Orlando Health: 3 breathing exercises to relieve stress and anxiety

Are you trying to cope with stress and anxiety? Take a deep breath – or several. Pausing a few times each day to focus on your breathing can help you feel better, physically and psychologically, studies show.

Doctors regularly counsel patients with pulmonary disease to use breathing exercises that help keep airways open and lungs working efficiently. But now, as the number of people who suffer from stress and anxiety is rising, more are turning to controlled breathing to help them feel better.

What breathing exercises have in common is the goal of making airflow into the lungs more efficient and less difficult. When breathing is irregular, the air entering the lungs is more turbulent, which creates more resistance. When breathing is regular and efficient, air gets into the lungs in what’s called a laminar flow, which means the air coming in is constant and consistent.

The concept of turbulent and laminar air flow isn’t just found in health care. Engineers strive for more efficient laminar flow in everything from air conditioning systems to aircraft design. What works best for lungs also works for wings.

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