Consciousness, Spirituality & Transpersonal Psychology
December 23, 2025
E.K.Y. Chung
Breathing does not only perform the function of keeping the body alive but plays an important role in promoting our physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing. Sudarshan Kriya Yoga Breathwork (“SKY Breath”) is a unique breathing practice involving several types of rhythmic breathing patterns, ranging from slow and calming to rapid and stimulating. Studies have shown that SKY Breath technique can...
Scientific Reports
December 12, 2025
Nadia Fox, Hannah Biddell, Jemma King
The paradoxical nature of stress lies in its ability to both enhance and hinder psychological, physiological, and cognitive functioning. While chronic stress impairs functioning, acute stress can enhance resilience, cognition, and performance. We examined whether intentional short-term stress induced by cyclic hyperventilation and cold exposure (the Wim Hof Method (WHM)) improves...
Jurnal Karya Generasi Sehat
December 11, 2025
Ni Nyoman Ferry Astuti
Aging is a natural process that all humans go through. Aging in women begins with entering the climacteric period which begins at the age of 40-65 years. Premenopause usually causes symptoms such as irregular menstrual cycles, hot feelings from the chest to the face, cold sweats at night, vaginal dryness, insomnia, fatigue and depression. Efforts that can be made to reduce anxiety in...
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
December 1, 2025
Neena Sharma, Kamlesh Jha, Chandrakanta Munni
Pranayama, yogic breathing techniques, are considered a form of meditation. In classical yoga, the breath is associated with prana; thus, pranayama is a means to control the inner force, the prana shakti or life energy. Pranayama is more than regular breathing and if practiced in structured and methodical manner can reduce the body's physical symptoms of stress and anxiety. It has more recently...
International Journal of Human Research and Social Science Studies
November 24, 2025
Piper Hutson
Resonant Breathwork is proposed as a layered, measurable intervention that modulates vagal activity and interoceptive processing through acoustic vocalization, respiratory mechanics, and biofeedback. This review synthesizes human empirical studies from 2022–2025 across five domains: (1) noninvasive transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation and acoustic or vocal vagal engagement; (2)...
Research Square
November 18, 2025
Guy W. Fincham, Edward Caddye, Amy Kartar et al.
preprint
Abstract Breathwork which increases ventilatory rate or depth represents an accessible nonpharmacological modality for potentially inducing altered states of consciousness (ASCs). Despite gaining traction as a therapeutic tool, empirical research remains limited, hence we conducted the first randomised-controlled trial (NCT06916312) on breathwork and ASCs. We examined the effects of a single...
bioRxiv
November 17, 2025
Lena Hehemann, Lisa Stetza, Christoph Kayser
preprint
Respiration is a unique physiological process that can operate automatically but can also be deliberately used to modulate the bodily state. Importantly, respiration is deeply intertwined with neural processes, influencing processes from arousal and attention to executive control. Although structured respiration (breathing practice) has been exploited for centuries, the immediate consequences...
International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering
November 11, 2025
Daniel Ehrens, A. Stewart, Akshay Paul et al.
Traditional breath-centered contemplative practices have been shown to enhance stress resilience through autonomic and cortical mechanisms by increasing parasympathetic tone and modulating neural activity. In this single-session observational case study, we investigated the acute effects of Bön Tsa Lung, a Tibetan breathwork practice, using multimodal recordings; electrocardiography (ECG) and...
The Social Science Review A Multidisciplinary Journal
October 20, 2025
S. Bose, Amjad Ali
Depression is a major cause of disability across the world, and influences not only emotional but also cognitive health. Although medication and psychotherapy are the main approaches in treating depression, the effect of alternative methods such as mindfulness meditation and pranayama (yogic breathing techniques) have shown to be beneficial to reduce depressive symptoms. Mindfulness meditation,...
The Orff Echo
October 15, 2025
Kathleen McBee
Explores strategies for integrating breathwork and mindfulness in the Orff Schulwerk classroom that offer teachers and students a means to manage stress in school and in their daily lives.