Savannah – wellbeing creative strategist and distracted yogi

Breathwork can be tricky if your mind is all over the place; I’ve found in the past, when I’ve lost concentration, that I start to breathe erratically – which can make me feel unwell. Using Moonbird, however, I’ve been able to practise mindful breathing when I need to re-focus, de-stress or before going to sleep, and I’ve absolutely loved adding this into my wellness routine.

The tactile device ‘breathes’ in and out in time with the breathing exercises available on the app, and gives you something to concentrate on besides your own breath.

The gadget connects to an app on your phone, and after each session, you can check out an array of stats. At first, it was really interesting to learn more about how breathing and heart rate work together, but I soon came to realise that, for me, it’s far better to ignore the data and focus on the exercise in hand (I’m the kind of perfectionist who’ll look for any excuse to condemn what I’ve done as a ‘bad job’, so I struggle with a lot of health tech).

While I’d like to increase the amount of time spent practising breathwork, I’ve stuck to shorter breathing exercises in a bid to make breathing more of a habit.

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