5 Easy Breathing Exercises You Can Try For Stress Management

A recent study done by a group of researchers at Yale University found that breathing exercises, when combined with meditation, can help improve stress levels. Stress is a common problem that often comes with a busy lifestyle or having many responsibilities. Whether it is the stress of exams or related to deadlines at work, all of us are constantly under some sort of pressure to perform.

Breathing exercises, especially deep breathing, is one of the best ways to combat stress. It helps bring down your heart rate and blood pressure and helps you relax. And the best part is they can be done anywhere and anytime.

Here are five simple breathing exercises you can give a try:1. Belly breathing  

This is one of the most common breathing exercises to help relieve stress. Here is how you can do it:

2. Breath focus

Breath focus helps bring your focus onto your breathing and helps you avoid distractions while you are practising breathing exercises. It is as easy as it sounds.

It is best that you practice breath focus before starting with the deep breathing exercises since it will help you do the latter more easily.3. 4-7-8 breathing

The 4-7-8 technique is also calling ‘relaxing breath’ and can help reduce anxiety and aid sleep. This is a type of belly breathing that is done in the following way:

4. Alternate breathing (Anulom vilom)

Anulom vilom or alternate breathing is yet another breathing technique that can help you relax. It is also believed to help alleviate anxiety and depression. Here is how you can practice this exercise:

5. Roll breathing

This exercise is yet another kind of belly breathing. Along with managing stress, it also helps you make full use of your lungs. Here is how you can do roll breathing:

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