Research-Based Feeling Wired but Tired? Breathwork Might Be the Reset Your Nervous System Needs If meditation hasn’t worked for you, slow breathwork might. Backed by a 2023 meta-analysis, this protocol helps lower stress, anxiety, and depression — and it starts with just 5-second breaths.
Parasympathetic Featured The Vagus Nerve: Your Body’s Built-In Recovery Switch (Explained with Science + Simplicity) A calm, practical guide to the vagus nerve — how it helps you relax and recover, and how to activate it naturally with breath, movement, and more.
HRV Featured Quick Vagus Nerve Hack: Why Boosting HRV Improves Your Decisions Fast Two minutes of 4‑8 breathing can raise HRV, engage your vagus nerve, and sharpen decision‑making when every second counts.
Breathwork Featured The 5-Minute Breathwork Routine That Outperforms Meditation (Backed by Stanford) Just 5 minutes of exhale-focused breathwork improved mood and lowered stress more than meditation, according to a Stanford RCT. Here's the protocol.
Sleep Featured How to Breathe for Deep Sleep Use this 3-minute parasympathetic breathing technique to fall asleep faster and improve deep sleep. Backed by HRV and vagus nerve science.
Trauma-Informed Featured When Breathwork Backfires: Why It Doesn’t Work for Everyone (And What to Try Instead) Breathwork has become a go-to tool for improving stress, recovery, and mental clarity. It’s often promoted as universally effective — but for some, the experience is anything but calming. If breathwork leaves you feeling anxious, overwhelmed, or physically uncomfortable, you're not alone. At Breath Science Lab, we specialize
Parasympathetic Featured Why Your Nervous System Isn’t Recovering (And How to Fix It With Breath) You do the ice baths. You stretch. You take magnesium. But you still wake up feeling tight, wired, and restless. You’re not lazy, unmotivated, or broken.
Recovery Featured Breathwork for Recovery: Unlocking the Power of Parasympathetic Activation Discover how slow, intentional breathing activates the parasympathetic nervous system, boosts HRV, improves CO₂ tolerance, and accelerates recovery from stress or exercise.
Breathwork The Diaphragm Dilemma: Why Breathing Exercises Make Some People Anxious Why do breathing exercises make some people anxious? This post unpacks the hidden tension in your diaphragm—and offers a safer, trauma-informed way to start.
Recovery Featured Breathwork for Recovery: The Science Behind Parasympathetic Activation In today's high-stress world, the ability to recover effectively from physical and mental strain has become increasingly crucial. While many focus on the active components of wellness—exercise, nutrition, productivity—the science of recovery remains largely underutilized, particularly the powerful connection between breathwork and parasympathetic nervous system activation.
