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.

New research suggests that the natural rhythm of breathing plays an important role in organizing the brain activity required for human memory. The study indicates that successful memory retrieval is ...

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 ...

Each Olympic cycle, athletes and support staff chase the latest cutting-edge knowledge in pursuit of Gold. In the Winter Olympics, both environmental (ie, cold) and sport-specific constraints present ...

Breathing must be smarter when air quality declines. In the future, when we can no longer assume we can always breathe clean air, the question is not just how to ward off pollution but how to toughen ...

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, ...