Effects of Hypoxic Breathwork

Description

This project will study changes that occur during a short period of intensive daily slow-paced breathing and breath hold practice (i.e., "breathwork"). On the first and last days of the week-long practice, investigators will conduct high-density EEG recordings during breathwork to evaluate spectral power, coherence, and causality dynamics of the brain when it is naïve to breathwork and after adaptation to a breathwork practice. Breath, blood, urine, saliva, stool samples, biometric data, and sleep EEG will be collected before the start of daily breathwork practice and again after 1 week of breathwork practice to examine the effect of breathwork on full body biochemistry, molecular biology, and sleep. Investigators will also use questionnaires to assess the impact of breathwork on stress and sleep quality.

Conditions

Hypoxic Breathwork With Music and Affirmative Messaging, Hypoxic Breathwork Only, Music and Affirmative Messaging

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Study overview

This project will study changes that occur during a short period of intensive daily slow-paced breathing and breath hold practice (i.e., "breathwork"). On the first and last days of the week-long practice, investigators will conduct high-density EEG recordings during breathwork to evaluate spectral power, coherence, and causality dynamics of the brain when it is naïve to breathwork and after adaptation to a breathwork practice. Breath, blood, urine, saliva, stool samples, biometric data, and sleep EEG will be collected before the start of daily breathwork practice and again after 1 week of breathwork practice to examine the effect of breathwork on full body biochemistry, molecular biology, and sleep. Investigators will also use questionnaires to assess the impact of breathwork on stress and sleep quality.

Impacts of Rhythmic and Hypoxic Breathwork on EEG, Mood, Sleep, and Physiology

Effects of Hypoxic Breathwork

Condition
Hypoxic Breathwork With Music and Affirmative Messaging
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

La Jolla

UC San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States, 92093

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Persons, aged 18-45
  • * Availability for the duration of the study
  • * In good general health as revealed by self-report
  • * Stated willingness and capability to adhere to the breathwork regimen
  • * Agreement to adhere to Lifestyle Considerations (see section 5.3) throughout study duration
  • * Provision of signed and dated informed consent form
  • 1. Current or past regular breathwork practice
  • 2. Current use of psychoactive medications (e.g., anti-depressants or anxiolytics)
  • 3. Pregnancy
  • 4. Bedtime past 11:30pm or regularly getting less than 6 hours of sleep per night.
  • 5. Feverish illness within 10 days
  • 6. Regular smoker or tobacco user ( \> 1 cigarette, gum or pouch per month)
  • 7. Presence of blood pressure above 140 systolic and/or 90 diastolic, seizure disorder, asthma, or serious cardiac fibrillation disorders.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 45 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

University of California, San Diego,

Study Record Dates

2025-12