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Steps: 1. Sit in a comfortable seated position. 2. Place the right thumb over the right nostril and inhale deeply through the left nostril. 3. At the peak of inhalation, close off the left nostril with the ring finger, then exhale through the right nostril. 4. Continue this pattern, alternating nostrils with each inhalation. Benefits: Enhances cardiovascular function and lowers heart rate, reduces stress and anxiety, promotes well-being.

Steps: 1. Start by sitting or lying in a comfortable position. 2. Inhale through your nose for a count of four, then exhale through your nose for a count of four. 3. Continue for several minutes, trying to keep the inhales and exhales equal in duration. Benefits: Increases focus, reduces stress, and promotes a feeling of balance and calm.

Steps: 1. Empty the lungs of air. 2. Breathe in quietly through the nose for 4 seconds. 3. Hold the breath for a count of 7 seconds. 4. Exhale forcefully through the mouth, pursing the lips and making a 'whoosh' sound, for 8 seconds. Benefits: Promotes relaxation, helps with sleep, manages cravings, and controls or reduces anxiety.

Steps: 1. Sit up straight and relax your chest and belly muscles. 2. Close your mouth and breathe in and out through your nose. 3. Take a small, silent breath in and a small, silent breath out. 4. Hold your nose with your fingers to keep from breathing and count how many seconds until you feel the first definite desire to breathe. Benefits: Improves respiratory conditions, reduces hyperventilation and breathlessness, enhances oxygenation of tissues and organs.

Steps: 1. Sit comfortably with your knees bent. 2. Place one hand on your upper chest and the other below your rib cage. 3. Breathe in slowly through your nose so your stomach moves out against your hand. 4. Tighten your stomach muscles, letting them fall inward as you exhale through pursed lips. Benefits: Strengthens the diaphragm, decreases oxygen demand, and uses less effort and energy to breathe.

Steps: 1. Breathe in slowly through your nostrils. 2. Purse your lips as if you were going to whistle. 3. Breathe out slowly through your pursed lips. Benefits: Slows down breathing, helps remove trapped air from the lungs, increases ventilation, and helps to control shortness of breath.

Steps: 1. Close your ears with your thumbs and place your fingers lightly over your eyes. 2. Breathe in through your nose for a count of four. 3. Exhale slowly while making a humming sound. Benefits: Vibrations help calm and soothe your mind, reducing stress and anxiety.

Steps: 1. Sit in a comfortable position with a straight spine. 2. Begin with a long, slow inhale followed by a quick, powerful exhale generated from the lower belly. 3. Once comfortable with the contraction, speed up to one inhale-exhale (all through the nose) every one to two seconds, for a total of ten breaths. Benefits: Clears the nasal passages, energizes the body, and improves digestive function.

Steps: 1. Sit in a comfortable position with a straight back. 2. Stick out your tongue and curl it into a tube if you can. 3. Inhale through the curled tongue, then exhale through the nose. Benefits: It has a cooling effect on the body, calms the mind, and aids in digestion and control of hunger and thirst.

Steps: 1. Close your eyes. Breathe in through your nose while counting to four slowly. 2. Hold your breath inside while counting silently to four. 3. Begin to slowly exhale for 4 seconds. 4. Repeat steps 1 to 3. Benefits: Reduces stress, improves concentration, increases lung capacity, and regulates the autonomic nervous system.

Steps: 1. Begin by taking a deep inhale and exhaling fully. 2. Inhale deeply into the abdomen, allowing your stomach to expand, then breathe into the rib cage, and lastly into the chest. 3. Reverse the process on the exhale, emptying the chest, rib cage, and abdomen in that order. Benefits: Increases awareness of the breathing process, enhances lung function, and can have a calming effect.