Breathing exercises have been used to promote health in Eastern cultures for thousands of years (1). In recent years, several studies have found that breathing exercises may help reduce stress levels ...

Editor’s Note: This story is a part of Peak, The Athletic’s new desk covering leadership, personal development and success through the lens of sports. Peak aims to connect readers to ideas they can ...

Maybe you feel it when you're running late and can't find your car keys, maybe you experience it just before an important meeting or when you're browsing through social media. Stress, in this day and ...

Diaphragmatic breathing is a breathing exercise that engages your diaphragm, an important muscle that enables you to breathe. Diaphragmatic breathing is a technique that helps you focus on your ...

The tummo breathing technique, also called g-tummo, is a form of meditation that uses a mix of breathing and visualization. People can use tummo breathing to enter a deep state of meditation.

If you’re feeling stressed, the advice to “take a deep breath” is as cliché as it comes. But even if you know that slowing your respiratory roll really can calm you down and make you feel rested and ...

If you’re lucky enough to live to 80, you’ll take up to a billion breaths in the course of your life, inhaling and exhaling enough air to fill about 50 Goodyear blimps or more. We take about 20,000 ...

Scrolling social media, amid frantic election-related posts and news of escalating COVID-19 cases, you may have come across a friend reminding everyone to just breathe. In Greater Good’s advice for ...

Feeling as if it’s hard to catch your breath for a minute or two is not unusual, especially if you’ve been exercising or doing similar activities such as vigorously cleaning the house or carrying ...

We are living through an inarguably challenging time. Earlier this year the U.S. faced its highest daily COVID-19 case counts yet. Uncertainty and division continue to dog the aftermath of the ...