Relaxed breathing is also called diaphragmatic breathing. Relaxed breathing can slow down breathing to decrease muscle tension.

    When you slow down your breathing it will help promote a "relaxation response" meaning that your entire body benefits from learning to breathe correctly.

    Relaxed breathing is called diaphragmatic breathing because the diaphragm is the muscle that sits under the lungs. In fact the diaphragm pulls air in by pulling the bottom of the lungs down. This helps your lungs to fill with air.

    The action of the diaphragm when air is being breathed in is to contract. When air is expelled the diaphragm returns to a "domed shape."

    How do I "relax my breathing?"

    First it is important to loosen tight clothing that is around the mid-section of your body. Place you hands in your lap while keeping your feet on the floor. At that point put one hand across your chest and another arm across your abdomen as you breathe.

    You can see how you are watching your breathing; you become aware of how you breathe. However, in addition to that, it helps you with your breathing because your arms put pressure on the key areas.

    Now you should inhale slowly through your nose. This is the way to slow down. Note when you are breathing rapidly that you will invariably be "panting" through your mouth. When you slowly inhale through your nose, note that your abdomen expands.

    Breathe out as slowly as possible.

    Practice doing this type of breathing several times per day.

    I have practiced this for years. It is effective. However, I have used it in conjunction with something called "bio-feedback."

    For example when I am trying to go to sleep at night but cannot get to sleep then I begin by very slowly breathing through my nose and slowly exhaling through my mouth.

    In addition to that I "tense up" my right foot and then relax it in conjunction with the breathing method. After that I "tense up" my left foot and then relax it.

    As I move up my body I get more and more relaxed. Rarely do I make it very far before I go to sleep.

    Relaxation can aid with pain as well. Often when we are in pain getting more and more "wound up" about it makes it worse. This is especially true when talking about gastrointestinal problems.

    When you consider coronary issues, it is obvious that being stressed and unable to relax can compound a problem so much that you could get very ill and even die.

    As I study medical conditions and health, I find that it is the very basic things that have the most to do with long-term health.

    They include breathing, drinking water, exercise and diet as well as stress prevention.

    放松性呼吸也叫膈肌呼吸（深呼吸）.放松性呼吸能使呼吸變慢從而減輕肌肉的緊張度。

    當(dāng)你呼吸放緩時(shí)將有利于你整個(gè)機(jī)體都處于"放松狀態(tài)",也就是說(shuō)，學(xué)習(xí)正確的呼吸對(duì)于整個(gè)機(jī)體都是有益的。

    放松性呼吸也叫膈肌呼吸因?yàn)殡跫∥挥诜蔚牡撞浚�事�?shí)上呼吸是通過(guò)肺底部膈肌的下降而迫使空氣進(jìn)入，這有利于肺通氣。

    當(dāng)吸氣時(shí)膈肌處于收縮狀態(tài)，當(dāng)呼氣時(shí)膈肌恢復(fù)為原來(lái)的"穹頂形".

    如何做"放松性呼吸"?

    首先，重要的是松解衣帶，雙腳著地、雙手自然垂直放于兩跨，在此基礎(chǔ)上當(dāng)呼吸時(shí)將一只手交叉放于胸前，另一只手交叉放于腹部。

    這時(shí)，你能看見(jiàn)自己是如何呼吸的，還能感知到自己的呼吸。另外，由于你的胳膊按壓于呼吸的關(guān)鍵部位，它也有助于呼吸運(yùn)動(dòng)的進(jìn)行。

    現(xiàn)在，你就可以通過(guò)鼻子緩慢的吸氣，這種呼吸方式一定要慢。注意事項(xiàng)：當(dāng)你經(jīng)口做快速呼吸運(yùn)動(dòng)時(shí)你一定會(huì)有氣促的感覺(jué)，所以一定要經(jīng)鼻緩慢吸氣，還要注意腹部盡量擴(kuò)展。

    呼氣也盡可能的緩慢進(jìn)行。

    每天練習(xí)做這種形式的呼吸數(shù)次。

    我練習(xí)這種形式的呼吸幾年了，它很有效。然而，我常常習(xí)慣于將它與一種叫做"生物反饋"的連接在一起。

    例如，當(dāng)我在夜晚想睡卻睡不著時(shí)，我就開始用鼻緩慢吸氣、再用嘴緩慢呼氣。

    另外，我在做此呼吸運(yùn)動(dòng)的同時(shí)還使右腳保持伸直狀態(tài)、再放松；然后左腳伸直、再放松。

    當(dāng)我最大限度伸直身體時(shí)我也達(dá)到最大放松狀態(tài)，睡覺(jué)前這樣做會(huì)有意想不到的效果。

    放松也有利于緩解疼痛，通常在疼痛時(shí)我們會(huì)覺(jué)得"傷痛"越來(lái)越厲害，尤其是談到胃腸疼痛時(shí)。

    當(dāng)你被認(rèn)為有冠脈問(wèn)題時(shí)，往往會(huì)很緊張、不能放松下來(lái)，就會(huì)使病情變得更加復(fù)雜，最終導(dǎo)致疾病惡化甚至死亡。

    當(dāng)我研究健康與醫(yī)療情況時(shí)，我發(fā)現(xiàn)最基本的事情是保持長(zhǎng)期的健康狀態(tài)。

    這包括呼吸、飲水、鍛煉、飲食還有緊張和壓力的預(yù)防。