Wanna learn a cool breathing technique?

[Lys]

@Conrad_Melville

By the way, in the 1989 movie The Abyss , two characters have to swim a long distance holding their breath, and they are shown hyperventilating first. This is the kind of influence that keeps the idea in the public mind.

Actually, if it’s a life or death matter (tsumego? ), suppressing the urge to breathe can be useful for a while… as long as you don’t pass out.

[Maharani]

Thanks, very interesting. Just a quick remark that that was not my own explanation, but someone else’s that I found (I put the link) and wanted some expert perspective on - which you gave me.

[Maharani]

Incidentally, Wim Hof would probably agree with that statement.