Breathwork: What It Is, How It Works, and What We Know Introduction Breathwork is an umbrella term for deliberate breathing practices used to regulate attention, arousal, and bodily states. It includes slow diaphragmatic breathing and paced breathing, yogic prāṇāyāma (Sanskrit: प्राणायाम), clinical breathing retraining methods (e.g., Papworth, Buteyko), and more vigorous cycles of accelerated breathing […]
