Paced breathing has been used to reduce stress. A good breather in the middle of a very busy day is a comfort everybody enjoys. Women with regular paced respiration has also experienced a noticeable drop in the number of hot flashes experienced and the temperature reached during hot flashes.

Paced respiration requires practice. The advice is to practice twice daily, for 15 minutes at a time. When you’ve finally put together a regularity, you can use it when you feel a hot flash coming on, ideally, in a quiet place, and continue until comfortable once again.

This paced breathing is quite easy, and with practice, can be achieved very easily. First, look for a quiet place to sit. Breathing then, will require you to keep your ribcage still, and instead, raise and lower your diaphragm to fill and empty your lungs. Inhale for five seconds, with the muscles on your stomach pushed out. Exhale for five seconds, this time, pulling your stomach in and up. Repeat the entire cycle, until you have finally relaxed yourself, and notice the hot flashes slowly decline.