![]() Have a look at the figure below showing how your heart reacts to two different emotions : ![]() Thoughts and emotions can therefore affect HRV (when you get angry your heart beats faster, when you have positive and relaxing thoughts it slows down). When you inhale, heart rate goes up, during exhale heart rate goes down (this is called respiratory sinus arrhythmia or RSA). Your parasympathetic nervous system is doing the exact opposite-it activates when you are calm, safe, and relaxed and slows down your heartbeat. The sympathetic nervous system is your “fight or flight” system, it activates during stress and makes your heart beat faster (ready for the fight). One increases and one decreases the speed of your heartbeat and this happens constantly. This variance is due to two influencers: your sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. This phenomenon is called heart rate variability (HRV in short) and is a sign of health. Unlike a clock, your heart is not beating in a constant tempo, even when relaxed. Why does something as simple as slow, conscious breathing have so many positive benefits, you ask? It can also lead to physiological improvements, such as lowered heart rate and blood pressure and reduced insomnia. Slow breathing exercises lead to heart coherence, which has shown psychological benefits, such as improving vigor-activity and reducing anxiety, depression, anger, and confusion. The heart follows the breath and the brain follows the heart. ![]() ![]() Your breath, heart, and brain are connected. First I’ll explain why it works and then I’ll show you how it’s done. We’ll focus on a super simple exercise with lots of proven health benefits. Welcome back! Finally, after learning all the theory you are now getting to the practical breathwork exercises. Episode #6 of the course Breathwork: Science and practice by David Urbansky ![]()
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