I understand they are very important because when your lungs are struggling for breath it can cause an anxiety feeling or a panic feeling of smothering.

I know I have been placed on an inhailer in order to keep my body from feeling the panic of not getting a good breath.

If you have not addressed this with your Doctor then I think you should. He or she owuld be the ones to decide if this is something you need to incorporate into your recovery program.
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It's said that Yoga (incorporating postures and breathing) is the best to calm the mind when it comes to anxiety....
Postures relax and stretch the muscles....
Breathing gets rid of deep anxiety...
Here's a link to an article about Yoga and anxiety
Source(s):
http://yoga-health-benefits.blogspot.com/2009/05/yoga-for-anxiety-meditatio...

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Breathing is important to recover from anxiety:
Here are breathing technique to restore calmness in our self.

Better breathing - your route to calmness

Altering your breathing instantly alters your mental, physical and emotional state!

For example sitting quietly and allowing your breathing to become calmer, slower and shallower can produce a calmer state within a few minutes.

So being able to alter your breathing - to temporarily move from 'automatic' to 'manual' control puts you more in the driving seat of your own emotions and the general rule is

Deep breathing tends to produce more agitation

Shallow and slow breathing produces calmness

Becoming skilled at changing your state through altering your breathing boosts your confidence in your state-management ability so that unwelcome moods become just that - unwelcome. Not fearful, or threatening, nor in some way indicative of personal weakness or inadequacy.

Having the breathing skills to alter such unwelcome moods puts you in charge of yourself.

Incidentally, while you can very quickly change your state using breathing methods you also need to change your thinking patterns to ensure that the change of state continues. If you only alter your breathing but continue with the same old thoughts the unwelcome moods will quickly return.
Source(s):
http://www.pe2000.com/breathe.htm

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