A squeezing across the chest, a feeling of unease, that sent something's not right.

It can be easy to dismiss the early signs of a heart attack, but it's never too early

to call 999 and describe your symptoms.

Your NHS is here for you.

Hello, I'm Gemma and welcome back to another episode of Good Influence.

This is the podcast where each week you and I meet a guest who helps us pay attention

to something we should know about as well as answering some of your questions.

This week we're talking about breath work, the science behind harnessing our breathing,

how exercises can help us to access our emotions, and our guest treats us to a guided breathing

session to help with balance.

So joining me this week is Stuart Sanderman.

That is an author, radio host and breathing coach who's worked with everyone from Olympic

athletes to business executives.

A trained respiratory coach, Stuart has studied both Eastern methodologies and Western

science and brings all of this education together in his show Radio One's Decompression

session, as well as through his social media app and courses, all called breath pod.

Life gets stressful sometimes.

I'm not wanting to advocate like, oh yeah, just do this and life will never be stressful

again.

Life happens and we go through experiences that are hard and we go through challenges

and we feel things.

In those moments we have the power to change it around, but it's saying no, wait a second,

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