Just as it’s easy to get used to eating too much, too often, it’s common to breathe too much air, too fast.
It’s not calming to “take a deep breath.” In fact, some of your best breathing is very light. If you’ve every meditated and reached a deep state of calm, you may have noticed that you hardly seem to be breathing at all.
Nose breathing is significantly different from mouth breathing. Open mouth breathing doesn’t “get more oxygen in.” Fortunately, you can learn to breathe better, and you don’t have to be an experienced yogi to practice breathing exercises….