“Mindfulness” is not just a trendy buzzword. A mindfulness movement has taken hold as corporations and individuals increasingly seek ways to restore calmness amid stress and promote overall well-being ...

STORY: Scientists in Switzerland are testing whether humans can control an extra robotic arm... without impacting our ability to do other things at the same time. Silvestro Micera is a professor and ...

The science of breathing stands on quite ancient foundations. Centuries of wisdom instructs us to pay closer attention to our breathing, the most basic of things we do each day. And yet, maybe because ...

Breathwork has been shown to help regulate your autonomic nervous system (ANS) through vagal stimulation, and it may also ...

Feeling anxious? You’re far from alone. During the pandemic, rates of anxiety and depression soared around the globe, resulting in a shortage of mental health care providers and long wait times for ...

“Controlled breathing is the direct remote control to the state of your nervous system.” Stop what you’re doing and take a deep breath in. Now breathe out. Do you feel calmer and more focused than ...

If you’re lucky enough to live to 80, you’ll take up to a billion breaths in the course of your life, inhaling and exhaling enough air to fill about 50 Goodyear blimps or more. We take about 20,000 ...

Ever feel like your brain is running on empty by 3 p.m.? That mental fog that creeps in during afternoon meetings or when you’re trying to tackle a challenging project might not just be fatigue — it ...