Can the way we breathe change our mental and physical health?
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2021
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Can the way we breathe change our mental and physical health? With Rebecca Dennis, author of new audiobook 'Breathe', and Prof Mike Thomas from the University of Southampton.
The campaign for a statue of Emmeline Pankhurt's forgotten sister and the first woman to die for the suffrage movement
Plus a look at new research which reveals discrimination against Afro hair in the UK is widespread, with black people stating they have experienced microaggressions around their hair.
And Ann Wolbert Burgess the woman who inspired the character of psychologist Dr Wendy Carr in the TV series Mindhunter.
Presenter Anita Rani Producer Beverley Purcell
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| 0:34.0 | Hi everybody, Anita here, welcoming you to today's Woman's Hour Podcast. |
| 0:39.0 | Good morning. We have made it to Friday and breathe. |
| 0:45.0 | Hands up anyone who's suffering with a bit of anxiety at the moment. |
| 0:49.0 | I'm not going to lie, both of mine are currently well in the air. |
| 0:52.0 | Well, we're going to learn how to breathe properly later |
| 0:55.2 | and maybe alleviate some of that stress in the process. |
| 0:58.2 | It's my Friday gift to you all. |
| 1:00.5 | I also want you to get any micro-aggressions you may have experienced off your chest today. |
| 1:05.8 | Suttle digs, insults, offense, whether intentional or unintentional you may have had to deal |
| 1:12.1 | with as we're talking about micro-aggressions around |
| 1:14.9 | black hair in just a moment. |
| 1:16.9 | So my most recent experience was with someone I just met in a work environment, I was about to interview them and the first thing |
| 1:24.8 | they asked me was have I always lived in this country so of course I said no I |
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