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Just Breathe: Using Breathwork to Reduce Stress, Calm the Mind and Relax the Body

Just Breathe: Using Breathwork to Reduce Stress, Calm the Mind and Relax the Body by Ana Lilia. Photograph of clouds by Chuttersnap
Photograph by Chuttersnap

Especially in this chaotic time, having tools to relieve stress is essential for your wellbeing, and few practices are as potent as breathwork

After such an intense year and 2021 feeling like it’s also going to be an emotional rollercoaster, many people are feeling stressed out and overwhelmed. Maybe you’re still concerned about getting sick, how will the economy be affected, are we going to have to continue isolating? As a society, we are at our breaking point. Although the vaccine is giving some hope that there will be some kind of normalcy at some point this year, we still have a lot to deal with

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