Why the out-breath is longer
The body has its own brake pedal, and it is pressed on the way out. A short, honest account of what slow breathing does — and what it doesn’t.
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Breath
One of the few things your body does on its own that you can also steer. How it works, and how to use it gently.
What it means that the room breathes
Light and sound that rise and settle at the pace of a long out-breath. What we mean when we say the room breathes, and what we are careful not to mean.
Let go2 min read
The double inhale: a sigh on purpose
Two short in-breaths through the nose, then one long out-breath. What a sigh is for, what one small study found, and what it cannot tell us.
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Breathing through the nose
A plain guide to breathing in and out through the nose: what the nose does with the air, how to try it, and when the mouth is the better door.
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Practices on this topic
- Three breaths back · 1 min
- Four in, six out · 5 min
- Arriving at your own door · 2 min