Healthy Breathing Habits CourseBreathwork is Vital! Breathwork is vital to wellbeing and health because it can help decrease stress, reduce anxiety, improve lung function, increase energy, enhance mental clarity, and so much more. It can also help regulate the body's autonomic nervous system, which is responsible for controlling our heart rate, blood pressure, and digestion. By practicing breathwork, we learn to take deep breaths, which increase the amount of oxygen in our blood