Breathing Exercises for Stress, Anxiety & PTSD

Breathing is a necessity of life that usually occurs without much thought. When we breathe in, blood cells receive oxygen and release carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is a waste product that’s carried back through your body and exhaled.

Improper breathing can upset the oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange and contribute to anxiety, panic attacks, fatigue, and other physical and emotional disturbances.

The next time you’re feeling anxious, there are a variety of anxiety breathing exercises to try. Learn how to use breathing exercises to help relieve feelings of anxiety and stress.

 

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Adding Life to My Days

I like to edit, subtracting, and removing things that don’t matter to make room for everything that does. It’s the first step towards a simpler life, but it’s not the only one. When simplifying your life, the focus is often on decluttering and donating, but there is so much you can add to support a simple life, to build a good life.