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Long exhale breathing

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Last discussed Oct 6, 2026

A breathing technique involving deliberately long exhales to reduce heart rate and promote calm.

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Andrew Huberman
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Used for: Falling asleep, de-stressing, lowering activation Praised: Slows heart rate via the vagus nerve and respiratory sinus arrhythmia vs: Contrasted with meditation

"If you want to slow your heart rate down anytime in waking to de-stress or just bring your level of activation down, or if you want to fall asleep, it really helps to do some long exhales until lungs are empty and then just passive inhales."

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"Long exhale breathing which just simply reduces heart rate. So this is the you don't need to do breath work. You just if you want to calm down you ..."

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