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Reachout Breathe Assessment

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I chose to use the ReachOut Breathe application for this assessment as I felt it would be more beneficial to me to try controlled breathing. I have done some meditation in the past however I found that it was not useful to me especially with my busy life style where I could not manage a meditation routine on a regular basis. When this assessment came up I was eager to try controlled breathing as another means to managing stress and anxiety as I have never tried it before.

The ReachOut Breathe app was very easy to navigate and use as well as not very time consuming I did controlled breathing exercises for three minutes twice a day I chose to do the first exercise in the morning and the second in the evening. I managed to uphold this routine …show more content…

Clinicians may also use it as an initial start before other treatments so patients could focus and have awareness of their own strengths and positive outlooks. Sherling found that “deep, slow conscious breathing has become a foundational part of the therapy for every patient, and often, it is the treatment that helps the most.”

Technology in San Francisco like the Spire device demonstrates how controlled breathing is beneficial in reducing stress, anxiety and other health issues this device records breathing and will alert users when they are tense or if their anxiety levels increase. The majority of people that bought this device worked with computers and through multiple studies it was found that people would often unintentionally hold their breath at computers especially if they were relaxed but with use of this device users were able to control their breathing without halting tasks.

I would definitely recommend controlled breathing as a means to reduce stress and anxiety based on research findings and my experience with the ReachOut Breathe app which I found very easy to use as well as useful in reducing my stress levels particularly stress associated with

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