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Mindfulness and breathing

Updated: Aug 13, 2022

Observing your breath without changing it is a standard feature of mindfulness meditation. However, according to a study of people asked to slow the rate at which they were breathing deliberately, synchronized activity showed up in different parts of the brain, specifically in circuits involved in sustaining attention and focus.


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