BCIA Continuing Education Posts

Carbon dioxide, the waste gas we exhale with every breath, plays an equally vital role in maintaining our health and wellbeing.

Alternating respiration patterns can significantly enhance functional communication between brain regions, promote emotional equilibrium, and optimize autonomic nervous system performance.

Breathing may serve not only as a marker of psychological traits but potentially as a modulator, aligning with emerging work on respiratory-based therapies for anxiety and depression.

Overemphasizing “getting more oxygen” often leads to excessive inhalation and loss of CO₂, undermining oxygen delivery and triggering symptoms like dizziness, chest tightness, or heightened anxiety.