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Triangle Breathing: An Easy Relaxation Technique

  Triangle Breathing for Relaxation Deep Breathing is a well-known tool that can help calm your mind, lower heart rate, and reduce stress. For a more in-depth article see this  link . A lot of research has been done around this psychobiological hack. Here is a brief review of some of the literature.  1. "Psychological/behavioral outputs related to the above mentioned [physiological] changes are increased comfort, relaxation, pleasantness, vigor and alertness, and reduced symptoms of arousal, anxiety, depression, anger, and confusion." - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6137615/ 2. "Students reported having perceptions of decreased test anxiety, nervousness, self-doubt, and concentration loss..." - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10401330701366754   The problem with the term deep breathing is its ambiguity. The technique explained here attempts to rectify that. This method will provide a simple approach that is easy to remember, and e...