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Wellbeing challenge: “I tried doing breathwork for 2 weeks to see if it could make me stronger”
4 years ago
We hear a lot about the power of breathwork for anxiety and focus but what impact does prioritising breathing have on your capacity to workout? Writer Elizabeth Bennett gave breathwork a go for 14 days and found that there’s a lot more to breathing than we might think.
Breathing might be the most automatic of human functions but it turns out that the majority of us aren’t breathing optimally. It’s thought that 80% of people are chest breathers, and while that might sound normal, it actually means that the majority of us aren’t making the most of our lungs. That has a whole host of ramifications for both physical and mental health, and also our exercise routines.
Luckily, we can learn to breathe better. With many of us searching for ways to find calm amid the madness of modern life, breathwork has grown hugely in popularity in recent times.
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