Is There A Better Way To Breathe? (EXPERIMENT)

Is there a

better

way to

breathe

? Let's talk about that. (music plays) Good morning mythical. We have so much spectacle ahead of us that it is literally coming out of our ears. Or it could just be earwax. Either way, today we'll see if your dogs can learn some new tricks and then we'll play with toys and decide if they're for babies or pets. But first, we have to

breathe

a little. Sure, you think you know how to breathe using your nose and mouth, but what if we told you there is a

better

way to breathe? It's time to...

Alright, here's how this will work. Let's try some different breathing techniques. Different! But before we do that, we will try to create a condition in which the specific breathing technique is useful and then see if it is really useful. Now, we want to point out that you should consult with your doctor before trying any of these breathing techniques yourself. (music plays) Okay, this first exercise is designed for couples who have trouble connecting, and who better to teach a breathing technique for connecting than a guy all alone with his camera? The man inhales. (inhale). He goes down to the lingam or penis and holds.

And you'll also want to contract your pelvic floor muscles while holding it. Then you must hold for four seconds. So... (inhales deeply) - Mm. - And then you want to breathe it out on the other person and achieve intimacy. Yes, if I had told you that today we were going to breathe on each other's penis... Well, you breathe on your own penis. But it will eventually reach your penis. - Well. - Sorry, that's how it works. Before we can try intimacy breathing, we have to establish that our relationship is broken, and in fact I think I can do that.

I have proof that... well, you hurt my feelings recently when I was trying to identify which famous celebrity ironed his balls. What you said about me afterwards hurt my feelings. Have a look. All I'm saying is that sometimes I make indirect eye contact and you could use some ironing, so... (laughs) It still resonates in my dreams, man. I don't know what to do with myself. I can't iron those things. Okay, well, you know what? You've hurt my feelings too. Recently we were playing that "southern slang you need to know" game. You were very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very bad at it.

In case you forgot how bad you were at it, take a look. Just tell me. Knee, grasshopper, lower. - Stevie: Five, four... - Knee high... Knee high grasshopper. ...once. Knee-deep to a grasshopper! From knee to... I said "knee-length grasshopper" a second ago. That was not my fault. Now go? You really hurt my feelings there. Okay, so we have some relational disconnection. - This is good... - Yes. ...because now we have the breathing technique... - Right. - ...in our "lingus" that will help us do it well. And we have seen the full video, it is fascinating. You just saw a part.

We watched the full video: the breathing technique in privacy. - Mm-hmm. So we can start, and I can breathe into you and you can do whatever you want with your breath, but you're supposed to put it into your penis. And then... hold it for four seconds, then send it back to me and I'll hold it on my penis, okay? Oh... I'm just following instructions, man. Man, it was him and a door. It's more awkward when he's your friend. - Yes Yes Yes. - Okay, you're exhaling. I'm supposed to breathe your breath too. What did you have for breakfast? - Don't answer that. - Well.

I'm sure I'll be able to say it. First I breathe in and then I prepare to receive, okay? Hold it for four seconds. (music plays) (inhales sharply) Oops! I'm tightening my pelvic floor. I'm holding it and now I'm giving it back to you. (exhales slowly) (holding breath) Give it back to me. (inhales sharply) (moans) Wow. A bit uncomfortable. I must say... I feel very connected to you right now. Yes, that recycled air came from deep within. Do you want to shake my hand? Very well, let's shake hands and never speak again. - I think it was a success. - Yes. - Yes, let's never talk about that. - Fully worked. (music plays) Well, this technique is called lion's breath.

It is designed to improve self-esteem and feelings of empowerment. Let's watch a very quick clip. (forced exhalation) Okay, pretty simple. You breathe in... and then you do that. Like a lion, like all the lions you've ever seen, right? Yes, but before we can improve our self-esteem, we need someone to completely destroy it. (music plays) Wipe those stupid looks off your faces. Son, did you hear me? Why is there so much gray in your hair? Son, you sound like someone who shops at an even less cool version of Hot Topic. Everyone knows those glasses are fake! Everyone knows you can't read. - Is that a smile, son? - No.

Are you looking at me, son? You look like a real version of Groot. "I'm Groot. I'm Groot." Do you kiss your mom without that chin? Do you know what they say? The taller they are, the dumber they are. I haven't heard that. You just did it. This show is just a version of the Jimmy Fallon show for people who don't have television. It is gone? That last one was pretty deep. Oh yeah. Oh. I think breathing helped me... - I got very dizzy. - Yes. - I almost fainted. - Yes, which somehow helps. - (sighs) - So maybe it helped a little?

Lion's breath increases self-esteem. Yes a bit. (music playing) The next technique is to manipulate the speaker. Inhale through the right nostril. (inhale deeply) Pause, close with your thumb, and exhale through the left nostril. Okay, so you lock one side, inhale through the other side... (sniffs) ...then lock that side and exhale through the now open side. - It's so simple. - Then reverse it. Now, one of the great benefits of using alternate nostril breathing is that it can help reduce stress and anxiety. That's why we need a situation where we can feel stress and anxiety. No. As you can see, we now have our heads in this tank and I have a feeling that something anxiety-inducing is about to happen.

Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. It's a tarantula-damn-cha. It's a... Oh, no, oh. (both inhaling and exhaling) Go to Rhett. Go to your right. Oh shit. I think I can suck it with you. -(gasps, moans)-Oh, she's waving at you. He is waving. (inhales) Are you panicking? A bit. Link is panicking. Link is definitely not happy... No, don't do that, stop it! What are you doing, idiot? Go to Rhett, you furry monstrosity. (laughs) Oh, it's working! My technique is... My breathing technique really works. Oh shit.

Link is sweating a lot. I try to combine techniques, speaking in the third person and breathing through the second nostril. I got very dizzy trying to breathe like a spider. Spiders breathe difficult. Audrey, why don't you take Rhett's side? No! Oh, no, no, no, no, no. He has been here near me for quite some time. Yes, go there and bring it... - Oh, my God. - Audrey: Little squeezes. Oh my God. (inhales) He seems upset, he seems upset. You are such a strange person. I shouldn't have breathed on you. I'm sorry I breathed on you, I'm sorry I breathed on you.

Oh. Yes, there you have it. Look at it, look at it. Look at it. Look at it, Rhett. Try the breathing technique. (whistling bird) It's not a bird. - You can eat a bird. - Exactly. (Whistling birds) Hold your breath, Rhett. You know, it actually gives you something to do. He distracts you from that. - Because you have to... No! - Oh, oh, here it comes. - You're sleepy, huh? - I'm pretty calm now. Push it a little towards his beard. - No no no no. -Straight into his beard. - We really have to try this. - No.

I had a snake wrapped around my neck in one of these things. Just move it towards Rhett. You know, right there, next to him. Just a little closer, just a little closer. Yes, come this way. Breathe, Rhett, breathe. (inhaling, exhaling) Keep breathing. Oh! Oh my God! That was just Link grabbing...-I grabbed his hand down there. - You're an idiot, you're an idiot. Okay, I think it works. Alternate nostril breathing works because I'm still alive. Link thinks it's amazing. Okay, now that we have tried all these breathing techniques, we have to take a breath after doing all this breathing.

Next, we train our dogs to play musical instruments. Ah! Get me out of here. Rhett: How do you smell to me now? Get a bottle of our Mythical No.9 fragrance online now at Mythical.store.