Taking a deep breath is something that most of us have probably heard someone say at some point in our lives.  Taking a deep breath is something we tell other people, whenever they feel stressed or need a moment to calm their thoughts and think about what to do next.  Taking a deep breath, or deep breathing is often a way that anyone feeling overwhelmed by any moment in time can take a few seconds of rest to relax and reset their thinking.  But just how powerful is deep breathing?  And if you’ve never really found it that helpful, could you simply be doing it wrong?

We see it all the time in films and television shows, people taking a deep breath when their getting anxious or flustered or sometimes taking a deep breath to calm their nerves before doing something dangerous or preparing themselves for what’s to come.  In…