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Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley

Take a Breath

Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley

BBC

Health & Fitness, Science

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Michael reveals how slowing down and focusing on your breath can have a wide-reaching effect on your body and brain - from reducing pain, to improving concentration. He speaks to psychologist and neuroscientist Professor Ian Robertson, Trinity College Dublin, who’s discovered how spending just a couple of seconds to control your breath can act as a powerful reset button for your brain.

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds.

0:02.0

Hello everyone, it's Michelle Vassage, and welcome to my podcast Rule Breakers.

0:06.0

But you sit down and be bright.

0:08.0

Celebrating women's voices.

0:10.0

You're very welcome to now you're asking with me, Marion Keys Keys and me Tara Flynn.

0:14.8

This is juicy. No limits, no limits.

0:17.2

Celebrating women.

0:18.8

Where to be a woman is the podcast celebrating the best of women's well-being. We're on a quest to find out

0:24.4

where in the world women are living their best lives. Celebrate yourself.

0:28.8

Lesson on BBC Sounds.

0:36.0

BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. One two three four.

0:38.0

One two three four.

0:41.0

We'd all like some quick and simple ways to improve our health, but

0:47.8

we're bombarded with often conflicting advice. So if you were going to do just one thing to improve your mental and

0:55.2

physical well-being, what should it be? Maybe a few squats to enhance your

0:59.8

brain. Or more bacteria to improve your mood or even a cold shower to boost your immune system.

1:08.0

I'm Dr Michael Mosley and this is just one thing where each episode will explore

1:14.3

one thing you can start doing tomorrow to improve your health or life in ways you

1:19.6

might not expect.

1:31.0

So here I am, the sun is shining and I'm practicing breathing on the sofa. One, three four. One two three four. One two three four.

1:37.0

From your first breath as a squealing infant to your last breath some 80 years later we

1:49.5

breathe in and out normally without thinking. As an adult we inhale and exhale roughly 14 times a minute

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