Breathe: Slow Paced Breathing to Lower Blood Pressure

Exclusion Criteria

• •More than one antihypertensive medication
• •Beta blockers, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers
• •History of coronary artery disease, heart failure, stroke, angina or coronary revascularization
• •Kidney disease, defined as plasma creatinine \> 1.5mg/dL
• •Diabetes, defined by insulin or oral hypoglycemic medication or blood sugar \> 126mg/dL
• •Pulmonary disease, defined as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchitis, asthma, or use of inhaler
• •Upper respiratory infection during past 30 days
• •Medication that affects central nervous system function
• •Steroid use
• •Current pregnancy or lactation within past six months
• •Current birth control medication or hormone replacement therapy
• •Condition that in the judgment of the Principal Investigator is incompatible with the research study