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Improve your Mental Health with Kindness!

This year’s Mental Health Awareness takes place from 18-24 May 2020 and revolves around the theme of kindness. Research shows that kindness and mental health are truly connected, and now more than ever, both are equally important during the Coronavirus pandemic. Protecting and maintaining your mental health is essential for coping and recovering from the…

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3 Deep Breathing Exercises for Stress and Anxiety: Tools, Tips and Benefits

Using breathing techniques not only reduces feelings of anxiety and stress, but can also help to keep our lungs healthy and oxygenate our bodies. In the current uncertain times and under the new government guidelines of self-isolation and social distancing, it has become even more important to look after our well being. I’ve put together…

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Breathing Techniques for Stress Relief

Under the new government guidelines for self-isolation and the current pandemic of Coronavirus, it can be easier to become more stressed and anxious in our daily lives. Anxiety and stress can shorten our breathing pattern, and make it feel like the mind is racing with worry. This shortness in breath can disrupt the amount of…

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Deep Breathing to Combat Stress and Enhance Exercise Performance

We only use a small amount of our lung capacity in everyday life. In order for us to keep our lungs healthy, we should practice deep breathing to oxygenate our blood, which supplies nutrients to our entire body. Oxygen is a fuel in its own right for our bodies and the brain: –       Our lungs…

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