Breathing is involuntary. You don’t have to think about it. Nobody has to tell you to do it. Your body just naturally does it. A few weeks ago, however, I visited a member of my church who had been ...

In the first few pages of On Breathing, the psychoanalyst Jamieson Webster remembers a patient who responded to a bad heartbreak by obsessively tracking her breathing against her heartbeat. In forcing ...

BLOOM (TAMPA) – Breath — the very foundation of life — is something most of us take for granted. Yet science is showing that how we breathe is directly connected to our health, vitality, clarity, and ...

We live in a world that exposes us to biological, psychological, socioeconomic and cultural factors that affect how we breathe and how we experience our vitality. For example, our breath and vitality ...

Every other Friday, the Outside/In team answers one listener question about the natural world. This week, Monica in West Hartford, CT asked, “We’ve all heard the phrase, ‘take a deep breath,’ and ...

I have a confession to make: I hold my breath. I don’t know I’m doing it until I take the next breath and realize I haven’t breathed in a couple of minutes. Since I don’t do it intentionally, it’s ...

Dr. David Spiegel guides you through cyclic sighing, a breath work practice that helps reduce stress and anxiety. Summary: Dr. David Spiegel guides you through a simple yet powerful breath work ...

You have probably heard the saying that the eyes are the windows to the soul, but new research shows they are also connected to how we breathe. Scientists at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and the ...

If you’ve had to stop and catch your breath right in the middle of what otherwise would have been a badass rendition of Rue’s exploration of depression on “Euphoria” or Sally’s rapid-fire ...

It may seem a little silly to read a “how to breathe” article—we do it to live and for a living, after all—but breathwork for singing is a genre all its own. Whether you’re a true beginner or a ...