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Effect of breathwork on stress and mental health: A meta-analysis of RCTs

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Post by nhumrich »

Havoc wrote: post #2

Papers should really come with a “jump to discussion/result” link

Its called the abstract. And its the first section of every official paper.

Right at the end of the abstract:

> Overall, results showed that breathwork may be effective for improving stress and mental health. However, we urge caution and advocate for nuanced research approaches with low risk-of-bias study designs to avoid a miscalibration between hype and evidence.

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Post by eep_social »

LegitShady wrote: post #3
Havoc wrote: post #2

Papers should really come with a “jump to discussion/result” link

I propose we call this the tl;dr

I like it but maybe we need a non-abbreviation, maybe we could call it something like “abstract” or “executive summary” depending whether our audience is academic or commercial.

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Post by mmaunder »

I’ve been doing O2 and CO2 “tables” which are breath hold exercises for free diving. For co2 you hold for 2 mins, breathe for 2, hold for 2, breathe for 1:45, hold for 2, breathe for 1:30 and keep reducing the breathing until you’re at 15 seconds. It’s getting you used to co2 building up. Much more to it than that but the feeling during and after is incredible. Been doing yoga for 6 years and never had a feeling of calm like this. Check out STAmina if you’re interested which is a free diving training app. Even integrates with pulse oximeters. And free diving itself is awesome and becoming very popular.

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Post by Nicholas_C »

mmaunder wrote: post #6

I’ve been doing O2 and CO2 “tables” which are breath hold exercises for free diving. For co2 you hold for 2 mins, breathe for 2, hold for 2, breathe for 1:45, hold for 2, breathe for 1:30 and keep reducing the breathing until you’re at 15 seconds. It’s getting you used to co2 building up. Much more to it than that but the feeling during and after is incredible. Been doing yoga for 6 years and never had a feeling of c…

+1 for Stamina, I use this app for apnea training for surfing. Wim Hof also produces a similar calming feeling, there are some good guided Wim Hof videos on youtube that are easy to follow.

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Post by westurner »

4-7-8 breathing has origins in Pranayama FWIU?

"Effects of sleep deprivation and 4-7-8 breathing control on heart rate variability, blood pressure, blood glucose, and endothelial function in healthy young adults" (2022) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9277512/ https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C47&q=Eff...

Pranayama: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pranayama

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Post by tra3 »

Nicholas_C wrote: post #8
mmaunder wrote: post #6

I’ve been doing O2 and CO2 “tables” which are breath hold exercises for free diving. For co2 you hold for 2 mins, breathe for 2, hold for 2, breathe for 1:45, hold for 2, breathe for 1:30 and keep reducing the breathing until you’re at 15 seconds. It’s getting you used to co2 building up. Much more to it than that but the feeling during and after is incredible. Been doing yoga for 6 years and never had a feeling of c…

+1 for Stamina, I use this app for apnea training for surfing. Wim Hof also produces a similar calming feeling, there are some good guided Wim Hof videos on youtube that are easy to follow.

Are there any videos in particular that you can recommend?
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