Hey, it's Manouche here. We're all starting to venture out of the house more, removing our masks,

and taking some deep breaths as we think about what happens next in our lives. And so it feels

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I'm Anush Zamorodi and today on the show The Power of Breath. It's all about the breath.

Everything that I'm doing from gosh, from the time I open my eyes that morning,

is really focused on my breathing. This is Tanya Streeter. She's a world champion free diver,

which basically means taking in as much air as possible into her lungs and then going down,

down, down into a body of water as deep as possible. The thing about free divers is that we're

very tuned into a breath and it's at the forefront of whether or not we're going to be able to achieve

this sport. So a few minutes before a big dive, Tanya's main job is to breathe. Because the idea

is to supersaturate my entire system with oxygen and we can achieve that by these long slow

inhales and long slow exhales. So if you were listening or you would hear would be me like

I'm going to put myself to sleep if I don't stop. It's so relaxing. It is my fingertips are tinkling

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