Breathing Exercises for Lung Rehabilitation & Stress Relief

Exercise Overview

Daily breathing is often taken for granted, but it’s worth paying attention to it as a foundation for health and recovery. Breathing exercises and breathing therapy can support people with weak lungs, COPD, asthma, and those recovering after COVID-19 or pneumonia, especially when breathlessness, tightness, or fatigue makes daily life harder.
Regular practice of therapeutic breathing exercises can help you improve breathing control, support lung function, and reduce the feeling of shortness of breath during everyday activities. Techniques such as diaphragmatic breathing (diaphragm exercises), deep breathing exercises for lungs, and pursed lip breathing are commonly used to support steadier, more efficient breathing and better tolerance for movement.
Breathing techniques can also support mental well-being. Controlled breathing for anxiety and simple breathing exercises to calm anxiety can help lower stress, relax the body, and improve focus. If stress is a major trigger for symptoms, breathing to reduce stress can be a useful daily habit alongside an overall rehabilitation routine.
This program is designed as step by step guidance, with a focus on calm, controlled, pain free practice and easy home setup. It can be useful for people who want a structured breathing routine for lung rehabilitation, post illness recovery, or stress related breathing tension. For post viral recovery, it can also complement long COVID breathing exercises when breathlessness and fatigue persist.