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DEEP DIAPHRAGMATIC BREATHING

By replacing the fast, upper-chest breathing of anxiety and panic with deep slow breathing, where we breathe from the diaphragm (the muscular wall separating the lungs from the stomach) we redress the oxygen-CO2 balance in the body and promote a feeling of calmness.

1. Take a deep breath in through your nose for a slow count of four (imagine the air filling your stomach, not lungs, and feel it expand)

2. Hold for a slow count of four

3. Breathe out through your mouth for a slow count of four (imagine your stomach pushing the air out)

4. Hold for a slow count of four

5. Repeat 3 or 4 times, no more

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