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a{color:var(--color-progressive)!important}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sidebar{display:none!important}}</style><table class="sidebar sidebar-collapse nomobile nowraplinks vcard hlist"><tbody><tr><td class="sidebar-pretitle">Part of <a href="/wiki/Category:Alternative_medicine" title="Category:Alternative medicine">a series</a> on</td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-title-with-pretitle"><a href="/wiki/Alternative_medicine" title="Alternative medicine">Alternative medicine</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Outline-body-aura.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Outline-body-aura.svg/60px-Outline-body-aura.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Outline-body-aura.svg/90px-Outline-body-aura.svg.png 1.5x, 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fraud)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_medicine#19th_century:_rise_of_modern_medicine" title="History of medicine">Rise of modern medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pseudoscience" title="Pseudoscience">Pseudoscience</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antiscience" title="Antiscience">Antiscience</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skepticism" title="Skepticism">Skepticism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scientific_skepticism" title="Scientific skepticism">Scientific</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Therapeutic_nihilism" title="Therapeutic nihilism">Therapeutic nihilism</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)">Fringe medicine and science</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acupressure" title="Acupressure">Acupressure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acupuncture" title="Acupuncture">Acupuncture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alkaline_diet" title="Alkaline diet">Alkaline diet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthroposophic_medicine" title="Anthroposophic medicine">Anthroposophic medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apitherapy" title="Apitherapy">Apitherapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Applied_kinesiology" title="Applied kinesiology">Applied kinesiology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aromatherapy" title="Aromatherapy">Aromatherapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_for_Research_and_Enlightenment" title="Association for Research and Enlightenment">Association for Research and Enlightenment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auriculotherapy" title="Auriculotherapy">Auriculotherapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bates_method" title="Bates method">Bates method</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biological_terrain_assessment" title="Biological terrain assessment">Biological terrain assessment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_salve" title="Black salve">Black salve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodywork_(alternative_medicine)" title="Bodywork (alternative medicine)">Bodywork</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_bone-setting" title="Traditional bone-setting">Bone-setting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowen_technique" title="Bowen technique">Bowen technique</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Breathwork</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_unproven_methods_against_COVID-19" title="List of unproven methods against COVID-19">Fake COVID-19 treatments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camel_urine" title="Camel urine">Camel urine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alternative_cancer_treatments" title="Alternative cancer treatments">Cancer treatments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Activated_charcoal_cleanse" title="Activated charcoal cleanse">Charcoal cleanse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiropractic" title="Chiropractic">Chiropractic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chiropractic_treatment_techniques" title="Chiropractic treatment techniques">Chiropractic treatment techniques</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vertebral_subluxation" title="Vertebral subluxation">Vertebral subluxation</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Science" title="Christian Science">Christian Science</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chromotherapy" title="Chromotherapy">Chromotherapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colloidal_silver" class="mw-redirect" title="Colloidal silver">Colloidal silver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colon_cleansing" title="Colon cleansing">Colon cleansing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coffee_enema" title="Coffee enema">Coffee enema</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorpuncture" title="Colorpuncture">Colorpuncture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conversion_therapy" title="Conversion therapy">Conversion therapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craniosacral_therapy" title="Craniosacral therapy">Craniosacral therapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_healing" title="Crystal healing">Crystal healing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cupping_therapy" title="Cupping therapy">Cupping therapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dental_amalgam_controversy" title="Dental amalgam controversy">Dental amalgam controversy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detoxification_(alternative_medicine)" title="Detoxification (alternative medicine)">Detoxification</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Detoxification_foot_baths" title="Detoxification foot baths">Foot detox</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dry_needling" title="Dry needling">Dry needling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ear_candling" title="Ear candling">Ear candling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_medicine" title="Energy medicine">Energy medicine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Correactology" title="Correactology">Correactology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_(esotericism)" title="Energy (esotericism)">Esoteric energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reiki" title="Reiki">Reiki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Therapeutic_touch" title="Therapeutic touch">Therapeutic touch</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estrogen_dominance" title="Estrogen dominance">Estrogen dominance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fabunan_Antiviral_Injection" title="Fabunan Antiviral Injection">Fabunan Antiviral Injection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Facilitated_communication" title="Facilitated communication">Facilitated communication</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FasciaBlaster" title="FasciaBlaster">FasciaBlaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feldenkrais_Method" title="Feldenkrais Method">Feldenkrais Method</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Functional_medicine" title="Functional medicine">Functional medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hair_analysis_(alternative_medicine)" title="Hair analysis (alternative medicine)">Hair analysis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holistic_dentistry" title="Holistic dentistry">Holistic dentistry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hologram_bracelet" title="Hologram bracelet">Hologram bracelet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homeopathy" title="Homeopathy">Homeopathy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bach_flower_remedies" title="Bach flower remedies">Bach flower remedies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrotherapy" title="Hydrotherapy">Hydrotherapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hypnotherapy" title="Hypnotherapy">Hypnotherapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ionized_jewelry" title="Ionized jewelry">Ionized jewelry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iridology" title="Iridology">Iridology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jilly_Juice" title="Jilly Juice">Jilly Juice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Lightning_Process" title="The Lightning Process">Lightning Process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lymphotherapy" title="Lymphotherapy">Lymphotherapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnet_therapy" title="Magnet therapy">Magnet therapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manual_therapy" title="Manual therapy">Manual therapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manual_lymphatic_drainage" title="Manual lymphatic drainage">Manual lymphatic drainage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medical_intuitive" title="Medical intuitive">Medical intuitive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megavitamin_therapy" title="Megavitamin therapy">Megavitamin therapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Animal_magnetism" title="Animal magnetism">Mesmerism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mind%E2%80%93body_interventions" title="Mind–body interventions">Mind–body interventions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miracle_Mineral_Supplement" title="Miracle Mineral Supplement">MMS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myofascial_release" title="Myofascial release">Myofascial release</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nambudripad%27s_Allergy_Elimination_Techniques" title="Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Techniques">NAET</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naturopathy" title="Naturopathy">Naturopathy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oil_pulling" title="Oil pulling">Oil pulling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orgone" title="Orgone">Orgone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orthomolecular_medicine" title="Orthomolecular medicine">Orthomolecular medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orthopathy" title="Orthopathy">Orthopathy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osteomyology" title="Osteomyology">Osteomyology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osteopathy" title="Osteopathy">Osteopathy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ozone_therapy" title="Ozone therapy">Ozone therapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parapsychology" title="Parapsychology">Parapsychology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phrenology" title="Phrenology">Phrenology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postural_Integration" title="Postural Integration">Postural Integration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psychic_surgery" title="Psychic surgery">Psychic surgery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psychodermatology" title="Psychodermatology">Psychodermatology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quantum_healing" title="Quantum healing">Quantum healing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radionics" title="Radionics">Radionics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rapid_prompting_method" title="Rapid prompting method">Rapid prompting method</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reflexology" title="Reflexology">Reflexology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reichian_body-oriented_psychotherapy" class="mw-redirect" title="Reichian body-oriented psychotherapy">RBOP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rolfing" title="Rolfing">Rolfing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scientific_racism" title="Scientific racism">Scientific racism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ThetaHealing" title="ThetaHealing">ThetaHealing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomsonianism" title="Thomsonianism">Thomsonianism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thought_Field_Therapy" title="Thought Field Therapy">Thought Field Therapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urophagia" title="Urophagia">Urophagia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaginal_steaming" title="Vaginal steaming">Vaginal steaming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vegetotherapy" title="Vegetotherapy">Vegetotherapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vision_therapy" title="Vision therapy">Vision therapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vitalism" title="Vitalism">Vitalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_blood_transfusion" title="Young