what is the difference between breathing into my stomach, and breathing into my chest?

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Like where does the air go?

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Assuming you mean abdominal breathing (belly breathing, diaphragmatic breathing) and not “air swallowing” the air goes to the lungs in both cases.

The difference is not breathing INTO your abdomen or INTO your chest, but WITH your abdomen or WITH your chest.

Abdominal breathing uses your stomach muscles and diaphragm (more than regular breathing), to make your chest cavity larger, making it lower pressure so more air flows in. This allows you to take deeper breaths.

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