09/29/2026
Your breath changes before your anxiety does.
Before the tight chest, the spiraling thoughts, or the shoulders up around your ears, your breath gets shallow or you stop breathing without noticing. That's an early signal, and it's one you can learn to catch.
In our latest blog post, written with Monique Brewster of , we cover how slow breathing works on the brain-body-mind loop, what the research says about yoga and anxiety, and why you don't need to be flexible for any of it. A gentle or restorative class counts.
Read the full post through the link in our bio. Tap Blogs and look for "How Breathwork and the Vagus Nerve Help Calm Anxiety."
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