Pay attention to how you’re breathing right now. Is your chest expanding and contracting while you take small, shallow ‘sips’ of air? Is your back tensed as your shoulders bob up and down? Did you only just notice you’ve been holding your breath for a while? If so, you might benefit from breath work.
“Breath work is a tool we have right under our nose,” says Rebecca Dennis, a London-based breath coach and author of the book And Breathe (Fearne Cotton’s a fan). “We take our breath for granted, but when we’re conscious of how we’re breathing, we can change how we feel.”