(#4) The #1 Breathing Fundamental

“Taken together, these results confirm that nasal stimulation represents the fundamental link between slow breathing techniques, brain and autonomic activities and psychological/behavioral outputs.”

- Zaccaro et al. (2018)

 

If you’re reading this, you’re probably aware of the importance of nasal breathing.  But, you might not have known that a 2018 study concluded that all the benefits of slow breathing—whether in our brains, nervous systems, or emotions—might be linked to the nose.

 

That’s a powerful statement

 

We won’t make our mantra any longer, but just remember that those deeper, slower, quieter, and more regular breaths should be taken through the nose most (but not all) of the time 😊

We’ll save our discussion of when mouth breathing may be beneficial for a later TB1%…