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MANAGE ANXIETY: Don't forget to breathe!

When you're feeling anxious--and even when you aren't--try diaphragmatic breathing. It's a long word, but it simply means taking deep breaths by flexing your diaphragm. It helps you ingest oxygen more fully by utilizing the majority of your lungs, and it encourages feelings of calmness and relaxation.

To practice diaphragmatic breathing, center your breath around your belly button, and focus on taking slow, deep breaths. Instead of having your chest and shoulders rise, you want your abdomen to expand when you breathe in. To help reduce anxiety, make sure that you are fully inhaling AND exhaling--we tend to hold our breath when we get anxious, and the act of exhaling tells our body that it is okay to relax.

This type of deep breathing reduces anxiety for many people, and can become a natural way of breathing with a little practice.

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