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breathwork

term used in alternative medicine for various breathing practices (usually involves hyperventilation, and intermittent breath holds)
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breathwork

Summary

breathwork ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (495 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • breathwork is a type of alternative medicine[2].
  • breathwork's Commons category is recorded as New Age practices[3].
  • breathwork's topic's main category is recorded as Category:New Age practices[4].
  • breathwork's described at URL is recorded as https://www.everydayhealth.com/alternative-health/living-with/ways-practice-breath-focused-meditation/[5].
  • breathwork's described at URL is recorded as https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/10635/breathwork[6].
  • breathwork's has effect is recorded as relaxation[7].
  • breathwork's significant person is recorded as Stanislav Grof[8].

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Definition and Type

breathwork is a type of alternative medicine[2].

Why It Matters

breathwork ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (495 views/month).[1] breathwork has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9]

Related Entities

Stanislav Grof

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . everydayhealth.com. Retrieved . everydayhealth.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . yogapedia.com. Retrieved . yogapedia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Charp238 · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:New Age practices
    Has effect → relaxation
    Subclass of → alternative medicine
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q73217661]]"
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