Virtual Reality Breathing Interventions for Mental Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials - PubMed
scientific methods have confirmed that changing the way one breathes can improve problems with anger, depression, and anxiety5 and that yoga can positively affect such wide-ranging medical problems as high blood pressure, elevated stress hormone secretion,6 asthma, and low-back pain.
Bessel van der Kolk • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Breath therapy, sometimes combined with other healing practices such as biofeedback or yoga, has been found to alleviate
Donna Farhi • The Breathing Book: Good Health and Vitality Through Essential Breath Work
Furthermore, they found that Physiological Sighing was the most effective of the three breathwork techniques they tested.
Jeffrey Rice • Your Future ADHD Self: An ADHD-Friendly Guide to Planning and Goal Setting
Neural activity is modulated by spontaneous and volitionally controlled breathing
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The results suggest that when combined, mindfulness and exercise might offer the most benefits for mental health.
Jessica Freeborn • Exercise combined with mindfulness helps improve depression, anxiety
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the thirty days of the Stanford study, it was found that five minutes of daily controlled breathing was more effective than mindfulness meditation in reducing negative emotion and anxiety.
Jeffrey Rice • Your Future ADHD Self: An ADHD-Friendly Guide to Planning and Goal Setting
Albert Wenger • A Short Note on Persistent Practices
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Richard Sears • Mindfulness as Effective as Antidepressant for the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders
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