Andrew Huberman· PhD
Cyclic breathing is where inhales always follow exhales, follow inhales, follow exhales. It actually relies on a specific brain center called the pre-Botzinger complex discovered by Jack Feldman at UCLA.
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Cyclic breathing is where inhales always follow exhales, follow inhales, follow exhales. It actually relies on a specific brain center called the pre-Botzinger complex discovered by Jack Feldman at UCLA.
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However, if you are doubling up on your inhale, so two inhales [inhaling], and then an exhale [exhales], a pattern of breathing my laboratory has studied extensively, well, then that relies on a different brain center, the parafacial nucleus.