It's Called Pranayama': Indians Dismiss Scientific American's 'Cardiac Coherence Breathing

If you’re from India, chances are at some point in your life, somebody must have taught you this exercise for breathing: Inhale for five seconds, hold your breath and then slowly exhale it out. Pranayama yoga was the first doctrine to build a theory around respiratory control, holding that controlled breathing was a way to increase longevity.” However, then it delves into “more modern times” and explains how “cardiac coherence offers more detail about the ways that breathing exercises promote relaxation.” Indians on Twitter replied to this saying how this was “literally yoga,” and not really a new scientific discovery. — Sankrant Sanu सानु January 28, 2019 Ancient Indian Name – PranayamModern Scientific Name – Cardiac Coherence Breathing?Ancient Indian Name – Yoga NidraModern Scientific Name – Lucid-Dreaming? West continues to copy Indian ancient wisdom and flaunts it as their brainwave — Antevasin🇮🇳 January 28, 2019 Detailed description of the benefits of the 2500-year-old Indian technique of pranayama, dressed up in 21st c. scientific language as “cardiac coherence breathing”! It’s taking the West a few millennia to learn what our ancients taught us millennia ago, but hey, you’re welcome… https://t.co/LLltRZ3pP5— Shashi Tharoor January 29, 2019 Cardiac coherence breathing is the next turmeric latte 🙄 #pranayama — zibi January 29, 2019 The Scientific American article ends on the note – “Think Reassuring Thoughts While Breathing.” None of Indian Twitter seemed to have done that.