Academic Studies
How Emotions Get Stored in the Body
Learn how the body stores emotions/trauma in the body.
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Neurology & the Connection Between Emotions & the Body
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ADHD Breathwork Study
Studies suggest that rhythmic, deep breathing exercises can balance the autonomic nervous system, which helps individuals with ADHD become more attentive and relaxed. Read more about this treatment here.
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How Past Trauma May Haunt Your Future Health
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Attention, Negative Affect & Stress
A growing number of empirical studies have revealed that diaphragmatic breathing may trigger body relaxation responses and benefit both physical and mental health.
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Veterans with PTSD & Breathwork
Breathing-Based Meditation Decreases Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in U.S. Military Veterans: A Randomized Controlled Longitudinal Study
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Pilot Study for Alzheimers
At the end of the study, researchers found lower levels of key proteins associated with Alzheimer’s disease in their blood.
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Bipolar Disorder & Breathwork
Brief structured respiration practices enhance mood and reduce physiological arousal.
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Stress & Mental Health
Effect of breathwork on stress and mental health: A meta-analysis of randomised-controlled trials.
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Breathwork Improved Anxiety
Breathwork Interventions for Adults with Clinically Diagnosed Anxiety Disorders: A Scoping Review.
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Holotripic Breathing & Mental Health
Applying intervention mapping approach to a program for early intervention in first-episode mental crisis of a psychotic type.
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Breathwork Improves Lower Back Pain
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Breathwork Enhances Running Performance
Breath Tools: A Synthesis of Evidence-Based Breathing Strategies to Enhance Human Running.
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Enhance Self Awareness & Breathwork
Measure of Significance of Holotropic Breathwork in the Development of Self-Awareness.
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Anxiety & Depression
Breathwork: An Additional Treatment Option for Depression and Anxiety?
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Anxiety & Depression Part 2
Sudarshan Kriya Yogic breathing in the treatment of stress, anxiety, and depression. Part II--clinical applications and guidelines.
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GERD & Breathwork
The effect of breathing exercises on patients with GERD: a meta-analysis.
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Asthma Breathwork Study
Breathing exercises for adults with asthma.
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COPD Study
How Breathing Exercises Influence on Respiratory Muscles and Quality of Life among Patients with COPD? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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Post Heart Surgery Study
Optimal technique for deep breathing exercises after cardiac surgery.
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Anxiety in Young Adults Study
Benefits from one session of deep and slow breathing on vagal tone and anxiety in young and older adults.
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Cancer Survivor Study
Breathing Exercises for Pain Management in Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review.
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Hyperventilation in Children Study
Breathing exercises for dysfunctional breathing/hyperventilation syndrome in children.
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Pre & Post Op Lung Cancer Study
Effects of Preoperative Breathing Exercise on Postoperative Outcomes for Patients With Lung Cancer Undergoing Curative Intent Lung Resection: A Meta-analysis.
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Post Op Abdominal Surgery Study
Mobilization Started Within 2 Hours After Abdominal Surgery Improves Peripheral & Arterial Oxygenation: A Single-Center Randomized Controlled Trial.
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Sickle Cell Disease
Breathing Exercises for Inpatients with Sickle Cell Disease.
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