Go ahead and take a (slower) breather.
, chief of neurosurgery at New York University Langone Hospital in Brooklyn. But when the parasympathetic nervous system is dominant, the heart typically only beats about once per second, he adds.
That’s why any breathing exercise to lower heart rate will be one geared toward activating the parasympathetic nervous system. And that typically happens with deep, slow breaths, says Dr. Martin. Breathing this way also forces you to focus on the exhale part—which often falls by the wayside when you’re stressed and your heart is racing and you’re all but hyperventilating.because of the relationship between breathing and heart rate, says Dr. Anderer.
“Slow breathing can promote a state of relaxation, which enhances the parasympathetic response, allowing you to ‘rest and digest.’” —Erich G. Anderer, MD, chief of neurosurgery at NYU Langone Hospital And that’s just one pathway by which slower breaths can physiologically calm the heart. “Slow breathing can also have direct influence on pressure receptors in the vascular and pulmonary systems and promote a state of relaxation, which tends to enhance the parasympathetic response throughout the body and allow you to ‘rest and digest,’” says Dr. Anderer.Though there isn’t current evidence that one particular breathing exercise is best for lowering heart rate, Dr.
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