Breath Characteristics of Volitional Yoga Breathing and Breath Awareness.

Q3 Medicine
Shirley Telles, Sachin Kumar Sharma, Kumar Gandharva, Ami Gupta, Acharya Balkrishna
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Changes in breathing during pranayama (yoga breathwork) are usually inferred from practice guidelines in traditional texts or contemporary writings. These changes point to understanding the effects of pranayama and indicate applications of pranayama in health. Previously, a pilot study on a single participant suggested that each pranayama changes breathing uniquely. To extend this research in the present study, 23 yoga practitioners (mean age 28.1 ± 3.8; 12 men, 11 women) who were able to practice the pranayama consistently were each studied in a 48-minute session with five pranayama practices-(1) alternate-nostril yoga breathing, (2) bellows yoga breathing, (3) bumblebee yoga breathing, (4) high-frequency yoga breathing, and (5) hissing yoga breathing-as well as (6) breath awareness for 3 minutes each. From strain gauge-recorded respiratory movements, the breath frequency, depth/amplitude of breathing, and inspiration:expiration were obtained. Compared to the baseline, breath rate increased during high-frequency breathing (373.3%) and decreased during bumblebee breathing (75.3%), hissing breathing (63.0%), and alternate-nostril breathing (55.3 %). The depth of breathing increased in alternate-nostril breathing (141.0%), bellows breathing (136.0%), bumblebee breathing (307%), high-frequency breathing (275.0%), and hissing breathing (95.0%). The inspiration:expiration increased in high-frequency breathing (177.0%) and decreased in bumblebee breathing (74.3%) and alternate-nostril breathing (39.0%). There were no changes during breath awareness. The changes in breathing (although limited by the small sample size) support previous reports of high-frequency breathing as being activating while enhancing attention, and of bumblebee and alternate-nostril breathing (hissing and bellows breathing to a lesser extent) as calming, with increased vagus nerve activity.

意志瑜伽呼吸和呼吸意识的呼吸特征。
在调息(瑜伽呼吸法)中,呼吸的变化通常是从传统文本或当代著作的练习指南中推断出来的。这些变化有助于理解调息的效果,并指出调息在健康方面的应用。此前,一项针对单个参与者的试点研究表明,每种调息法都能独特地改变呼吸。本研究对23名瑜伽练习者(平均年龄28.1±3.8;研究人员对能够持续练习调息法的12名男性(11名女性)进行了48分钟的研究,其中包括五种调息法练习——(1)交替鼻孔瑜伽呼吸,(2)风箱瑜伽呼吸,(3)大黄蜂瑜伽呼吸,(4)高频瑜伽呼吸,(5)嘶嘶瑜伽呼吸——以及(6)每种3分钟的呼吸意识。从应变计记录的呼吸运动中,获得呼吸频率、呼吸深度/幅度和吸气:呼气。与基线相比,高频呼吸时呼吸频率增加(373.3%),而大黄蜂呼吸(75.3%)、嘶嘶呼吸(63.0%)和鼻孔交替呼吸(55.3%)时呼吸频率降低。交替鼻孔呼吸(141.0%)、风箱呼吸(136.0%)、大黄蜂呼吸(307%)、高频呼吸(275.0%)和嘶嘶呼吸(95.0%)的呼吸深度增加。高频呼吸组呼气次数增加(177.0%),大黄蜂呼吸组呼气次数减少(74.3%),鼻孔交替呼吸组呼气次数减少(39.0%)。在呼吸知觉过程中没有变化。呼吸的变化(尽管受到小样本的限制)支持了之前的报告,即高频呼吸在增强注意力的同时是激活的,大黄蜂呼吸和交替鼻孔呼吸(在较小程度上嘶嘶和咆哮呼吸)是平静的,迷走神经活动增加。
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