Yoga Journal’s archives series is a curated collection of articles originally published in past issues beginning in 1975. This article first appeared in the March-April 1983 issue of Yoga Journal.

We're born knowing how to breathe, but learning to maintain the quality of your inhalations and exhalations can improve your ...

The lungs are the silent engines of vitality. They breathe life into every cell of the body, yet most people hardly give them the attention they deserve. In today’s fast-paced, polluted environments, ...

Deep abdominal breathing helps reduce stress, control emotions, increase attention, and improve overall wellbeing. Deep breathing controls heart rate, blood pressure, and respiratory rate by ...

You arrive for a difficulty-breathing emergency. The patient is alert and oriented and complaining of difficulty breathing. The patient appears to be mildly distressed and slightly anxious, but vitals ...

Lung exercises can increase lung capacity and help people control their breathing. They are helpful for people with lung problems such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. When a person breathes, ...

hands holding a smart phone How effective are add-on devices for pressurized metered-dose inhalers in helping patients with asthma to avoid poor outcomes associated with incorrect inhaler use? In ...