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'Cyclic sighing' can help breathe away anxiety

February 9, 2023 · Stanford Scope · Read the original ↗

Stanford Medicine's own write-up of the Balban trial: five minutes of exhale-heavy cyclic sighing outperformed mindfulness for next-day mood. The university packaged the science as a practice anyone could start that day.

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Notice the format that spreads: a named practice, a tiny daily dose, a research credential. That's exactly the shape of the 20-Second Lift.
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Stanford reporting its own controlled trial: five minutes of exhale-heavy sighing beat mindfulness for next-day mood — a named practice at a tiny dose, exactly the shape that spreads.
●●●  Causal evidence — controlled study · For: Adults
☀ Use it — Use the five-minute sigh break between meetings or patients — that's the protocol Stanford wrote up, and it fits inside a Lift.

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