I have learned to control anxiety, and even fear, by simply pushing it from the chest down into the belly where it gets consumed. This was the phrasing someone

I have learned to control anxiety, and even fear, by simply pushing it from the chest down into the belly where it gets consumed. This was the phrasing someone used that I picked it up from, and it feels just like that. What I believe is really happening is really a realignment of breathing, just like you describe. It works.