Pioneering researcher Dr Sundar Balasubramanian shares how he is connecting the ancient yogic breathing practice of pranayama with modern science to help cancer and Alzheimer’s patients, as well as offering some breathwork tips that can benefit us all.

Dr Sundar grew up in Tamil Nadu, India, and started practicing pranayama — an ancient breath technique that originate from yogic practices — at a very young age. Now, as a cell biology researcher at the University of South Carolina and the founder of the PranaScience Institute, he combines this traditional wisdom with modern science to...