Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Why Navy SEALs Rely on Breathwork for Combat Situations | The Real Reason You’re Not Sleeping

3 Jul 2025 · 0 min

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Short YouTube transcript excerpt of a conversation (Aaron Hartman, MD and another speaker) endorsing box breathing for stress management. The speakers claim box breathing is used to train Navy SEALs to maintain composure under fire, is effective, has roots in traditional practices, and can be suitable for children as a low‑risk intervention compared with supplements or medications.

Box breathing is good enough to train Navy SEALs, and they're trained to do this to keep their head in the game in combat, so it can keep you from freaking out when people are shooting at you and you're shooting at them. Then it actually works, right? Yeah, so it actually works. So that's. Plus we've been using it in traditional Chinese and airbag medicine for millennials.
It's great for kids, too. I mean, like, you don't want to just pump anything into kids right off the bat with regards to, like, supplements or medications or any of these things.