Original sentence: Because of its ancient history, other interpretations abound, but these other variations may not center on the heart or the heartbeat.Browne does not use the heartbeat, but rather counts using a second, or another time interval.Browne's square breathing is defined as N seconds in, N seconds hold, N seconds out, ending with N seconds hold.For example, call-in radio personality Dr.If you can hold your breath after the end of the exhalation, you have not exhaled fully.The average breath rate is 16 times a minute, which approximates a rhythm of 2 seconds in and 2 seconds out.This practice is never done within HRM, for it is incompatible with the full breath.With this method, for each breathing element, (in, out, hold) one can use any count._Joy_Browne describes a practice she calls 'square breathing' in a chapter of her recent book "Getting Unstuck"
Edited sentence: Because of its ancient history, other interpretations abound.Browne refers to the "Swing Breath" described above as "Parallel Breathing".Call-in radio personality Dr.First, there is no magic in the number 8 mentioned above.For each breathing element, (in, out, hold) one can use any count.Most people breathes 16 times a minute, which approximates a rhythm of 2 seconds in and 2 seconds out.Second, a beat, although most commonly a second, can be any time interval.Square breathing is more commonly defined as N seconds in, N seconds hold, N seconds out, ending with N seconds hold, which makes more sense as a square.The example of 8 in, 8 hold, 8 out, and no hold, is said to be "Triangular Breathing"._Joy_Browne described square breathing in a chapter of her recent book "Getting Unstuck"