Breathing Exercise to Stop Heart Palpitations

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Stop heart palpitations immediately with this breathing technique

If you get heart palpitations from stress or anxiety, I have good news.

Researchers have discovered you can reduce heart palpitations with a simple breathing exercise.

When you have heart palpitations, your heartbeat may feel like it's racing, pounding, or fluttering.

Heart palpitations are usually not a sign of anything serious, but they can feel disturbing, and make you worry about your health.

But in 2 studies, a simple breathing exercise helped reduce people's palpitations by at least 50%. And for others it eliminated palpitations entirely.

So how did these people reduce their heart palpitations?

First let's look at this article from the international journal of cardiology.

Effect of pranayam (yogic breathing) and shavasan
(relaxation training) on the frequency of benign
ventricular ectopics in two patients with palpitations
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/7260795_Effect_of_pranayam_yoga_breathing_and_shavasan_relaxation_training_on_the_frequency_of_benign_ventricular_ectopics_in_two_patients_with_palpitations

In this experiment they had two patients who both had a history of frequent palpitations.

Both patients were able to stop their palpitations through deep breathing at 6 breaths per minute.

And after two months of relaxation training with a trained yoga instructor. Both patients had fewer episodes of palpitations, and when they did experience palpitations, they could relieve it by breathing at 6 breaths per minute.

Here's another study where they found deep breathing at 6 breaths per minute reduced palpitations by at least 50% in several patients, and in one patient stopped the palpitations entirely.

Effect of deep breathing at six breaths per minute on the frequency of premature ventricular complexes
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17004338/

How can you replicate these results for yourself?

Both studies said they had the patients breathe at 6 breaths per minute for at least one minute.

6 breaths per minutes is inhale for 5 seconds, and exhale for 5 seconds.

You should do the breathing exercise for at least one minute, but you may see better results by going for 5, 10, or 20 minutes.

To maintain this pattern of 5 seconds in, 5 seconds out you can use this guided breathing exercise to help you breathe at the right pace.

Links to studies about breathing and palpitations:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30697682/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17004338/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16325942
https://www.scielo.br/j/jbpneu/a/NBZcwpX45rBKS5gDbHFLNXr/?lang=en
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/7260795_Effect_of_pranayam_yoga_breathing_and_shavasan_relaxation_training_on_the_frequency_of_benign_ventricular_ectopics_in_two_patients_with_palpitations