i remember that article from may (linda stone from this NYT article wrote that blog post). it really made sense to me then and it does now. i used to smoke 25+ cigarettes a day and i believe it was not uncommon for me to have a heart rate of 115+bpm while sitting around doing nothing after smoking a cigarette. i also have been mostly working from home for a decade or more and i barely moved for many of those years. i started getting into yoga a while back and learned a breathing technique called ujjayi. i also started going on a lot of long walks. and since 2018 i've been playing a wind instrument again. i quit smoking some time ago as well. my breath is so much deeper and my general health - physical and mental - is so much better than it used to be. i actually just did a deep inhale recalling how things were for me and reflecting on how much better they are for me now.

i'm curious if anyone has any experience with that butyeko thing in particular...