This is the Guardian.

Today, can you breathe your way to feeling better?

Before we start, I want you to be aware that in this episode we discuss

long-term mental health struggles and mentioned suicide.

So please take care when you're listening.

And there's a little bit of swearing.

When you start to inhale in through the nose

and exhale through the mouth, just being aware of your shoulders,

making sure that your shoulders are down and your jaw is relaxed.

Keep your eyes closed and we're just going to inhale for a count of three.

Inherling in for one, two, three, exhale, let go.

For one, two, three.

And then inhaling again for one, two.

That morning had started like many others.

By about 7am, the cat's long battle to wake me by pacing back and forth across my face as I slept

had been successful.

I hauled my body out of bed, gave him his breakfast and put the radio on while I made myself a coffee.

Oh, hello, who's from Who'sville?

How is it been, buddy?

I got to my desk and started working.

By mid-morning, I hadn't thought about my body at all.

I was basically just a brain floating five foot five inches off the ground.

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