What breathing techniques can effectively lower blood pressure naturally?

If your blood pressure is high, you may be tempted to take prescription medications. But these have side effects, and they don't always work as well as doctors would like. Luckily there are natural ways to lower blood pressure.

The easiest way is through breathing exercises, which can help relax the body and reduce stress levels that can cause high blood pressure in the first place. The autonomic nervous system is a part of the nervous system that makes up the systolic and diastolic that represents the sympathetic (fight or flight – contraction) versus the parasympathetic (rest and digest - relaxation).

Do this simple technique

• Breath in: 5 seconds

• Breath out: 5 seconds