Stanford neuroscientist demonstrates the quickest way to eliminate stress

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Ministry — Breathe

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Breathe - Télépopmusik

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Kate Bush - Breathing - Official Music Video

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She even describes the proper method, in case one is unsure.

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1 Hour of Heavy Breathing

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Lord Darth Vader Breathing 10 Hours!

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[the_borderer]

@frauenfelder

“The physiological sigh is something that we do spontaneously, but when you’re feeling stressed, you can do a double inhale, followed by a long exhale.”

OK, i’ve done that but the arseholes who are making my life stressful are still there doing stressful things.

What do I now?

[Mindysan33]

@the_borderer

but the arseholes who are making my life stressful are still there doing stressful things.

Doing things to destress in the moment is of course helpful, but what we really all need is to destress our whole society, by getting rid of the fascists…

[Werelettuce]

I don’t have permission to link to the study, but its DOI is j.xcrm.2022.100895

Balban, Melis Yilmaz, et al. “Brief structured respiration practices enhance mood and reduce physiological arousal.” Cell Reports Medicine 4.1 (2023).

Edit to add: Google Scholar lists 19 citations. One of those might study replicability. I should really get back to work instead of digging through them to find out.

[mick129]

PubMed Central link:

Brief structured respiration practices enhance mood and reduce physiological...