Breathing
Disclaimer
Try these things at your own risk. I’m not a doctor, and some of these have been reported to induce panic attacks, fainting, and trigger traumatic memories. Proceed with caution, if you do at all. I am not responsible for what might (or might not) happen.
The slides
as presented 6/21/2021, available here
Breathing patterns
Wim Hoff Method
Resonance Breathing
- Overview of Resonance breathing
- Amazon.com: Heart Breath Mind: Train Your Heart to Conquer Stress and Achieve Success (9781328604408): Lagos, Dr. Leah: Books. The book outlines a 12 week program, which has been cool to do.
- Biofeedback / Sport Psychologist / Anxiety and Stress Management the authors website directly
4-7-8
Box Breathing
Stuff
- My Healing Journey After Childhood Abuse (Includes Extensive Resource List) – The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss WARNING: Childhood Abuse and trauma is openly discussed here.
- Somatic Experiencing: How It Can Help You
Breathing apps
- Elite HRV: The Best Heart Rate Variability Monitor & App
- I pair it with the Polar H10, available at REI: Polar H10 Heart Rate Sensor (I try to avoid linking to Amazon when I can… similar price at Amazon)
- Awesome Breathing: Pacer Timer on the App Store (doesn’t measure HRV)
- Breathwrk app. This app has lots of breathing exercises in it.
- Balance and Headspace (under “general meditation”) both include some breathing exercises
HRV stuff
General meditation
- Waking Up with Sam Harris - Discover your mind
- Meditation and Sleep Made Simple - Headspace
- Balance - Personalized meditation. Currently has a free year due to the pandemic.