Five breathing techniques to stay focused on stressful days

Breathing exercises can help you regain focus when deadlines or tense conversations leave you overwhelmed. Functional medicine practitioner and breathwork expert Mugdha Pradhan has shared five techniques, including box breathing and the 4-7-8 method, to manage stress. She explains that stressful moments trigger the body's fight-or-flight response, and slow breathing helps lower cortisol levels.