Breath-Focused Meditation (Anapanasati)

Breath-Focused Meditation (Anapanasati) reduces anxiety 2.5 times more effectively than mindfulness meditation, according to a 2023 Stanford head-to-head study. The cyclic sighing technique, a variant of this practice, lowered heart rate by 12 beats per minute in participants. Cheaper than the average therapy session, it requires no equipment and delivers results in under 10 minutes daily.