Did you know you can actually get tougher by humming a song? It's true and hilariously enough there's actually quite a bit of research to support my claim.
This week on the Firefighter Craftsmanship Podcast we dive into how humming can increase your vagal tone (aka make you tougher), help you have higher quality days off with your family, and how this technique is commonly taught in fire academies across the country.
In this episode we cover:
References mentioned in this episode (Some of these might be affiliate links)
Breathe How You Want to Feel Matteo Pistono
Reilly Emergency Breathing Technique- Video
Rethinking Emergency Air Management: The Reilly Emergency Breathing Technique
Presilience For the Emergency Scene: Firefighter Craftsmanship
Bernardi F, Bordino M, Bianchi L, Bernardi L. Acute fall and long-term rise in oxygen saturation in response to meditation. Psychophysiology. 2017; 54: 1951–1966. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12972
Gunjan, T., Sharma, K., Banshi, S., Soundappan, K., Ashwati, K., Vatsal, Z., Shah, S. (2023). Humming (simple bhramari pranayama) as a stress buster: A holter-based study to analyze heart rate variability (HRV) parameters during bhramari, physical activity, emotional stress, and sleep. Cureus, 15(4) doi:https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37527
