What Part of the Brain Controls Breathing? The Brain-Breath Connection to Better Health

Breathing. What are the chances you’ve paid attention to it?

Granted, many of us have when we’re hyperventilating or short of breath. But oftentimes, it’s so automatic that we don’t give it a second thought.

Additionally, what we also don’t give much thought to is what part of the brain controls breathing. Because why should we?

“If you stop breathing just for a few minutes, it’s over,” says Niraj Naik, the founder of SOMA Breath® and trainer of Mindvalley’s Breathwork for Life Quest. “...