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I would probably end up mainly focusing on how cringey this prompt is.

Hah, you remind me of how I basically had to learn to ignore the "wellness instructor ASMR" voice used in audio guides to yoga, mindfulness, and so on. And of my sister who did her biology PhD on breathwork as an intervention method for pregnant women, which also involved selecting and sending out mindfullness audio-guides of that kind to pregnant women who were part of the research. By the end of it she swore that if she ever had to listen to someone using that kind of voice again she'd lose her mind.

On that note, you might find the Medlife Crisis' video where he investigates the genre of "people roleplaying as doctors giving you a check-up using an ASMR voice" entertaining, and also enlightening on why some people do like it[0]. Don't worry, it doesn't feature too many actual clips of that.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33QoTKgYKDI

Makes me want to make the opposite, meditation prompts using the Powerthirst mode of presentation, or Shia LeBeef's motivational clips.

What did your sister study specifically? It was not hyperemesis gravidarum by chance, was it?

No, her work was on determining the actual effectiveness of various stress reduction interventions on pregnant women:

“Physical Activity, Mindfulness Meditation, or Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback for Stress Reduction: A Randomized Controlled Trial”

I also misremembered, breathwork wasn't directly looked at as an intervention method, but I believe the HRV biofeedback did involve it to some degree.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10484-015-9293-x

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