{"id":848,"date":"2026-07-13T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T00:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/member.parkinsonsrecovery.com\/balance\/?p=848"},"modified":"2026-07-06T19:03:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T19:03:24","slug":"belly-breathing-reduces-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/member.parkinsonsrecovery.com\/balance\/belly-breathing-reduces-stress\/","title":{"rendered":"Belly Breathing Reduces Stress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stress creates tension in the neck and shoulders which become unbearably restricted. These restrictions cause significant difficulties with your ability to walk with ease and confidence.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Tension in the shoulders restricts the free movement of your arms.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Restriction in arm movement creates formidable difficulties with maintaining good balance.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Most people figure that the only way to relax those tense muscles is to take medicines or supplements or (as some people have told me) to smoke pot. Yes, such solutions will usually (not always) offer temporary relief from tension that is held in the neck and shoulders and, as a result, reduce stress. Such solutions cost money and of course can cause significant side effects depending on the medications, herbs or supplements that are taken.<\/p>\n<p>I recommend that you adopt a therapeutic solution that:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>You have complete control over.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Is totally free (unlike medicines that cost big bucks).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Can be activated any time &#8211; anywhere.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Is unbelievably effective.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Sounds good, eh? The only downside to this free, effective therapy is that you have to do it when you feel stressed! Hear Keith Zang in the clip below explain how to release stress by the simply act of breathing correctly. The fascinating solution he offers is to reduce the tension that is trapped in your neck and shoulders by breathing deeply from your belly (not your chest). Relaxing these tight muscles reduces stress and supports your ability to walk with ease and confidence.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-848-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/member.parkinsonsrecovery.com\/balance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/zang-breathing-from-Your-Belly.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/member.parkinsonsrecovery.com\/balance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/zang-breathing-from-Your-Belly.mp3\">https:\/\/member.parkinsonsrecovery.com\/balance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/zang-breathing-from-Your-Belly.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stress creates tension in the neck and shoulders which become unbearably restricted. These restrictions cause significant difficulties with your ability to walk with ease and confidence. Tension in the shoulders restricts the free movement of your arms. Restriction in arm movement creates formidable difficulties with maintaining good balance. Most people figure that the only way &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/member.parkinsonsrecovery.com\/balance\/belly-breathing-reduces-stress\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Belly Breathing Reduces Stress&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to-reduce-stress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/member.parkinsonsrecovery.com\/balance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/member.parkinsonsrecovery.com\/balance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/member.parkinsonsrecovery.com\/balance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/member.parkinsonsrecovery.com\/balance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/member.parkinsonsrecovery.com\/balance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=848"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/member.parkinsonsrecovery.com\/balance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1603,"href":"https:\/\/member.parkinsonsrecovery.com\/balance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848\/revisions\/1603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/member.parkinsonsrecovery.com\/balance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/member.parkinsonsrecovery.com\/balance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/member.parkinsonsrecovery.com\/balance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}