Circular breath

This is a gentle nasal loop with no hold.

High-ventilation connected breathing is a separate continuous style at a high volume. This page does not teach it, time it, or offer a rate or a Start for it.

Instrumental circular breathing is a musician's skill for an unbroken tone. It is not a practice here.

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Sources

• Instrumental circular breathing is a wind player's skill for a continuous tone, inhaling through the nose while air stored in the cheeks keeps the sound going. Circular breathing

Skip this

• Skip this if a controlled breath feels strained.

Stop if

• Stop if you feel dizzy, lightheaded, tingling in the lips or fingers, chest pain, heart pounding or irregular beats, visual change, nausea, headache, or panic that is rising rather than settling. Sit or lie down. Breathe quietly, without controlling the breath, until it passes.
• If chest pain, fainting, or trouble breathing does not settle, seek urgent care.