The document discusses relaxation response practices and breathing exercises. It notes that regular, mindful breathing can help reduce stress and related health issues. The document outlines 4 aspects of breathing to focus on - quieter, slower, regular breaths. It then describes 3 breathing exercises - belly breathing, bellows breathing, and relaxing breath. The document encourages the reader to practice these exercises to help manage stress.
Psychological
Lack of control
Lack of predictive information
Lack of Social Affliation (No outlets)
Interpretation of Things as Getting Worse
continuous arterial spin labeling (CASL) technique. The foreground shows the detected activation in the right prefrontal cortex -- an area long associated with anxiety and depression -- when the subjects are under stress. (Image Courtesy: Jiongjiong
The background of this image shows the mean cerebral blood flow of all the subjects undergoing the stress tasks (here, mental arithmetic) acquired using the continuous arterial spin labeling (CASL) technique. The foreground shows the detected activation in the right prefrontal cortex -- an area long associated with anxiety and depression -- when the subjects are under stress. (Image Courtesy: Jiongjiong Wang, PhD, and John A. Detre, MD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine)