A guided pranayama session with five deep breathing exercises for daily practice. This video shows proper techniques to improve lung capacity relaxation and focus. Perfect for viewers who want better ...

If youre living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), one of the best ways to help manage shortness of breath and improve your quality of life is to do breathing exercises. Here, well ...

A yoga class at Palisades Park in Pacific Beach. (File photo by Thomas Melville/Times of San Diego) Have you ever been advised to take deep breaths to calm down in moments of panic, stress or anxiety?

It's that time of the year when stress and anxiety levels tend to rise. It's important to find effective ways to manage these pressures. One technique that is gaining recognition for its simplicity ...

The next time you feel a hot flash coming on, consider trying breathing exercises to help you cool down. Equal (box) breathing, cooling breath, and visualized breathing are just a few to try.

For something that can slowly wreck your heart, blood pressure is surprisingly easy to ignore—that is, until your doctor starts flagging numbers that have crept up on each successive visit. Around ...

Focusing on your breath can help keep you in the present moment and avoid a wandering mind. Try box, 4-7-8, diaphragmatic, or mindfulness breathing during your next manic episode. Breathing is vital ...

You know breathing is always critical. Your body’s cells need oxygen to function, and you need to release carbon dioxide, a waste gas, through exhalation. When you run (or participate in any other ...

It is somewhat alarming how much of our body is under autopilot. But given how easily distracted humans are, that’s definitely a good thing. If we had to remember to make our heart beat every single ...

Breathing is automatic. We are born breathing; we do it all of the time, even when we are asleep. Breathing is something a lot of people don’t really think about unless there is a problem (e.g., ...