Under stress, breathing becomes shallower and shorter. Conversely, it is possible to reduce stress by working on breathing. This is at the heart of a number of practices renowned for their anti-stress effects: meditation, yoga, sophrology... Lengthening your breathing by practicing ventral breathing can reduce stress in its acute phase, and even prevent it if practiced regularly.

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