The science of breathing – the yogic view
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Modulating breath promotes parasympathetic dominance.
“Modulating breath also increases vagal tone, dampens sympathetic nervous system activity (Calabrese et al., 2000; Brown and Gerbarg, 2005; Schmalzl et al., 2015), promotes parasympathetic dominance (Sovik, 2000; Brown and Gerbarg, 2005), and facilitates stress regulation and cognitive control (Sharma, 2014).”
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- Authors
- Sovik, R.
- Corresponding author
- Sovik, Rolf
- Venue
- Progress in Brain Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Published
- 2000
- Volume
- 122
- Pages
- 491-505
- ISSN
- 0079-6123 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2907071355
- Cited by
- 89
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 4.57
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Progress in brain research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Biofield Effects and Biophysics
- Keywords
- pranayama, voluntary control of breathing, autonomic nervous system, stress management, mind-body problem, self-awareness, autonomic reactivity, breathing pattern, preventive medicine
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Respiration, Yoga
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