You woke up to a leak in the kitchen, narrowly avoided a fender bender en route to the office and now you have 50 “urgent” emails to weed through before you see your boss. (Oh, and it’s only 11:00 a.m ...

Alternate nostril breathing is a yoga breathing exercise where people breathe through one nostril while holding the other shut, then change nostrils and repeat the process. Breathing exercises can ...

Take a second to mentally scan your body and assess your stress levels. Are your shoulders raised? Your jaw clenched? Are you kind of holding your breath, especially as you think about your ...

The secret to calm? Your nose knows. Much has been made about how meditation and breathing exercises can reduce stress, but there’s an easy nostril exercise that proponents say can calm you down in a ...

Preparing for an interview can be an anxious time. Worrying about what you’ll say, what they might ask, and if you picked out the right clothes can all take a toll. Even if you think you’re likely a ...

Welcome back to Tranquility to Go! This new eight-week Healthy Holidays series is a fresh approach to experiencing the holidays in a more mindful and tranquil way. By paying attention to our breath, ...

Breathing can turn labour from something overwhelming into something you can move through with control. Techniques like Lamaze, patterned breathing, alternate nostril breathing, and deep belly ...

In yoga, breath is said to carry a person’s life force. B.K.S. Iynegar in "Light on Yoga" writes, “Breath is the King of the Mind.” Pranayama, the regulation of breath, is an essential part of a yoga ...

Breathwork is a major part of any yoga practice as there are lots of different styles of pranayama that help with various things. Pranayama can be translated as controlling the life force, the prana, ...

Anulom Vilom is a specific type of pranayama, or controlled breathing, in yoga. It involves holding one nostril closed while inhaling, then holding the other nostril closed while exhaling. The process ...

As living creatures, we live to breathe, or we breathe to live. Maximizing the benefits of breathing can be beneficial for many common ailments, provide immediate stress relief, and improve mental ...

Executive coach and author Susan S. Freeman shares these exercises to center yourself during chaotic times in her new book, ‘Inner Switch: 7 Timeless Principles to Transform Modern Leadership.’ There ...