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Pictures of Animals Getting CT Scans Against their Will: A Thread (mander.xyz)
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[-] [email protected] 78 points 2 months ago

It can be out for a matter of minutes.

Humans are just ludicrously overdependent on aerobic respiration, our brain metabolism is overcharged to the point of being broken.

Most other animals have a lot more room to function sans oxygen, they're more limited by stored energy reserves.

[-] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I’m in a yoga teacher training at the moment, and a biologist by background. It’s been amazing seeing how the different yogic breathing techniques impact mental and physical states.

Those crazy folks in the Indus valley civilization made a serious study of this, at least 4,000 years ago according to current evidence. Some techniques, like yoga nidra (alternate nostril breathing for several minutes) have significant impacts on nervous system function.

You can measure this directly with a cheap heart rate monitor and an app that can interpret and returns stats on heart rate variability.

Those old yogis made a study out of exploiting our brain’s dependence on oxygen and developed some pretty cool biohacks.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Wim Hof breathing is so good from time to time

Have never given him money and think he ventures into pseudoscience but this beginner video is safe (no BS, just breathing)

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Yeah, people, don't follow Wim Hof in having enemas on public fountains.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Public fountain? I think you mean community bidet

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