Qigong, Slow Breathing, and the Baroreflex

What Physiology Research Reveals About Breath Regulation

In a 2002 study published in the journal Circulation, Luciano Bernardi and colleagues examined whether slow breathing could influence the baroreflex, one of the body’s central cardiovascular regulatory systems. Their work explored a simple but important question. Could altering breathing rhythm change how the nervous system regulates blood pressure and …