Practice deep breathing exercises.

“The first time I tried this I was suffering from a lot of anxiety one morning. I sat down on my sofa and focused entirely on regulating my breath, breathing into my belly and not my chest, slowing it more and more toward that 5-6 second exhale, for just ten minutes, and I suddenly felt something I had not felt in a LONG time: a wave of true relaxation. I was a different person. I spent the rest of the day focusing on regulating my breathing this way. It was weird, but I felt like my thoughts were separated from my body. I remember having the usual thoughts of frustration while getting ready to go to the grocery that morning, but I in no way felt physically frustrated. It was like I had taken a drug, but all I had done was regulate my breathing.”

“I went to my first breathwork session today which went for 1.5 hrs. It was a breathwork session for manifestation and the session commenced with some journal prompts and self-reflection before going into the exercises. The breathing exercises were guided and the intensity increased as time went on (4 seconds inhale, 4 seconds exhale), I felt that the pace and depth of breathing was essentially forcing me to hyperventilate, inducing tingling sensations across my entire body (down to my toes and fingers), increased body heat, sweating and muscle spasms (I believe this is tetany?). [...] Once the session ended and I propped myself up I felt light-headed yet also as if I woke up from a deep sleep (not groggy).”