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Re:5-min breathing workout lowers blood pressure as much as ... by throwaway_1928 on Friday April 15, 2022 @01:10AM (#31036779)
This has happened with Pranayama before, when it was appropriated and rebranded as 'cardiac coherence breathing' [1] and 'diaphragmatic breathing' [2].

[1] https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/30/health/india-pranayama-yoga-c... [2] https://www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/learning-diaphragm...

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Re:5-min breathing workout lowers blood pressure as much as ... by rajup on Friday April 15, 2022 @01:17AM (#31036803)
Hah 'cardiac coherence breathing'! Nothing like using a few fancy sounding words for an age old technique to get the cash registers a'ringing...
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Re:5-min breathing workout lowers blood pressure as much as ... by amelius on Friday April 15, 2022 @07:13AM (#31038840)
Except the ancient folks forgot to do controlled trials.
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