Diaphragmatic breathing is a technique that has been shown to interrupt the sympathetic nervous systems response, resulting in lowering of stress levels (The University of Texas at Austin Mental Health Center, 2015). This is done by allowing more oxygen into the blood stream, meaning that the heart will not have to work as hard to beat and will beat less quickly. The brain will register this and the amount of stress hormones released will decrease, resulting in the stress level to decrease until the individual is at a normal level of functioning (The University of Texas at Austin Mental Health Center, 2015). While Diaphragmatic breathing has been found useful for strengthen core muscles of athletes (Nelson, 2012) it has also be found effective