blood transfusion">Young blood transfusion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zero_balancing" title="Zero balancing">Zero balancing</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)">Controversies</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Big_Pharma_conspiracy_theories" title="Big Pharma conspiracy theories">Big Pharma conspiracy theories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HIV/AIDS_denialism" title="HIV/AIDS denialism">HIV/AIDS denialism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oral_polio_vaccine_AIDS_hypothesis" title="Oral polio vaccine AIDS hypothesis">OPV AIDS hypothesis</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-vaccine_activism" title="Anti-vaccine activism">Anti-vaccinationism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vaccine_misinformation" title="Vaccine misinformation">Vaccine misinformation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaccines_and_autism" title="Vaccines and autism">Vaccines and autism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MMR_vaccine_and_autism" title="MMR vaccine and autism">MMR vaccine and autism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-vaccinationism_in_chiropractic" title="Anti-vaccinationism in chiropractic">in chiropractic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_fluoridation_controversy" title="Water fluoridation controversy">Water fluoridation controversy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_misinformation" title="COVID-19 misinformation">COVID-19 misinformation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Turbo_cancer" title="Turbo cancer">Turbo cancer</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Alternative_medicine#NCCIH_classification" title="Alternative medicine">Classifications</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Alternative_medical_systems" title="Category:Alternative medical systems">Alternative medical systems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mind%E2%80%93body_interventions" title="Category:Mind–body interventions">Mind–body intervention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Biologically_based_therapies" title="Category:Biologically based therapies">Biologically based therapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Manual_therapy" title="Category:Manual therapy">Manipulative methods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Energy_therapies" title="Category:Energy therapies">Energy therapy</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Traditional_medicine" title="Traditional medicine">Traditional medicine</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_African_medicine" title="Traditional African medicine">African</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Muti" title="Muti">Muti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_healers_of_Southern_Africa" title="Traditional healers of Southern Africa">Southern Africa</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayurveda" title="Ayurveda">Ayurveda</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dosha" title="Dosha">Dosha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharishi_Vedic_Approach_to_Health" title="Maharishi Vedic Approach to Health">MVAH</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balneotherapy" title="Balneotherapy">Balneotherapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_traditional_medicine" title="Brazilian traditional medicine">Brazilian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bush_medicine" title="Bush medicine">Bush medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Cambodian_medicine" title="Traditional Cambodian medicine">Cambodian</a></li> <li><a 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to influence a person's mental, emotional, or physical state, with a therapeutic effect.<sup id="cite_ref-young_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-young-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background_and_rationale">Background and rationale</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Breathwork_(New_Age)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background and rationale"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Edzard_Ernst" title="Edzard Ernst">Edzard Ernst</a> writes that breathwork (or 'rebirthing') is a form of <a href="/wiki/Alternative_medicine" title="Alternative medicine">alternative medicine</a> first devised by <b>Leonard Orr</b> in the 1970s.<sup id="cite_ref-ee_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ee-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup"><span title="Later in the article is says Grof used breathwork in the 1960s">inconsistent</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Breathwork is the use of breathing techniques in order to achieve altered states of consciousness and to have a variety of effects on physical and mental well-being.<sup id="cite_ref-young_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-young-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Breathwork has been seen as derived from multiple spiritual and pre-scientific traditions from around the world.<sup id="cite_ref-young_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-young-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Jack Raso, <i>breathwork</i> is described by proponents as a multiform "healing modality" characterized by stylized breathing. Its purported design is to effect physical, emotional, and spiritual change. Such a process can allegedly "dissolve limiting programs" that are "stored" in the mind and body, and increases one's ability to handle more "energy".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#What_information_to_include" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="A complete citation is needed. (February 2024)">full citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Breathwork practitioners believe that an individual's particular pattern of passive breathing can lead to insights about their unconscious mind.<sup id="cite_ref-young_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-young-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Practice">Practice</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Breathwork_(New_Age)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Practice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During a breathwork session, individuals will typically lie down and be instructed to breathe using particular methods, depending on the sub-type of breathwork.