I've found that most of my stress lives in the pit of my stomach, which is a pretty common description of feeling dread or disappointment or anger, etc. By foc

I've found that most of my stress lives in the pit of my stomach, which is a pretty common description of feeling dread or disappointment or anger, etc. By focusing on relaxing my stomach I've found it nearly as effective as cyclic breathing or other techniques. I'm sure the two are related but most people talk about the breathing (rightfully so), while I've found actual tension in the abs/stomach manifests a lot of this.