A breathing exercise is a deliberate pattern of breath used to calm. Do a breathing exercise.
Making the out-breath longer than the in-breath is what actually slows the heart. A breathing exercise works in about ninety seconds, which is why it is taught for panic.
1nounbreathing exerciseA deliberate pattern of breath used to calm.
“One breathing exercise at the door was enough to steady him.”
breathing exercise is a practice.
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