Vanguard Allure

Top Menu

  • Vanguard

Main Menu

  • Home
  • Allure Magazine
    • Features
    • Magazine
    • Profiles
  • Allure TV
  • Celebration
    • Fashion & Style
    • Weddings
    • Lifestyle
    • Events
  • Wellbeing
    • Allure Woman
    • Healthy Living
    • Beauty
  • Happiness
    • Food
    • Shopping
    • Travel
    • Relationships
    • Career
  • News
  • Vanguard

logo

Vanguard Allure

  • Home
  • Allure Magazine
    • Toke Makinwa: The Media Buzz

      August 14, 2022
      0
    • Stella Ifeanyi Smith: The Consummate Researcher

      July 24, 2022
      0
    • Ninety: Building A Legacy

      July 4, 2022
      0
    • Sandra Chukwudozie: The Energy Trailblazer

      June 26, 2022
      0
    • Oluyemi Orija: Heartbeat For Indigent Inmates

      June 20, 2022
      0
    • Blessing Ifeoma Dim and Chigozie Celestine Orji's Wedding

      June 16, 2022
      0
    • Gbemisola Olowookere: Raising Uncommon Generation

      June 6, 2022
      0
    • Wendy Ologe: On Better Parenting

      May 30, 2022
      0
    • Behold Nollywood's Game Changing Producers

      May 15, 2022
      0
    • Features
    • Magazine
    • Profiles
  • Allure TV
  • Celebration
    • Fashion & Style
    • Weddings
    • Lifestyle
    • Events
  • Wellbeing
    • Allure Woman
    • Healthy Living
    • Beauty
  • Happiness
    • Food
    • Shopping
    • Travel
    • Relationships
    • Career
  • News
    • Miss Universe Angola 2022 Contestants Dazzle in Nigerian Fashion brand - Piillz ...

      August 14, 2022
      0
    • MURIC speaks on BBNaija Khalid's sexual activities

      August 11, 2022
      0
    • Filmmaker, Otu Njama passes away hours after losing colleague, Biyi Bandele

      August 10, 2022
      0
    • I'm evolving away from tennis - Serena Williams

      August 10, 2022
      0
    • Saka loses valuables as robbers invade residence

      August 10, 2022
      0
    • Veteran actor, Olu Jacobs obtains lifetime achievement award

      August 6, 2022
      0
    • Charly Boy gives inkling at divorcing wife after 45 years of marriage

      August 4, 2022
      0
    • Zack Orji's wife declares Peter Obi as choice presidential candidate

      August 2, 2022
      0
    • Fancy opens up on broken engagement to Alexx Ekubo

      July 30, 2022
      0
  • Sixty models to strutt AFWN 2022 runway

  • Toke Makinwa: The Media Buzz

  • Sex Positions Ladies Avoid

  • WAYS TO CREATE A COOL YET REFINED SPACE FOR MEN

  • Eat your way to lean, sexy muscles

Healthy LivingWellbeing
Home›Wellbeing›Healthy Living›Breathing Exercise To Try When You Feel Anxious

Breathing Exercise To Try When You Feel Anxious

January 16,2021
Share:

If you feel breathless due to anxiety, there are breathing techniques you can try to alleviate symptoms and start feeling better.

Let’s look at several you can do on at any point during your day or build into longer moments for yourself.

  • Lengthen your exhale
    Inhaling deeply may not always calm you down. Taking a deep breath in is actually linked to the sympathetic nervous system, which controls the fight-or-flight response. But exhaling is linked to the parasympathetic nervous system, which influences our body’s ability to relax and calm down.

Taking too many deep breaths too quickly can actually cause you to hyperventilate.

Hyperventilation decreases the amount of oxygen-rich blood that flows to your brain.

When we feel anxious or under stress, it’s easier to breathe too much and end up hyperventilating even if we’re trying to do the opposite.

Before you take a big, deep breath, try a thorough exhale instead. Push all the air out of your lungs, then simply let your lungs do their work inhaling air.

Next, try spending a little bit longer exhaling than you do inhaling. For example, try inhaling for four seconds, then exhale for six.

Try doing this for two to five minutes.

This technique can be done in any position that’s comfortable for you, including standing, sitting, or lying down.

Abdomen breathing

Breathing from your diaphragm (the muscle that sits just beneath your lungs) can help reduce the amount of work your body needs to do in order to breathe.

