--- title: Decreased CO2 saturation during circular breathwork... description: Circular breathwork shows potential as a non-pharmacological alternative for treating mental health disorders. It can induce altered states of consciousness... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/decreased-co2-saturation-during-circular-breathwork-supports-emergence-of-altered-states-of-consciou-h4h5kexbi twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Decreased CO2 saturation during circular breathwork supports emergence of altered states of consciousness | daily.dev og:description: Circular breathwork shows potential as a non-pharmacological alternative for treating mental health disorders. It can induce altered states of consciousness... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/decreased-co2-saturation-during-circular-breathwork-supports-emergence-of-altered-states-of-consciou-h4h5kexbi og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/h4h5kEXBI.png og:image:alt: Decreased CO2 saturation during circular breathwork supports emergence of altered states of consciousness og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Decreased CO2 saturation during circular breathwork supports emergence of altered states of consciousness **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Circular breathwork shows potential as a non-pharmacological alternative for treating mental health disorders. 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