<sup id="cite_ref-acs_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-acs-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most breathwork sessions last around an hour.<sup id="cite_ref-acs_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-acs-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alternatively breathwork is advocated to be done by individuals alone, for shorter periods.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sub-types">Sub-types</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Breathwork_(New_Age)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Sub-types"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Holotropic_Breathwork">Holotropic Breathwork</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Breathwork_(New_Age)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Holotropic Breathwork"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A practice that uses rapid breathing and other elements such as music to put individuals in altered states of consciousness. It was developed by <a href="/wiki/Stanislav_Grof" title="Stanislav Grof">Stanislav Grof</a> as a successor to his <a href="/wiki/LSD" title="LSD">LSD</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Psychedelic_therapy" title="Psychedelic therapy">psychedelic therapy</a>, following the suppression of legal LSD use in the late 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-Cortright_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cortright-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Side effects of the <a href="/wiki/Hyperventilation" title="Hyperventilation">hyperventilation</a> aspect of holotropic breathwork can include cramping in the hands and around the mouth.<sup id="cite_ref-young_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-young-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the expressed goal of holotropic breathwork is to attain an altered state, it should not be attempted alone.<sup id="cite_ref-young_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-young-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following a 1993 report commissioned by the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Charities_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish Charities Office">Scottish Charities Office</a>, concerns about the risk that the hyperventilation technique could cause seizure or lead to psychosis in vulnerable people caused the <a href="/wiki/Findhorn_Foundation" title="Findhorn Foundation">Findhorn Foundation</a> to suspend its breathwork programme.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Rebirthing">Rebirthing</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Breathwork_(New_Age)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Rebirthing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A process described as releasing suppressed traumatic childhood memories, especially those related to one's own birth.<sup id="cite_ref-radford_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-radford-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Orr proposed that correct breathing can cure disease and relieve pain.<sup id="cite_ref-carroll_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-carroll-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Orr devised rebirthing therapy in the 1970s after he supposedly re-lived his own birth while in the bath.<sup id="cite_ref-radford_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-radford-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He believed that breathing techniques could be used to purge traumatic childhood memories that had been repressed.<sup id="cite_ref-radford_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-radford-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-turner_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-turner-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is no evidence that individuals can remember their births.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Memories of one's birth that appear to resurface during a rebirthing-breathwork practice are believed to be the result of <a href="/wiki/False_memory" title="False memory">false memories</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rebirthing-breathwork is one of the practices critiqued by anti-cult experts <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Singer" title="Margaret Singer">Margaret Singer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Janja_Lalich" title="Janja Lalich">Janja Lalich</a> in the book <a href="/wiki/Crazy_Therapies" title="Crazy Therapies"><i>Crazy Therapies: What Are They? Do They Work?</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-carroll_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-carroll-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Singer and Lalich write that proponents of such "bizarre" practices are proud of their non-scientific approach, and that this finds favor with an irrational clientele.<sup id="cite_ref-carroll_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-carroll-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2006, a panel that consisted of over one hundred experts participated in a survey of psychological treatments; they considered rebirthing therapy to be discredited.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sitters">Sitters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Breathwork_(New_Age)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Sitters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to a practitioner, breathwork sessions will often have "sitters" present. Sitters are individuals who provide emotional or physical support to those practicing breathwork.<sup id="cite_ref-young_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-young-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Side_effects">Side effects</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Breathwork_(New_Age)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Side effects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some common side effects include "sleepiness; tingling in the hands, feet, or face; and a sense of altered consciousness that can be <a href="/wiki/Distress_(medicine)" title="Distress (medicine)">distressing</a> to some."