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“Breath + Music = Euphoria? New Neuroscience Reveals the Secret to Drug-Free Altered States”
1. Introduction In recent years, mind-body healing practices such as meditation, yoga, and breathwork have gained increasing popularity, especially in the realm of mental health. A paper published in PLOS ONE in August 2025, titled “Neurobiological substrates of altered states of consciousness induced by high ventilation breathwork accompanied by music,