Brain Shaman
Brain Shaman is a philosophical and scientific journey towards better brain health. Michael Waite discusses how you can change your brain state and overall nervous system via behavior, nutrition, nature, and technology. Mental illness, addiction, and low brain function are destroying so many people and societies. By becoming increasingly disconnected from our natural mind-body-world and plugged into the artificial ones, we are getting sicker, weaker, and less free. We must become more conscious of how the information that we consume (in the form of action, food, drugs, sensory input, media, etc.) affects our brain. This podcast teaches you how to reconnect with your primordial nature, reprogram your brain, regain your freedom, and redirect your life.
Brain Shaman
Huberman's Breathwork Study: Breathing Exercises to Calm Your Mind and Body | Episode 81
In this episode, we dig into a study that compares breathwork protocols with mindfulness meditation - 'Brief structured respiration practices enhance mood and reduce physiological arousal' (published in Cell Reports Medicine in January 2023).
Learn about 3 breathing exercises (box breathing, cyclic sighing, and cyclic hyperventilation) and a mindfulness meditation exercise. See how their pyschophysiological effects differ from one another and why the cyclic sigh was shown to be most powerful in reducing anxiety, reducing sympathetic arousal, and improving mood.
RESOURCES
COMPANIES
- Oura
- Tianren Culture
- Toudou
- Whoop
- YouKu
PEOPLE
- Andrew Huberman
- Andrew Weil
- Bita Nouriani
- Booil Jo
- Daniele Scuteri
- David Spiegel
- Eric Neri
- Gary Holl
- Jamie Zeitzer
- Lara Weed
- Manuela Kogon
- Melis Yilmaz Balban
- Victor Koo
- Will Ahmed
- Wim Hof
VOCABULARY
- CO2 tolerance test
- respiratory sinus arrhythmia