This Study Might Finally Help You Accept Meditation
Ideas blossom differently for everyone
I used to resist meditation.
Something about a crystal-wielding healer telling me to exhale my worries felt too simple. I wanted hard facts to back up supernatural claims.
It wasn’t until I started researching breathwork and meditation that things finally clicked.
On this podcast episode, Dr. Andrew Huberman references a study linking heart rate to breathing.
The results showed that our heart rates naturally increase as we inhale and decrease as we exhale.
A perfect explanation for what we feel during meditation. At this moment, everything made sense. A skeptical seed blossomed into a garden of understanding.
Breathing in your “worries” naturally increases your heart rate, creating feelings of intensity. Exhaling, lowers it — putting you in a state of calm.
Breathe in, breathe out. Backed by science.