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In, hold, out, hold

PRACTICE 1: Battlement breathing

‘I call this exercise “battlement breathing” because it is in the shape of battlements, however you may have come across this exercise before as “box” breathing,’ says Farrell.

‘Either lie down (legs flat or with your feet on the floor and knees together) or sit so that the

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