Feel better fast: Use your Galaxy Watch 8 for breathing exercises

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Feeling stressed, tense, or need a quick mental reset? Samsung Galaxy Watches can help you improve your mood and lower stress levels through simple, controlled breathing techniques. You can use your Galaxy Watch 8 to guide you through the process and reap health benefits without much effort. Here is all you need to know.First, here is why breathing exercises are important. Breathing is something everyone does every moment of the day and night. It is a function controlled by the autonomic nervous system, so we rarely ever think about it. Even so, breathing has a direct impact on our mood and stress levels, and controlled breathing techniques can help us feel better, lower blood pressure, and reduce stress hormones.In other words, controlled breathing exercises have numerous benefits without any downsides. So, why don't we do them more often? Here are a couple of potential reasons.Nobody taught us how, and we think the process is more complicated than it is.Although very easy to do, the hardest part is to turn controlled breathing exercises into a new habit.Samsung's Galaxy Watches can help with both. Your new Galaxy Watch 8 can guide you through short breathing exercises that improve your mood and lower stress levels. Although these exercises don't take more than a minute or so, they can deliver great health benefits.How to set up your Galaxy Watch 8 for breathing exercisesFirst, you'll need to set up a Breathing Exercises tile. This is a new Samsung Health tile available on the One UI 8 Watch update, which runs out-of-the-box on the Galaxy Watch 8, Galaxy Watch 8 Classic, and 2025 Galaxy Watch Ultra.Swipe all the way to the right and tap the + button.Look for the first breathing exercises tile, and tap it to add it to your tiles list.Now, scroll to your new tile and tap Start.Choose a breathing exercise or create your own.Follow the on-screen prompts and audio cues to begin a controlled breathing exercise. You can also pair the breathing exercises tile with a mood or stress level tile and monitor your progress.All you need to do now is remember to breathe. Your Galaxy Watch 8 will help you practice controlled breathing whenever you're ready, and you'll never have to look up a guide again.NOTE: If you own an older Galaxy Watch that doesn't yet have One UI 8 Watch, you can access breathing exercises directly from the Stress tile. See the latest Galaxy Watch 8 offers Buy Now Buy the new Classic smartwatch for the physical bezel Samsung Shop Check out the refreshed Ultra in a new color Buy Now The post Feel better fast: Use your Galaxy Watch 8 for breathing exercises appeared first on SamMobile.