Lately, it seems like breathing — more or better or in certain ways — is prescribed to help with everything from anxiety and depression to reducing blood pressure and risk of disease to improving ...

Many people misunderstand how our bodies produce energy, says James Nestor, a science journalist and author of "Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art." "We get most of our energy from our breath, not ...

Covid-19 has been a wake up call for all us, especially those who have trouble breathing. As we don masks and worry about anyone breathing too close, what do we know about the science of breathing and ...

The old Benjamin Franklin adage, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” can be applied to an action people perform more than 25,000 times a day — breathing. Research conducted by author and ...

Qigong is a meditative practice incorporating breathing techniques, movement, sound, and self-massage. Its origins lie in traditional Chinese medicine and philosophy. According to the National Qigong ...

Health and Wellness Coach and Massage Therapist Jo Bakal, NBHWC, NFC, LMT, joined Gayle Guyardo, host of the globally syndicated health and wellness show Bloom, to highlight the incredible benefits of ...

Mindfulness and mind-body practices are hot topics today, especially since the Covid-19 pandemic brought with it increased levels of stress and anxiety. In the US, some of the most popular mind-body ...

In July of 2020, a team of researchers from Yale, Stanford, Leipzig University, and the University of Cambridge published the results of a randomized clinical trial. They compared the impact on ...

Breathing comes naturally to us all and, unless you struggle with a condition that affects your ability to breathe easily, it’s probably not something that you spend that much time thinking about.