Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Breathing Technique More Effective Than Meditation_ | The Breathwork Routine That Helped Break My

23 May 2025 · 1 min

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Short excerpt from a YouTube video by Aaron Hartman, MD, introducing the physiologic sigh — a breathwork technique reported (per the speaker) to be more effective than meditation for quickly calming and focusing the mind. The speaker cites a study by Andrew Huberman and his research team, gives practical advice on when and where to perform the technique (sitting, at a red light, after stressful meetings), and issues a safety caveat against doing it while driving.

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Andrew Huberman and his research team actually did a study on this breath and found it to be more effective than meditation. So if you're somebody that has a hard time quieting your mind and meditating, but you're looking for something that will help you get centered and focused and feel calm and collected, and if you're coming out of a stressful meeting or you just want to approach whatever situation you're going in with a clear head, then the physiologic sigh is a great way for you to do that. It's really simple. You can do this just sitting in any position. You could do it in the car before you walk into the house, or before you walk into the office at a red light if you want to. I don't recommend doing it while you're driving for safety reasons, but you probably could.