Daily Practices · Breathwork
Breathwork — what the evidence actually supports
Harvard Health on the breathing practices that have real autonomic effects, separated from the ones that don't.
Harvard Health Publishing5 min read
Slow, paced breathing — especially with extended exhalation — produces measurable parasympathetic activation and reduced subjective stress. The mechanism is real, the effect is modest, and the practice is free.
Harvard Health's short overview is a useful filter against the larger market of breathwork content that promises substantially more than the underlying research supports.
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