![]() ![]() Which makes it quite surprising that this technique has been reported internationally in a fairly uncritical fashion.ĭr Weil followed up his first email with a P.S: “For the record, I never said that the 4-7-8 breath can make insomniacs drop off to sleep in under a minute.” When I read this, I returned to the article in the Daily Telegraph. So the only ‘evidence’ that this breathing technique helps people fall asleep is patients’ “positive reports.” Whilst I appreciate Dr Weil’s honesty, this means there is no rigorous evidence to support the claim. Dr Weil said “there has been little research on breath work as a medical intervention” and that he doesn’t know of any studies “on this technique and insomnia”. However, the evidence he shared wasn’t reassuring in fact, it was more or less non-existent. Dr Weil’s first response came very promptly and was honest, which I appreciated. I got two emails from Dr Weil, and both were disappointing and worrying, though for different reasons. So I decided to get in touch with Dr Andrew Weil, the sleep expert who pioneered the breathing technique, and ask him to share the evidence behind the claim. It sounded pretty good to me actually, it sounded a bit too good to be true. ![]() ![]() I recently came across an article describing ‘the 4-7-8’ method’: a breathing technique which, it was claimed, could enable insomniacs to get to sleep in less than a minute. ![]()
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