To learn how to breathe from your diaphragm:

Check-in
For comfort, lie down on the floor or bed with pillows beneath your head and knees. Or sit in a comfortable chair with your head, neck, and shoulders relaxed, and your knees bent.

Then, put one hand under your rib cage and one hand over your heart.

Inhale and exhale through your nose, noticing how or if your stomach and chest move as you breathe.

Can you isolate your breathing so you bring air deeper into your lungs? What about the reverse? Can you breathe so your chest moves more than your stomach?

Eventually, you want your stomach to move as you breathe, instead of your chest.

If you’re experiencing anxiety or panic attacks, try using one or more of these breathing techniques to see if they can alleviate your symptoms.

If your anxiety persists or gets worse, make an appointment with your doctor to discuss your symptoms and possible treatments.

With the right approach, you can regain your quality of life and control over your anxiety.

TagsAnxiousBreathingHealth
Previous Article

Music: Seun Kuti Joins MMZY For ‘Animal’

Next Article

‘Hustle to attract rich men’ – Actress, ...

0
Shares
  • 0
  • +
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

Related articles More from author

  • Healthy LivingWellbeing

    Allure Health: All you need to know about Hydrotherapy

    January 20, 2019
    By RITA
  • Healthy LivingWellbeing

    Point & Kill: Killer part of Catfish you don’t know about

    June 3, 2019
    By RITA
  • FoodHealthy LivingWellbeing

    Food combinations you should strictly avoid consuming

    December 15, 2021
    By joy onuorah
  • News

    How To Manage Appetite Loss During Pregnancy

    May 25, 2020
    By Oluwamuyiwa Oyedele
  • Healthy LivingWellbeing

    Do You Know That Millet May Help Control Blood Sugar Levels And lower Your Cholesterol

    March 20, 2020
    By Oluwamuyiwa Oyedele
  • Healthy LivingWellbeing

    Bacteria proliferation: Defrosting and using frozen milk

    February 11, 2020
    By Oluwamuyiwa Oyedele
0

  • Allure MagazineEntertainmentNews

    Ex-BBNaija housemates support Bisola at movie premiere (photos)

  • Chiege Alisigwe
    Lifestyle

    I have never been into threesome – Actress Chiege Alisigwe warns married man asking her for it

  • Healthy LivingWellbeing

    Bacteria proliferation: Defrosting and using frozen milk

  • 5312
    Followers
  • 12744
    Likes

Timeline

  • August 14, 2022

    Sixty models to strutt AFWN 2022 runway

  • August 14, 2022

    Toke Makinwa: The Media Buzz

  • August 14, 2022

    Sex Positions Ladies Avoid

  • August 14, 2022

    WAYS TO CREATE A COOL YET REFINED SPACE FOR MEN

  • August 14, 2022

    Eat your way to lean, sexy muscles

Categories

Subscribe to our Newsletter

Sign up to receive email updates and to hear what's going on with our magazine!

  • Recent

  • Popular

  • Comments

  • Sixty models to strutt AFWN 2022 runway

    By RITA
    August 14, 2022
  • Toke Makinwa: The Media Buzz

    By RITA
    August 14, 2022
  • Sex Positions Ladies Avoid

    By RITA
    August 14, 2022
  • WAYS TO CREATE A COOL YET REFINED SPACE FOR MEN

    By RITA
    August 14, 2022
  • Chioma Jesus, Sammie Okposo, Midnight Crew set for #THUGGLA2018

    By RITA
    April 24, 2018
  • American rapper, Kendrick Lamar wins Pulitzer prize for 2017 ‘Damn’ album

    By RITA
    April 17, 2018
  • Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti drops new album titled ‘Black Times’ 

    By RITA
    April 23, 2018
  • Actor, Yul Edochie declares intention to run for presidency

    By RITA
    April 23, 2018

Entertainment

  • August 14, 2022

    Banky W, Adesua Etomi, others attend Mercy Chinwo’s traditional wedding ceremony

  • August 14, 2022

    First photos and videos from the church wedding of Gospel artiste, Mercy Chinwo and Pastor Blessed

  • August 13, 2022

    Anne Heche dies at 53

  • August 13, 2022

    Singer, Chuddy k reveals reason he got married

  • August 11, 2022

    MURIC speaks on BBNaija Khalid’s sexual activities

Follow us