We’re hesitant to ask how many meditation apps, virtual HIIT classes, sleep trackers, fad diets, online support groups (should we keep going?) you’ve tried recently. We’re all desperate to take care ...

Breathing exercises can help ease anxiety, regulate your nervous system and promote relaxation and calm, so why do so many of us avoid breathwork, then? I recently added three simple breathing ...

Pranayama is the practice of breath regulation. You intentionally inhale, exhale, and hold your breath in a specific sequence. The goal is to connect both body and mind. In yoga, pranayama is used ...

The 4-7-8 breathing technique is based on pranayama breathing exercises. Pranayama is the ancient yogic practice of controlling your breath. These types of mindful breathing exercises have been shown ...

Health benefits of pranayama: Multiple studies, including a Harvard Medical School review, confirm that slow, steady breathing can lower cortisol levels within minutes and calm the autonomic nervous ...

Bhramari Pranayama, also known as the Humming Bee Breath, is “India’s ancient gift to the world”, which involves inhaling ...

There is a whole branch of yoga solely dedicated to breathing exercises. This branch of yoga is called pranayama. While there are many different kinds of yoga practice dedicated to breathing, perhaps ...

Winter exerts silent pressure upon the lungs. Cold air tightens the airways, pollution settles closer to the ground, and seasonal infections become more common. Breathing often becomes shallow without ...

As newborns, we enter the world by inhaling. In leaving, we exhale. (In fact, in many languages the word “exhale” is synonymous with “dying.”) Breathing is so central to life that it is no wonder ...