Essentials: Breathing for Mental & Physical Health & Performance
November 13, 2025 · 45 min · 17 chapters

Chapters
- 0:00Jack Feldman
- 0:23Breathing Mechanics, Diaphragm; Pre-Bötzinger Complex & Breath Initiation
- 3:25Nose vs Mouth Breathing
- 4:23Active Expiration & Brain; Retrotrapezoid Nucleus
- 7:32Diaphragm & Evolution; Lung Surface Area & Alveoli, Oxygen Exchange
- 12:05Diaphragmatic vs Non-Diaphragmatic Breathing
- 13:24Physiological Sighs: Frequency & Function; Polio & Ventilators
- 17:27Drug Overdose, Death & Gasps
- 19:06Meditation, Slow Breathing & Fear Conditioning Study
- 22:57Mechanistic Science in Breathwork Validation; Breath Practice & Reduced Fear
- 24:59Breathing & Emotional/Cognitive State, Olfaction, Vagus Nerve
- 27:13Carbon Dioxide, Hyperventilation & Anxiety, Emotion
- 29:27Breathing & Autonomic Processes Coordination; Depression & Breath Practices
- 32:44Tool: Breathwork Practices, Box Breathing, Tummo, Wim Hof
- 34:47Magnesium L-Threonate & Cognitive Enhancement; Compound Refinement
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