Coherent Breathing is a registered trademark of COHERENCE LLC. Steve Elliott is the originator of the Coherent Breathing method.

Susannah plays the harmonium with some cosmic effects.

This can be adaptable to slow vinyasa, pranayama and restorative yoga in a group or individual setting.

“Coherent Breathing” describes a breath practice where we take five full breaths per minute. The inhalation and exhalation are paced to be six seconds each.   This breath cycle has been found to be very helpful to reduce blood pressure, increase heart-rate variability and promote a balance between the adverse reactions from Sympathetic Nervous System (fight/flight/freak/freeze) and the beneficial aspects of the Parasympathetic Nervous System (rest + digest/tend+befriend). A six second inhale followed by a six second exhale is the optimal pace to cultivate stress resilience. 

For more info. on Coherent Breathing, join one of my yoga classes.  Also, Stephen Elliot has been researching Coherent Breathing for years and has an excellent website: Coherence.com (You can also purchase these pieces on his website!)

You might enjoy reading The Healing Power of the Breath by Richard P. Brown, M.D. and Patricia Gerbarg, M.D.  

From a listener: "Breathing worked. I got stuck in DC for 4 extra hours last night, and to calm down and just be, I popped on your music and got though it—actually it made the time more useful as I got into a calm state and worked out some stuff mentally. Sitting and calmly meditating on things helped with some good clarity." T.P.