--- title: "Doctor Shares Mindful Breathing Practice to Foster Calm | Sutter Health" description: "Sutter physician Dr. Leif Hass shares his mindful breathing practice in a new podcast, explaining how it helps him stay calm and present for his patients." url: "https://vitals.sutterhealth.org/perspectives/remember-to-breathe-doctors-mindful-breathing-practice-helps-foster-calm" --- 1. [Home](https://vitals.sutterhealth.org/) / 2. [Perspectives](https://vitals.sutterhealth.org/perspectives) / 3. Remember To Breathe Doctors Mindful Breathing Practice Helps Foster Calm # Remember to Breathe: Doctor’s Mindful Breathing Practice Helps Foster Calm Sutter physician Dr. Leif Hass shares his mindful breathing practice in a new podcast, explaining how it helps him stay calm and present for his patients. April 14, 2020 by Monique Binkley Smith ![Remember to Breathe: Doctor’s Mindful Breathing Practice Helps Foster Calm](https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/sutterhealt962c-sutterhealt8fce-production57cc-4860/media/Project/SutterHealth/Vitals/perspectives/iStock-1172136662-994b5cc4.jpg?h=800&iar=0&w=1310 "Remember to Breathe: Doctor’s Mindful Breathing Practice Helps Foster Calm") Leif Hass, M.D. **OAKLAND, Calif.** — The world-wide pandemic is causing worry and uncertainty for many. [**Leif Hass, M.D**.](https://www.sutterhealth.org/find-doctor/dr-leif-r-hass?lat=&lng=&away=&care-specialty=&nonphy-care-specialty=&medical-group=&provider-gender=&provider-language=&health-plan=&health-plan-product=&accepting-new=&online-services=&online-service-type=&provider-city=&location=&primary=1), a family practitioner with [Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation](https://www.sutterhealth.org/sebmf) and a hospitalist at Sutter’s [Alta Bates Summit Medical Center](https://www.sutterhealth.org/absmc) in Oakland, is working to reduce his stress one breath at a time, through his mindful breathing practice. In a new [“Science of Happiness”](https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/podcasts) podcast, Dr. Hass shares his mindful breathing tips and describes how the practice helps him stay calm, focus his attention and be present for his patients. The podcast is fittingly called, “Remembering to Breathe. How a doctor stays calm and centered during times of uncertainty, one breath at a time.” #### [**Listen to the podcast.**](https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/podcasts/item/episode_63_leif_hass_remembering_to_breathe) Says Dr. Hass, “Mindful breathing prompts us to follow our breath, getting into a nice deep rhythm of breathing. And we know that mindful breathing can reduce anxiety and depression and help people handle pain.” ## Topics [Mindfulness](https://vitals.sutterhealth.org/search?facets=%5B%7B%22i%22%3A%22c_healthTopics.name%22%2C%22v%22%3A%5B%22Mindfulness%22%5D%7D%5D&verticalKey=articles)[Stress](https://vitals.sutterhealth.org/search?facets=%5B%7B%22i%22%3A%22c_healthTopics.name%22%2C%22v%22%3A%5B%22Stress%22%5D%7D%5D&verticalKey=articles) ## Holistic and integrative medicine Your health is best cared for as a whole. 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