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Deep breathing is the act of breathing deep into your lungs by flexing your diaphragm rather than breathing shallowly by flexing your rib cage. This breathing is marked by expansion of the stomach (abdomen) rather than the chest when breathing. It is generally considered a healthier and fuller way to ingest oxygen, and... more at Wikipedia

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Overall, 89% (2285 Members) find Breathing Exercises helpful

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These work for me especially when i'm nervous or anxious about my breathing...but I have to find a quiet time to do them.
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Can be helpful. Sometimes when I have anxiety attacks this helps out a lot.
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Breathing exercises helps me to become aware of what my body's doing. It helps calm me down when the nausea and anxiety's at its worst.
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Deep breathing has worked for me to calm myself when I feel uneasy and to get my mind on track.
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I keep reminding myself to breath deeply from my abdomin
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It's hard to focus when I'm anxious
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learning how to breathe from my diaphragm instead of my throat gives me more oxygen to think clearly and be sure to expel all the stale air from my lungs. to keep focuses sometimes i try to meditate with some positive images or thoughts
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after talking to practitioners it did help to remind me of ingrained breathing patterns
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Works, but when the attacks hits you wonder if you ever did the exercises.
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I continue to try this when it gets bad. It does help.
works well
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I use deep breathing to calm me down:)
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when I do it works...but I don't
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    thank you ! love mistyblade xxx [More]
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