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To examine one practical use of their approach, the U.K. team worked with colleagues in Belgium to study the development of babies with a condition called a congenital diaphragmatic hernia, in which organs such as the liver and intestines get displaced into the chest because of a hole in the diaphragm.

“I found a diaphragmatic rather than muscular way of supporting staccati in Queen of the Night,” she said, “that, overall, I would never want to sustain my entire singing career. But it got me through that gig and it opened up a new set of skills.”

Only a few small studies have directly looked into how diaphragmatic breathing affects exercise.

So he recommended practicing diaphragmatic breathing while you’re calm and relaxed.

He suggested practicing diaphragmatic breathing first while you’re either lying down, sitting or standing, and then trying to incorporate it into walks.