Calming Exercise Therapy can help. Try this calming exercise. To calm the body one can align the breathing rate with the naturally occurring calming rhythms of the body. Try this: Lie down on the floor. Place one hand above the abdomen just over the navel. Place the other hand over the chest. Now, breathe in by extending the abdomen while keeping the chest still. When you breath in, let the hand above the stomach rise. The other hand remains still. This way of breathing may be awkward at first. However, it is our natural way of breathing. Watch an infant, for example, asleep on its back. Its little tummy goes up and down as it breathes. This way, the lungs are getting a full exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide. After you are comfortable with way of breathing start taking deeper, so that it feel like you are drawing air all the way down into the pelvic region. Now, while watching as clock or timer, slow each breathe down until it takes 10 seconds to complete one inhale/exhale cycle. Once you are comfortable with this pace of breathing (six full breaths per minute), continue breathing at this rate for three minutes.