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2. Feeling anxious? 6 breathing exercises to help you calm down ...

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   Alternate nostril breathing is a little less common than deep belly breathing, but it can be a great way to practice controlled breathing. Plus, this exercise is the perfect addition to any sort ...

3. 6 breathing exercises to ease stress and anxiety - AOL

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   Deep breathing benefits. Brain scans show slower breathing reduces anxiety and fear, ... Do this practice every day, working up to five minutes of belly breathing. Also use it in the moment when ...

4. Microcosmic orbit - Wikipedia

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   It involves deep breathing exercises in conjunction with meditation and concentration techniques which aim to develop the flow of qi along certain pathways of energy in the human body which may be familiar to those who are studying traditional Chinese medicine, qigong, tai chi, Neidan and Chinese alchemy.

5. 5 Easy Breathing Exercises to Help Relieve Anxiety - AOL

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   In this technique, you take a deep-ish breath through your nose, and then exhale with an audible sigh through your mouth. ... “You always have your breath — you can practice different ...

6. Pranayama - Wikipedia

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   Pranayama (Sanskrit: प्राणायाम, "Prāṇāyāma") is the yogic practice of focusing on breath. In yoga, the breath is associated with prana, thus, pranayama is a means to elevate the prana-shakti, or life energies. Pranayama is described in Hindu texts such as the Bhagavad Gita and the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.

7. Qigong - Wikipedia

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   Qigong practice typically involves moving meditation, coordinating slow-flowing movement, deep rhythmic breathing, and a calm meditative state of mind. People practice qigong throughout China and worldwide for recreation, exercise, relaxation, preventive medicine, self-healing, alternative medicine , meditation, self-cultivation, and training ...

8. Conscious breathing - Wikipedia

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   In tai chi, anaerobic exercise is combined with breathing exercises to strengthen the diaphragm muscles, improve posture and make better use of the body's qi. [1]In qigong, reverse breathing is a breathing technique which consists of contracting the abdomen and expanding the thoracic cage while breathing in through the nose and then gently compressing it while exhaling through the mouth, which ...

9. Anapanasati - Wikipedia

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   The Ānāpānasati Sutta prescribes mindfulness of inhalation and exhalation as an element of mindfulness of the body, and recommends the practice of mindfulness of breathing as a means of cultivating the seven factors of awakening, which is an alternative formulation or description of the process of dhyana: sati (mindfulness), dhamma vicaya (analysis), viriya (persistence), pīti (rapture ...