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The Dangers Of Overbreathing

Breathing correctly is VITAL to your health, but it’s also a concept often overlooked in the world of fitness, health, and nutrition. However, no body transformation program, or path to life optimization, is complete without it. Without proper breathing practices or techniques, you are setting yourself up for failure.

 

(PDF) Embodied Breathing Habits Aligning breathing mechanics with respiratory chemistry

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How Breath-Control Can Change Your Life: A Systematic Review on Psycho-Physiological Correlates of Slow Breathing

 

Research papers - Dr Rosalba Courtney

 

Psychophysiology and Psychosomatics | SpringerLink

 

https://www.breatheon.com/media/docs/Peter-Litchfield-on-goodbad-breathing-CapnoTrainer8.pdf

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The IBF and WHO have a joint global initiative to raise awareness of restoring breathing as a gateway to establishing and maintaining the health of all people.

 

Publications

 

Chaitow, L., Bradley, D., Gilbert, C., & Ley, R. (2002) Multidisciplinary approaches to breathing pattern disorders. London: Churchill Livingstone.

 

Fried, R. (1999) Breathe Well, Be Well. Toronto: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited; p 45.

 

Fried, R. (1987) Hyperventilation Syndrome: Research and Clinical Treatment. Baltimore: John Hopkins Univ. Press.

 

Fried, R., & Grimaldi, J. (1993) The Psychology and Physiology of Breathing in Behavioral Medicine, Clinical Psychology, and Psychiatry. New York: Plenum Press.

 

Laffey, J. G., & Kavanagh, B. P. Hypocapnia. New England Journal of Medicine (2002); 347(1): 43-53.

 

Levitzky, M. G. (2007) Pulmonary Physiology (7th edition). New York: McGraw Hill.

 

Litchfield, Peter M. CapnoLearning: respiratory fitness and acid-base regulation. Psychophysiology Today (2010).

 

Litchfield, P. M. & Reamer, S. (2022) Embodied breathing habits: aligning breathing mechanics with respiratory chemistry.

 

Journal of Holistic Healthcare and Integrative Medicine. Vol. 19 (22), pp 37-42.

 

Litchfield, P. M. & Reamer, S. (2023) CapnoLearning: An Introductory Guide. Breathing Science, Inc. Cheyenne, WY USA.

 

Litchfield, P. M. & Tsuda, A. (2006) Good breathing, bad breathing. L’Esprit D’aujourdhui 8 (1), 47-57.

 

Thomson, W. S. T., Adams, J. F., & Cowan, R. A. (1997) Clinical Acid-Base Balance. New York: Oxford Univ. Press.

 

Timmons, B. H. & Ley, R. (1994) Behavioral and Psychological Approaches to Breathing Disorders. New York: Plenum Press