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Deep Breathing Can Reduce Stress, Anxiety — VOA Learning English

Article · Language: English · Level: hard · Author: VOA Learning English · ≈ 6 min · 835 words

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Deep Breathing Can Reduce Stress, Anxiety

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From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report.

At Myosin Marketing in Austin, Texas, the group employee meeting begins with an uncommon activity for a workplace. The members gather on Zoom and the head of the company, Sean Clayton, leads them through a deep-breathing exercise.

Clayton says the activity helps his employees relax and to be willing to take creative risks.

“At first they thought it was really weird,” he said, adding that most people turned off their cameras. But, after a couple of weeks, there was a change. The employees said the deep breathing felt good.

Studies show that deep breathing can be an effective way to reduce tension, or stress, at work. But people…

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Cathy Bussewitz reported this story for the Associated Press. Anna Matteo adapted it for VOA Learning English.

Source: learningenglish.voanews.com/a/deep-breathing-can-reduce-stress-anxiety/7871604.h

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