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How to Reduce Stress and Anxiety With Breath Rate

If we're looking to manage stress and anxiety, breath rate is first and foremost what we're going to be talking about here. Breath rate or breathing rate in itself seems to have a large impact on blood pressure. The slower we breathe, the better it seems to be for blood pressure according to research. A recent study comparing different breathing techniques found that cyclic physiological sighing elicited the greatest benefit.

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