Practice Deep Breathing

When your emotions run high, breathing speeds up, too. Slowing your breathing down relaxes tense muscles, bringing shoulders down from ears, calms roiling emotions, and helps disarm the hormonal cascade within the body that feeds anxiety.

Just five minutes of deep breathing can calm you eff...

When we are in a highly stressed state, no amount of ‘talking’ can calm us down as our brain's prefrontal cortex region is impaired at those moments.

Breathing regulates our emotions like stress, anxiety and anger, and helps us regain control of our mind.

Use deep breathing exercises to relax your body:

• Sit somewhere comfortable with a straight back
• Close your eyes and begin breathing through your nose
• Breathe in for a count of two.
• Hold your breath for a count of one
• Breathe out through your mouth ...