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Originally Posted by manicminer
I dont do yoga, but I've gotten similar results through the simple stretching I do for my back. I've also learned breathing excercises from a sports club I was in during highschool. The point then was to calm to pre-race jitters and focus on the race, but it works just as well for bringing me down out of an agitated/ high anxiety state. They even tried to teach us the breathing and heart rate reduction techniques used by Russian commandos and military snipers. Very useful when your breathing, heart rate, and thoughts are racing out of control during onset of mania.
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I would LOVE to learn to try breathing and heart rate reduction techniques! Since it is a military technique, is this something that I can learn how to do from the internet, for example??
I have panic attack moments where my heart rate suddenly spikes out of control and would love to learn to control that more effectively.
I agree that you can get the similar results from stretching and breathing. That's basically all yoga is to me, a fancy way to breathe and stretch. I'm glad it works for you.
I want a little bit of a workout too, since I hate running so much, so it makes sense for me to use it as an anxiety tool as well as a form of excercise.
Doc