Launching on Sunday 21st February, Take a Breath Week aims to educate New Zealanders on the compelling results of effective breathing.
Lifestyle expert Sarah Laurie founded Take a Breath in 2019, after pressing pause on a 15-year career in the wellness industry. She decided to focus on better understanding anxiety – the world’s fastest growing mental health issue.
After four years of working with scientists, cell biologists, breathing physicians and industry experts from around the world, she and her crew realised that the 21st century pace and pressure has shifted our breathing from the tummy to the chest, which makes us take too many breaths.
“I firmly believe that every New Zealander needs to learn the way we breathe, while we go about our days, directly impacts the level of stress and anxiety we experience. It may seem too simple, yet the breath response is an intricate and complex mechanism that directly impacts human health.”
Detailed tests demonstrated that correct breathing improves sleep, decreases anxiety, increases calm and heightens energy, with 76% of participants seeing an improvement in sleep, 96% experiencing increased calm, and 86% noting an increase in their energy levels.
If you want to learn the science behind stress, anxiety and breathing, join Sarah’s free nationwide seminars:
PLEASE NOTE, DUE TO COVID LOCKDOWNS, THESE ARE NEW DATES PLUS THE VENUE HAS CHANGED
Tauranga – Thur Mar 18 Trinity Wharf. 6pm – 7.30pm
Napier – Wed Mar 17 Napier War Memorial Centre. 6pm – 7.30pm
Taupo – Tues Mar 16 Wairakei Resort 6pm – 7.30pm
More information at takeabreath.world