#43. Hum that song, Get Tougher & Increase Survivability!

Did you know you can actually get tougher by humming a song? It's true and hilariously enough there's actually quite a bit of research to support my claim.This week on the Firefighter Craftsmanship Podcast we dive into how humming can increase your vagal tone (aka make you tougher), help you have higher quality days off with your family, and how this technique is commonly taught in fire academies across the country.In this episode we cover:What is vagal tone and why do we want to increase it?How humming can increase your stress resilience and can be integrated into your routinesHow the Reilly Emergency Breathing Technique was founded based on a conversation with Kevin Reilly himself!References mentioned in this episode (Some of these might be affiliate links)Breathe How You Want to Feel Matteo PistonoReilly Emergency Breathing Technique- VideoRethinking Emergency Air Management: The Reilly Emergency Breathing Technique​Presilience For the Emergency Scene: Firefighter Craftsmanship​Bernardi F, Bordino M, Bianchi L, Bernardi L. Acute fall and long-term rise in oxygen saturation in response to meditation. Psychophysiology. 2017; 54: 1951–1966. ​https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12972​Gunjan, T., Sharma, K., Banshi, S., Soundappan, K., Ashwati, K., Vatsal, Z., Shah, S. (2023). Humming (simple bhramari pranayama) as a stress buster: A holter-based study to analyze heart rate variability (HRV) parameters during bhramari, physical activity, emotional stress, and sleep. Cureus, 15(4) doi:https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37527