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View fullsize Effect of dry dynamic apnea on aerobic power in elite rugby athletes: a warm-up method — “Dry Dynamic Apnea (DA), as a distinctive technique within breath-holding training, sets itself apart from other methods. It requires individuals to
View fullsize The pupillary respiratory-phase response: pupil size is smallest around inhalation onset and largest during exhalation | The Physiological Society — “Across all conditions – free and controlled breathing; different tasks, lighting a
View fullsize Chronic psychic stress can cause metabolic syndrome through mild hypercapnia | Andras Sikter MD — “The author et al. previously suggested carbon dioxide as a potential mediator of psychic and psychosomatic processes (Sikter et al., 2009).
View fullsize Why We Meditate: The Science and Practice of Clarity and Compassion | Harvard Gazette — “In general, studies looking at the impacts of slowed breathing on our brain, mind, and body find a strong shift to the parasympathetic mode. That wou
View fullsize Intermittent Hypoxic Training as an Effective Tool for Increasing the Adaptive Potential, Endurance and Working Capacity of the Brain | @frontiersin_ — “Adaptation to hypoxia is an extremely widespread event among living organisms, appare
View fullsize This is HHPF’s first major study, published last year. It was led by our CEO and co-founder Tanya Bentley PhD and our team of researchers. It is available to read and download through the link in our IG bio. We are reposting it for our many ne
View fullsize Four weeks of slow-paced breathing: a longitudinal, randomized, placebo-controlled study of the autonomic nervous system — “The autonomic nervous system (ANS) relies on two essential feedback loops: respiratory sinus arrythmia (RSA) and a
View fullsize Slower respiration rate is associated with higher self-reported well-being after wellness training — “Respiration rate (RR) has potential as a biomarker of well-being, as a fundamental biological process that can be both automatic/non-con
View fullsize Do Hold Your Breath: On the Benefits of Conscious Breathing | AEON Magazine @aeonmag — “Slow, deep breathing is probably the oldest folk remedy on Earth. It is so ingrained in us that people will find themselves doing it instinctively ah
View fullsize Nasal nitric oxide and regulation of human pulmonary blood flow in the upright position — “There are a number of evidences suggesting that lung perfusion distribution is under active regulation and determined by several factors in additio
View fullsize How Does Pranayama Work? The Science of Breath Retention (Kumbhaka) | John Douillard @lifespa — “Breath retention, called kumbhaka in Ayurveda and yoga, is considered the most important aspect of pranayama or yogic breathing techniques.
View fullsize Oxygen—A Critical, but Overlooked, Nutrient | Frontiers — “There are, however, two major nutrients which are essentially, or entirely, ignored in nutrition, not least in textbooks of the subject, and water is the most obvious exampl
View fullsize How to calm your mind with breathing, according to science | Richard Sima, Washington Post — “With every inhale, the pupils in our eyes tend to dilate, our reaction time quickens and our ability to remember and recall information becomes
View fullsize View of Could Nasal Breathing During Exercise Inhibit the Development of Cardiac Fibrosis and Arrhythmia Associated with Endurance Training? | Kathryn Raphael, George Dallam, Martin Mcphilimey @performancethroughhealth — Abstract: The increase
View fullsize The Illuminated Breath | Transform Your Physical, Cognitive & Emotional Well-Being by Harnessing the Science of Ancient Yoga Breath Practices by Dylan Werner @dylanwerneryoga — “The breath has an immediate effect on the nervous system
View fullsize Researchers: Hold Your Breath to Get an Effect “Similar to Blood Doping” | Alex Hutchinson — “Most relevant here is that your spleen stores an extra reserve of oxygen-carrying red blood cells. When you dive, your spleen contr
View fullsize Your donations to HHPF funded the study below, led by our CEO and Co-Founder, Tanya Bentley, PhD. This is our ongoing work; we have some amazing projects coming in 2025 that we’ll be sharing more about soon. You can be a part of the Health &am
View fullsize Influence diagram of physiological and environmental factors affecting heart rate variability: an extended literature overview | PMC — “Life is about rhythm. We vibrate, our hearts are pumping blood, we are a rhythm machine, that’s
View fullsize Healing Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Diaphragmatic Breathing | Biofeedback — “Digestion and regeneration occur when the person feels safe. Effortless, slow diaphragmatic breathing occurs when the diaphragm descends and pushes the abdomin
View fullsize How the Dive Reflex Protects the Brain and Heart | @diversalertnetwork — “The mammalian diving response, or “dive reflex,” is the way our body automatically prioritizes blood delivery to the brain and heart when we hold our br