I am not a medical student. I would still like to know the mechanism of breathing.?

Question

Breathing is a semi autonomous process. During night breathing occurs without our control. Is this because we have a Soul in us which takes Prana ( Cosmic Energy), or can Medical Science explain how breathing takes place automatically.

Answer 1

There are a lot of things that your body can do without your control and breathing is one of them. We have sensors in our brain that regulate the O2 in our blood and speed up breathing or slow down breathing. By severing the nerves going to the brain, we can observe that breathing stops in quadriplegics yet these people are still conscious.

Answer 2

Breathing is an automatic process most of the time, not just when you are asleep.  Part of the parasympathetic nervous system.