Deep breathing stimulates nasal passages, increasing nitric oxide levels, which aid vasodilation and strengthen the immune ...

Linear Movement Method, Gabriella Espinosa, and Breaking Ballet Founder, Sarah Aspinall, guide us through what a somatic ...

Now, a new crop of buzzy non-invasive VNS gadgets promises to relieve stress, sharpen focus and improve sleep in mere minutes ...

Medically reviewed by Raynetta Samuels, PT, DPT, CLTBreathing exercises can temporarily lower your blood pressure and heart ...

Objectives To investigate the effect of Benson relaxation response technique (BRRT) on the quality of life (QOL) among patients with systemic lupus erythematous (SLE). Methodology A quasi-experimental ...

Apollo calms the storm of the fight-or-flight response by nurturing the parasympathetic nervous system, governed by the Vagus nerve ... Technology can now make relaxation and recovery easy ...

It also stimulates the vagus nerve which runs from the head, through the chest and to the colon and activates your relaxation response. This technique slows the body down, helping it shift to a ...

When we are faced with a situation that causes extreme anxiety or fear, our body eagerly sounds the alarm for what's known as the fight-or-flight response. A racing heart, tense muscles, balled fists, ...

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS ... found that the percent time in Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale response could not differentiate active from sham VNS. However, antidepressant benefits ...

In addition, the researchers want to continue the trial for another four years, and see if the benefits are particularly noticeable in certain groups of people. "The nice thing about vagus nerve ...