Karen Voight can be reached at [email protected]. If you’ve ever done yoga, you’ve heard this instruction: “Take a full breath, then exhale deeply.” Use of the breath is a key element in getting the ...

We breathe to sustain life but, aside from its most essential role, breathing supports the health of your body and mind in many other ways. More specifically, your breathing rate and patterns help ...

A solid night's sleep does more than recharge a growing brain — it may also help keep a growing body lean. Breathing problems or a chronic lack of sleep early in life may double the risk that a child ...

Breathing techniques may reduce stress and anxiety, help a person get to sleep, or support treatment for lung conditions. Some techniques work to give immediate relief. Others may work best with ...

Breathing seems simple. After all, everyone is constantly breathing to stay alive. However, taking the time to breathe a little better can offer surprising health benefits, like easing stress and ...

Scrolling social media, amid frantic election-related posts and news of escalating COVID-19 cases, you may have come across a friend reminding everyone to just breathe. In Greater Good’s advice for ...

Shortness of breath (dyspnea), making it feel like you can’t get enough air when you breathe Wheezing, during which you hear a whistling sound when you take a breath Rapid breathing (tachypnea), in ...