<sup id="cite_ref-acs_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-acs-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Breathwork is generally considered safe if done with a skilled practitioner, but there are contraindications such as <a href="/wiki/Cardiovascular_disease" title="Cardiovascular disease">cardiovascular disease</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glaucoma" title="Glaucoma">glaucoma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hypertension" title="Hypertension">high blood pressure</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mental_disorder" title="Mental disorder">mental illness</a>, severe <a href="/wiki/Asthma" title="Asthma">asthma</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Epilepsy" title="Epilepsy">seizure disorders</a>, among others.<sup id="cite_ref-young_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-young-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-acs_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-acs-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Efficacy">Efficacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Breathwork_(New_Age)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Efficacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Limited_research_data">Limited research data</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Breathwork_(New_Age)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Limited research data"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A 2018 review found that research to date had been limited, and that studies showed "limited evidence of a relationship between physiological parameters and psychological/behavioral outcomes in healthy subjects undergoing slow breathing techniques."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 2023 review said that results showed that breathwork may be effective for improving stress and mental health, but urged caution until more research has been done.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Possible_areas_of_efficacy">Possible areas of efficacy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Breathwork_(New_Age)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Possible areas of efficacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Breathwork may be helpful for <a href="/wiki/Relaxation_(psychology)" title="Relaxation (psychology)">relaxation</a> and stress in a similar way to <a href="/wiki/Meditation" title="Meditation">meditation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-acs_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-acs-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Anxiety may be helped by breathwork.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Breathwork_(New_Age)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anapanasati" title="Anapanasati">Anapanasati</a> – Mindfulness of breathing, a form of Buddhist meditation</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buteyko_method" title="Buteyko method">Buteyko method</a> – Alternative physical therapy for asthma</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conscious_breathing" title="Conscious breathing">Conscious breathing</a> – Breathing exercises</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hypoventilation" title="Hypoventilation">Hypoventilation</a> – Insufficient breathing</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pranayama" title="Pranayama">Pranayama</a> – Practice of breath control in Yoga <ul><li>In particular, <a href="/wiki/Kapalabhati" title="Kapalabhati">Kapalabhati</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bhastrika" title="Bhastrika">Bhastrika</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Primal_therapy" title="Primal therapy">Primal therapy</a> – Psychotherapy of Arthur Janov</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qigong" title="Qigong">Qigong</a> – Chinese system of coordinated posture and movement, breathing, and meditation</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reverse_breathing" title="Reverse breathing">Reverse breathing</a> – Breathing technique</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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London: Regeneration Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-948139-00-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-948139-00-0"><bdi>978-0-948139-00-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=How+to+feel+reborn%3A+varieties+of+rebirthing+experience%2C+an+exploration+of+rebirthing+and+associated+primal+therapies%2C+the+benefits+and+dangers%2C+the+facts+and+the+fictions&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Regeneration+Press&rft.date=1985&rft.isbn=978-0-948139-00-0&rft.aulast=Albery&rft.aufirst=N.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABreathwork+%28New+Age%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1">Bray, P. (2018). 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Brill / Rodopi. pp. 187–218. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1163%2F9789004385931_011">10.1163/9789004385931_011</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=CHAPTER+10%3A+Holotropic+Breathwork+as+a+Therapeutic+Intervention+for+Survivors+of+Trauma%3A+An+Autoethnographic+Case+Study&rft.btitle=At+the+Interface+%2F+Probing+the+Boundaries&rft.pages=187-218&rft.pub=Brill+%2F+Rodopi&rft.date=2018&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1163%2F9789004385931_011&rft.aulast=Bray&rft.aufirst=P.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABreathwork+%28New+Age%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1">Brewerton, T. D.; Eyerman, J. E.; Cappetta, P. (2012). 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Inner Traditions/Bear. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-62055-687-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-62055-687-0"><bdi>978-1-62055-687-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Breathing+as+Spiritual+Practice%3A+Experiencing+the+Presence+of+God&rft.pub=Inner+Traditions%2FBear&rft.date=2019&rft.isbn=978-1-62055-687-0&rft.aulast=Johnson&rft.aufirst=W.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABreathwork+%28New+Age%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1">Minett, G. (1994). <i>Breath & Spirit: Rebirthing as a Healing Technique</i>. 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