![]() ![]() However, one aspect of cardiac coherence makes it very much a 21st century technique. That’s been around for ages,” says Alan Dolan, a breath coach who runs. “Coherent breathing equalises the inhale and the exhale and you will notice a drop in blood pressure and a drop in heart rate. Cardiac coherence, Twitter users pointed out, was a core part of Pranayama yoga, which has been practised for 2,500 years. ![]() “Cardiac coherence’s stabilisation of the heartbeat can dampen anxiety powerfully,” the article claimed.Ĭue howls of protest on social media, not refuting the science, but furious that its source hadn’t been properly credited. Last month Scientific American, the US’s oldest magazine, which can boast Einstein as a former contributor, published a long article extolling the benefits of “cardiac coherence”, a technique that attempts to co-ordinate your breath with your heartbeat. That’s been around for ages,” says Alan Dolan, a breath coach who runs īreathing has the ability to stir controversy too. According to Artin Arshamian, a neuroscientist at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, inhaling through the nose stimulates neurons in the olfactory bulb, which is connected to the hippocampus, the brain’s memory hub. Scientific researchers have studied the benefits of particular methods and concluded that, if harnessed fully, nasal breathing can improve not only athletic performance, but, surprisingly, your memory too. It’s not just the wellness industry that has embraced breathing. Practise “correct” breathing and you will have harder abs, lower levels of anxiety and will sleep better, its proponents claim. Meanwhile, upmarket gyms and luxury spas are now marketing “clean breathing” alongside their saltwater pools. There are now thousands of breathing coaches in the UK, and hundreds of apps that promise to “biohack your breathing”. We should breathe through our noses.” The former midwife is now a breath coach, which sounds as ludicrous as a walking coach. “Most people breathe through their mouths our mouths were designed for speaking and eating, not breathing. “But most of us don’t breathe correctly,” says Jill McGowan. Most of us are able to complete the school run or pop to Pret for a bang bang chicken salad without giving the oxygen we inhale and the carbon dioxide we exhale a second thought. You might think breathing is as natural as, well, breathing. Scientists think it can improve your memory as well, says Harry Wallop The wellness brigade believe how you breathe affects your mental and physical health. The Times Breathing, it’s the new health fad… …Are you sure you can do it properly? ![]()
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