My yoga teacher always says this is the most important part of yoga. She says it's why she rarely gets sick. She was delighted to hear it was one of the top stories on HN.
Diaphragmatic Breathing Exercises and the Vagus Nerve (2017)
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#22My yoga teacher always says this is the most important part of yoga. She says it's why she rarely gets sick. She was delighted to hear it was one of the top stories on HN.
Make sure to tell her that I also rarely get sick, without the bother of doing yoga.
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#23Breathing through your diaphragm is desirable all the time and not only during a conscious exercise. Many years ago, I would breathe through my chest which made for shallow breathing. Look at how babies breathe; through their diaphragm/stomach. It took several months to shift my breath to the diaphragm. The exercises certainly help with lengthening the inhale and exhale, maximizing both oxygen intake and carbon dioxi…
About 3 years ago I started martial arts training. One of the first things I had to unlearn was shallow chest breathing. Imagine that, 40yrs old and having to relearn how to breathe properly. It took me probably close to 6 months to adjust.
Yeah, I was surprised how long it took me to realize the error in my breathing. In hindsight, my athletic life before 21 could have benefited greatly from breathing "right".
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#24Yoga (proper yoga, not the gymnastics they do in most gyms) is all about stimulating the vagus nerve and several others. The "locks" (bandhas) and various breathing exercises (pranayama) all work on it in different ways and stimulate different parts of the nerve. If you really want to juice it up add in some breath retention. Eventually you reach a sort of homeostatic state where your breath just naturally suspends,…
Yea, but like, acid and mushrooms don't require any effort.
What are you talking about, they require money and effort to acquire, and can produce horrendously difficult trips. Breathing is quite a bit easier than all that...not that they should even be compared.
Not sure why you are taking cheap shots at people who find value in these things. Value which is becoming more and more scientifically understood each year, by the way.
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#25I am a lifetime choral singer and during a recent medical exam I was asked to take a series of deep breaths. So I took my usual singer's diaphragmatic breath and was complemented on my "yoga breathing"!
Trumpet player here, and I’ve had similar experiences. A longtime friend of mine is an operatic soprano, and she can practically break a spirometer!
Tuba player here: suffice to say, I'm a calm guy.
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#26Is there any benefit to taking a deep breath and holding it for a while before commencing the diaphragmatic breathing?
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#27So, when do we start discussing the scientific research of Wim Hof? The "Wim Hof Method" combines breathing exercises that stimulate the vagus nerve with cold exposure to release cold shock proteins.
Never heard of Wim Hof but have for years promoted cold water swimming as a way to stimulate the vagus nerve to improve health and well-being.
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#28Yoga (proper yoga, not the gymnastics they do in most gyms) is all about stimulating the vagus nerve and several others. The "locks" (bandhas) and various breathing exercises (pranayama) all work on it in different ways and stimulate different parts of the nerve. If you really want to juice it up add in some breath retention. Eventually you reach a sort of homeostatic state where your breath just naturally suspends,…
What kind of negative side-effects are you referring to? I've heard a fair number of people talk about high-level Yoga stuff being dangerous, but I've never really understood what they meant. Is it related to the suspension of breath, like risk of unconsciousness? Long term joint damage? (BTW, thanks for the book rec -- Kundalini Exposed looks pretty interesting).
I don’t know what he was referring to but it’s really easy to get injured if you don’t take the time to learn. For example, you’re supposed to flex your foot whenever you’re doing something like lotus or it can hurt your knee
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#29Does anybody here have experience with the VNS devices mentioned in the article?
Usually they are implants, a control unit with battery embedded under the skin in your shoulder and then a wire up to the vagus nerve in the neck. They are used to control epilepsy among other things. I think there may be external versions too but they are newer and I'm not sure how effective they are.
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#30So, when do we start discussing the scientific research of Wim Hof? The "Wim Hof Method" combines breathing exercises that stimulate the vagus nerve with cold exposure to release cold shock proteins.
Last week: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16573571 Study Reveals Brain Mechanisms That Allow “Iceman” Unusual Resistance to Cold
https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Wim%20Hof&sort=byDate&type=com...