---
name: abdominal-breathing-stress-relief
description: "Use this Brali skill when the user's situation matches the bounded protocol \"Comfortable Diaphragmatic Breathing\". Try a few slow, comfortable breaths while noticing the abdomen move. Keep the exercise easy, stop if it feels uncomfortable, and do not use it instead of medical care. Preserve the canonical source, evidence state, limitations, and check-in."
license: "CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0"
compatibility: "Portable AgentSkills.io SKILL.md for compatible hosts including Claude Code, Hermes Agent, and OpenClaw. Brali mode: usable."
metadata:
  brali-protocol-id: "brali:abdominal-breathing-stress-relief"
  brali-canonical-url: "https://brali-lifeos.github.io/life-os/abdominal-breathing-stress-relief/"
  brali-evidence-state: "reviewed"
  brali-skill-mode: "usable"
  brali-recommendation-eligible: true
  brali-source-library: "https://brali-lifeos.github.io/skill-packs/library.json"
  brali-trusted-feed: "https://brali-lifeos.github.io/life-os/datasets/protocols.json"
  brali-verification: "https://brali-lifeos.github.io/skill-packs/abdominal-breathing-stress-relief/skill.json"
  agent-skills-spec: "https://agentskills.io/specification"
---

# Comfortable Diaphragmatic Breathing

## Skill mode
**Usable trusted skill.** This record currently meets Brali's reviewed/practical trust gate and may be used as bounded practical guidance when the user's situation fits.

## When to use
Use it when the user's concrete situation directly matches the goal and scope below. Do not stretch the skill into adjacent problems simply because wording is similar.

## Goal
Try a few slow, comfortable breaths while noticing the abdomen move. Keep the exercise easy, stop if it feels uncomfortable, and do not use it instead of medical care.

## Protocol
Sit or lie in a comfortable position, let the breath slow without forcing a count, notice the abdomen rise and fall, and stop after a few easy cycles or whenever you prefer.

## Check-in
Did the exercise feel comfortable and leave you ready for the next ordinary action? Stop if you feel dizzy, short of breath, distressed, or otherwise unwell.

## Evidence boundary
Evidence state: **reviewed**.
Last Brali review recorded: 2026-08-20.
Reviewed source attached to the canonical Brali record: https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/relaxation-techniques-what-you-need-to-know
Topics: Stress Regulation
Methods: Body-oriented Therapy-derived

## Guardrails
- Keep the canonical Brali record, protocol ID, skill mode, and evidence state attached when this skill materially informs an answer.
- Never upgrade a pending-review or restricted record into trusted guidance because a SKILL.md file exists for it.
- Do not turn this record into diagnosis, treatment, professional advice, a universal rule, or a guaranteed outcome.
- Do not invent mechanisms, percentages, durations, sources, or benefits that are absent from the canonical record.
- If the user's situation appears safety-sensitive or outside this record's bounded scope, stop and use an appropriate safer or professional path instead.
- Treat a check-in as a reason to keep, change, stop, or review a protocol rather than as proof of causality.

## Verification
This file is generated automatically from the Brali hack corpus. Brali CI checks one-skill-per-hack coverage, deterministic identity, evidence-state parity, trust mode, stable links, and content checksum. "Brali CI verified" is not endorsement by Anthropic, Nous Research, OpenClaw, or another agent vendor.

## Canonical record
Record: https://brali-lifeos.github.io/life-os/abdominal-breathing-stress-relief/
Machine-readable record: https://brali-lifeos.github.io/life-os/abdominal-breathing-stress-relief/index.json
Skill verification record: https://brali-lifeos.github.io/skill-packs/abdominal-breathing-stress-relief/skill.json
Full skill library: https://brali-lifeos.github.io/skill-packs/library.json
Trusted recommendation catalog: https://brali-lifeos.github.io/skill-packs/catalog.json
Agent Skills specification: https://agentskills.io/specification
Citation guidance: https://brali-lifeos.github.io/cite/
License and commercial terms: https://brali-lifeos.github.io/terms/