US Study Finds What Indians Already Knew – Pranayama Helps You

Health benefits of pranayama or breathing exercises.

If you’ve grown up in an Indian household, you’re sure to have heard about or practiced pranayama, which are basically breathing exercises included in yoga. The word pranayama in Sanskrit means “breath control”. Yogic mantras have been known for centuries to help in strengthening the human respiratory system.

Now, a US study has found results saying exactly that, in a paper titled “Proper Breathing Brings Better Health”. Except, they called it “cardiac coherence breathing”.

And Indian Twitter being Indian Twitter, lost its mind. Some outraged saying the West likes to “steal traditional ancient practices, rename it, erase origin” and package it as new.

Cardiac coherence breathing exercises can stabilize the heartbeat and have a powerful ability to dampen anxiety. https://t.co/jHA8djKOsB pic.twitter.com/Ve7hM0myoW

— Scientific American (@sciam) January 27, 2019