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This pilot cohort study evaluates the efficacy of Transformational Breath (TBr), a facilitated conscious breathing technique that employs high ventilation breathing, as a therapeutic intervention for anxiety management in PVUs. We recruited PVUs diagnosed with mild to moderate SAD and randomly assigned them to an intervention group (n\u2009=\u200912) that completed three TBr sessions with a certified practitioner, or to a waitlist control group (n\u2009=\u200912). Both groups were assessed using a battery of psychological (Generalised Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7), Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), Social Phobia Index (SPIN), Kenny\u2019s Music Performance Anxiety Inventory (K-MPAI), Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS)) and physiological (blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen saturations, peak expiratory flow rate) measures on three separate occasions. The outcome measures were evaluated before and after each session in the intervention group. No Group x Time interaction was found for any of the physiological or psychological measures. However, a significant Time main effect was found for K-MPAI (X2(5)=20.157, p\u2009=\u2009.001) and GAD-7 (X2(5)=12.79, p\u2009=\u2009.025) within the TBr group. Post hoc Wilcoxon-signed rank tests with Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons revealed significant differences between K-MPAI scores at time points Post 3 and Pre 3 (z\u2009=\u20093.00, adj. p\u2009=\u2009.040), Post 3 and Pre 2 (z\u2009=\u20093.27, adj. p\u2009=\u2009.016) and Post 3 and Pre 1 (z\u2009=\u20092.95, adj. p\u2009=\u2009.048). No pairwise differences were found for GAD-7. 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