Forskning & Studier

Standford Medicine

"'Cyclic sighing' can help breathe away anxiety" (Feb 2023)

Stanford Medicine researchers showed that five minutes a day of breathing exercises can reduce overall anxiety and improve mood.

Sience Direct

"High ventilation breathwork practice..."

HVB influences sympathetic activation, blood flow, alkalosis, neuronal excitability ... High ventilation breathwork (HVB) may induce altered states of consciousness (ASCs).

Medical Science

Wim Hof method on Quality of Life parameters and Saturation in patients with asthma.

The results showed, that Wim Hof breathing

method improved some parameters of QOL and the SpO2 level. We conclude, that the use of Win Hof breathing

method is one of the effective breathing techniques, that increase the level of oxygenation and Quality of Life in

patients with asthma.

Nature

Effect of breathwork on stress and mental health: A meta-analysis of randomised-controlled trials  (Jan 2023)

Deliberate control of the breath (breathwork) has recently received an unprecedented surge in public interest and breathing techniques have therapeutic potential to improve mental health. 

University of Sussex

Breathwork and the brain: new study reveals how controlled breathing alters consciousness  (2025)

Researchers in the Clinical Neuroscience Department of Brighton and Sussex Medical School conducted breathwork research in a physiology lab and MRI scanner. A new brain imaging study led by researchers in the Colasanti Lab at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) has uncovered how high ventilation breathwork can induce powerful altered states of consciousness.

National Geographic

How changing the way you breathe can improve your brain and body (2025)

You do it 20,000 times a day—but are you doing it right?

National Library of Medicin

"Andningsbaserade mindfulnessövningar förbättrar skolprestationer" (Dec 2023)

Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have been shown to improve children's academic achievements.