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There are around 7.6 billion people in the world and, remarkably, even though we share the same air, we each breathe in a completely unique way - the pace, rhythm, and flow of our breath are as distinctive as our thumbprint. Sometimes we need the ey

Oxygen is the ultimate fuel for exercise. Being faster, going longer and getting leaner all depend on how well your body takes in and uses oxygen. It’s easy to take a simplistic view of oxygen and only consider the heart and lungs as the chief player

Think about the last time you attempted a heavy lift or did a series of crunches. Did you remember to breathe? “Most commonly, people hold their breath through a movement,” says Belisa Vranich, Ph.D., clinical psychologist, fitness expert and author

“The first thing we do when we’re born is inhale. The last thing we do is exhale,” says Dr Noah Greenspan, founder of the Pulmonary Wellness Foundation and the Pulmonary Wellness and Rehabilitation Center in New York. It’s a mostly automatic, unconsc

What if I told you that strength, speed, power and health all start with your nose? Depending on how you breathe, you can either maximize or depress your martial arts performance. Just because you’re breathing doesn’t mean you’re breathing correctly.

There are 300 million air sacs in the lungs. Known as alveoli, each one is surrounded by a web of ultra-fine blood vessels. Here oxygen from the air passes into red blood cells and carbon dioxide made by the muscles passes into the air. This exchange

Wearing a mask is important to keep us all safe – but wearing one for long periods of time can sometimes feel claustrophobic, making it more difficult to breathe. Here’s how to make mask-wearing more bearable. ‘Breathing with a mask on feels unnatura

You’d be surprised how many of us don’t breathe in a healthy way – either holding our breath or shallow breathing – and the negative effects are cumulative, so it’s worth paying attention to it now. Place coloured sticky dots around your house as a r

When you’re stressed and anxious, your breathing may become shallow or you might hold your breath, which means you’re not taking in enough oxygen. This can lead to lower levels of oxygen and higher levels of carbon monoxide in your blood and the resu

WE PRACTICE YOGA to feel connected in mind and body. But what is the cornerstone of that connection? It’s the breath that unites our physical postures with our emotional mind. An ancient yoga textbook, the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, offers this simple exp

Breathing is something we often take for granted. But it’s an area of our health we can affect profoundly with simple movements and breath practices. Essentially, breathing is a continual tidal rhythm, drawing oxygen into the body with the inhalation

In her book Breathe, Belisa Vranich says this five-minute routine will allow you to reset your body after a particularly stressful day by drenching every cell in it with oxygen—it will be a welcome relief to a body that’s been flooded with carbon dio