, two kids, and the family dog.

brian mackenzie, co-founder

Brian is a human performance expert, educator, author and public speaker. Brian is a coach with more than two decades experience of innovating new protocols for training Olympians, professional athletes, entrepreneurs and high performers in numerous realms on the use of mechanical and breathing tools to achieve maximum output in training, competition and recovery. He is the author of the New York Times Best Seller Unbreakable Runner, founder of The Art of Breath, a division of Power, Speed Endurance, and co-founder of 3Fu3l and XPT Life. His clients include: Ari Emanuel, Kelly Starrett, Tim Ferriss, US Military Units (Navy, Army, Marines), Tia Clair Toomey and many others.

He resides in Colorado.

“I know what I’ve experienced in my own practice and research in the last 20 years. I’ve been very keen to listen to clients and those who I have direct contact with in and around this same work. We want to understand it more. We created HHPF to learn more about why this work is impacting people the way it is so that more people can benefit from it.”