[ashadanzatrice]

cutting back on stimulants/getting them out of your diet, watching salt, adding more potassium are all supposed to be good. this from a person who was diagnosed with crazy blood pressure in high school (mine fluctuates a lot, and is moderately high on the high end) and has been told by a truly excellent cardiologist that there's not much to do in my case, i'm just built that way. it has never been my weight or my lifestyle, though those have both been on the good and less-than-ideal sides of the spectrum... in my case, i now take medicine. a little depressing to do when you're 36, but well worth it to know it's under control.

anyway - one thing i'd like to try, but haven't so far, is biofeedback. there is a device on the market called RespeRate, which you could google - sounds worth a shot to me.