BBC Sounds - Curious Collection: Breathing - Available Episodes

How can breathing improve our performance during exercise?

• 1 min

What’s the best way to breathe?

Can certain breathing techniques improve your exercise performance?

• 27 mins

Should we be breathing through our noses?

• 1 min

Breathe Through Your Nose

Why using your nose could benefit your gums, your lungs and even impact your memory.

• 5 mins

Do techniques like the Wim Hof method really work?

• 1 min

The Lost Art of Breathing

Each of us takes more than 25,000 breaths a day. But are we even doing it right?

• 25 mins

Can the rhythm of reciting poetry be a therapeutic breathwork technique?

• 1 min

Breathing Lyrical

Can a 13th-century Persian poem help you recover from long Covid?

• 12 mins

How often do you think about the air quality when you step outside?

• 1 min

Are we breathing unsafe air?

The W.H.O. say 95% of people in cities breathe unsafe air, but what does 'unsafe' mean?

• 5 mins

Can breathing release emotional trauma?

• 1 min

Series 1

Fresh Air and Alkaline Breathing

How can we teach cities to breathe better? And what is 'alkaline breathing'?

• 11 mins

Don't forget, we update The Curious Collection every Sunday. Thanks for listening.

• 1 min