Amazed at my own transformation, I realised that if breathwork could help me, then it could help others. Also, mouth respiration is strictly forbidden, as covered in the chapter Shut Your Mouth and Slow Things Down. Het is de bedoeling om als lezer op regelmatige basis aan de slag te gaan met de oefeningen uit het boek. As we sat in Edinburgh’s Royal Botanic Gardens listening to Stuart talk about his debut book, Breathe In, Breathe Out – which just yesterday was announced as a Sunday Times best-seller – I felt quietly (and naively) confident that my own respiratory system was ticking away just fine.

Next, I’m instructed to breathe in for four counts, hold for four, and exhale for eight, while dropping my shoulders and relaxing my jaw, before repeating a few times. Was useful in that it identified some unhealthy breathing habits that I wasn’t aware of and some exercises to break those habits. It has improved my mental health immensely, helped control chronic pain and all together bring back my zest for life!I am also inspired by the use of music alongside breathwork as this can really amplify the experience for people. During the coronavirus pandemic I wanted to create a short morning breathwork practise to help people start their day with positive intention and feeling good. Biography: Stuart Sandeman is a breathing expert, radio DJ and peak performance coach whose life was transformed by breathwork after he lost his girlfriend to cancer. The author opens by sharing a deeply personal story that demonstrates that breath marks endings as well as beginnings. Two things have been helpful for me recently: this extremely accessible book and the Othership breathwork app.

In contrast, Sandeman, 39, is the master of his oxygen intake - shoulders back and thriving, like one of the well respirated trees in the lush summery gardens. Right beneath our noses, some 20,000 times a day, our heart and lungs work in perfect harmony to bring energy to our bodies and life to our cells, and they have done since the day we were born. These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.Mine is definitely localised at the top, so I try working the diaphragm, by breathing “almost into your hips”. It felt like the weight of grief was pulled off me, and that my girlfriend who’d passed away was there holding my hand. Er is een aangename afwisseling tussen theoretische inzichten, voorbeeldcasussen, eigen ervaringen en de eigenlijke oefeningen.

It’s wonderful to empower people with breathing tools that can improve and transform lives,’ says Stuart. Breathpod’s trademark sessions are designed to boost performance, increase productivity, alleviate stress and integrate difficult emotions, such as anger and fear. Mornings wouldn’t be the same for many without waking up to his daily Instagram live sessions that set people up for their day since the pandemic.As someone with lifelong, compounded, always-expanding stress, this book gave me both the science and the heart behind the significance of breathwork and got me excited about "fixing" my own breathing.

The Sunday Times bestseller Breathing is a powerful, accessible tool to calm your stress, reduce your pain and manage your emotions By following the exercises in this book, you’ll learn how to harness your breath to take back control of your body and mind.

The following is an excerpt of the book, Breathe In Breathe Out and interview with author and founder of Breathpod Stuart Sandeman.