HHPF Science Library

The HHPF Science Library is an online repository of peer-reviewed, published literature on the science of breath as it relates to health, well-being, and human performance. The intent of sharing these articles is to allow others to read and learn, just as we doing are here at HHPF.

HHPF is not advocating that these articles are necessarily done well or poorly, or are “the truth.” There is no “truth” in science per se. But, by exploring the scientific research that has been done, we can gradually learn about what’s known, what’s not known, and how we may approach filling in the gaps in knowledge.

HHPF Video Library

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

HHPF Book Recommendations

Body by Breath, by Jill Miller

The Language of Breath, by Jesse Coomer

The Mindful Breathing Workbook for Teens, by Matthew Dewar

HHPF In Action

The Health and Human Performance Foundation is committed to getting our research out of the laboratory and into the world. Below are some of the ways we have been able to share what we’ve learned with the populations we seek to empower with our findings.

FEBRUARY 2021

The mindbodygreen Podcast

featuring hhpf co-founder tanya g.k. bentley, ph.d.

DECEMBER 2020

Webinar: Panel Discussion on How Mask-Wearing Affects Our Breathing

How and why does mask-wearing affect our breathing? What can it tell us about our health and fitness?

In partnership with SH//FT, the Health and Human Performance Foundation offered a free discussion on how mask-wearing for COVID-19 transmission prevention impacts our breathing. The panel included experts in breathing practices, public health research, and mental health.

With this webinar, our goal was to shed light on what is really going on when you wear a mask and how you can make the experience more bearable.

OCTOBER 2020

Clover Park School District Webinar: Breathing for Performance

JUNE 2020

High School Slow Breathing Program

Podcasts with HHPF Co-Founder Brian Mackenzie

Find more episodes here

APRIL 2020

The Bravest Life Podcast with HHPF’s volunteer Nick Heath, aka “the Breathing Diabetic”

JANUARY 2020

UC Irvine Forum

Applied Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research Forum

Complementary and Integrative Health Modalities: A Missing Element Pharmaceutical Value Equation?

Pictured from left to right: Johnathan Kowalski, Parm.D, M.S. Allergan, Arvin Jenab, N.D. UC Irvine, Jan D. Hirsch Ph.D., - Director and Founding Dean, Pharmaceutical Sciences - UC Irvine, Tanya G.K. Bentley, Ph.D., Health & Human Performance Foundation, and Jeannie K. Lee, Parm.D., BCPS, BCGP, FASHP - University of Arizona

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Funds are needed to continue to develop and bring these life-changing programs to more adolescents, first responders, and others.