Did you ever wonder why deep breathing works to relax someone sometimes and other times it does not seem to have much of an impact?

Science has shown that our brains process one thought at a time. An article in Science Daily, in discussing the theory of multi-tasking, explains that research from MIT points to our limited ability to process one thought. Other thoughts "line up" waiting their turn to be processed by our brains.

In order for deep breathing to be effective, therefore, we must...