Your Pregnancy

Breathe in ... Breathe out ...

DID YOU KNOW you take an average of 23 000 breaths a day? Breathing is something the body knows how to do and is the only function in the body that can be controlled on “automatic” (such as when we’re sleeping), or that we can take active control of (such as breath holding or breathing with awareness).

Breathing also reflects the level of activity in the body. When we work hard, we breathe

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