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What Yoga Teachers Should Know About Breathing Physiology

Yoga Meets Movement Science

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The Physiology of Holding Your Breath and Factors Influencing Breathing

This chapter explores the process of breath-holding and its impact on carbon dioxide levels in the body. It discusses how carbon dioxide buildup eventually triggers the urge to breathe and explores the respiratory centers in the brain stem that control our breathing.

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