Yoga's pranayama is believed by practitioners to elevate life energies, while Buddhist vipassanā uses anapanasati for mindfulness of breathing.
In music, circular breathing enables wind instrument players to produce a continuous tone.
Some notable ones include Chinese systems such as baguazhang, tai chi and other styles of kung fu.
By expanding the abdomen while delivering some technique (e.g. punch), the martial artists also protect the inner organs from any received counterattack.
Many singers abandon conscious controls before their reflexes are fully conditioned which ultimately leads to chronic vocal problems.
[6] The Buteyko method is a form of complementary or alternative physical therapy that proposes the use of breathing exercises primarily as a treatment for asthma and other respiratory conditions.
These techniques provide the lungs with more NO and thus dilate the airways and should prevent the excessive exhalation of CO2 and thus improve oxygen metabolism.
The medical community questions these claims, given limited and inadequate evidence supporting the theory and efficacy of the method.
[18] There is little to know about the connection between breathing and the effect it has on the parasympathetic nervous system, but some studies have contributed to some of that knowledge; one study done on mice from the Stanford School of Medicine included the removal of neurons from the medulla oblongata, which has a direct connection to the locus coeruleus and is responsible for breathing rhythms.
[19] Other studies have tried to understand the science behind pranayama, a yoga technique that involves slow, controlled breathing.
Such breathing has been shown to decrease the heart rate blood pressure and increase activity in the parasympathetic nervous system, which reverses arousal states and calms down the individual.