Why does taking deep breaths help ease stress and anxiety?
In: Biology
The body’s responses sometimes work via a feedback loop. When you’re going into fight or flight, hormones are released, causing things like fasting breathing, and a faster heart rate, which in turn can cause more hormones to be released.
Deep breaths can help to reverse that feedback loop, and to return to a homeostasis. Our physiology and physical actions are connected.
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