‘Why Does Daddy Breathe Funny?’ Includes Children’s A-Z Of Breathing

Sniff Sigh Yawn founder Joel Jelen’s first book on breathing Why Does Daddy Breathe Funny? includes an A-Z glossary of terms to help young people and their parents become more aware of the power of breathing education for our health. The book which has just been published also includes a list of new words for […]

We meet many people in work with asthma…

As a result of regular workplace wellbeing courses and events we run for companies and organisations, we end up helping individuals and their families on a one-to-one basis with e.g. their respiratory health and most commonly, sleep and/or asthma. We’ve met an increasing number of doctors fed up with spending around 10% of their total […]

Twenty things you didn’t know about breathing by Joel Jelen, FBPI*

Breathing. That phenomenon we all take for granted until e.g. we forget to breathe, suffer from asthma, allergy or a panic attack. I’m a breathing educator and the founder of Sniff Sigh Yawn which helps people to understand that how we breathe determines how well we sleep, digest our food, our ability to exercise with […]

Sniff Sigh Yawn’s ‘wellbeing at work’ bite-size talk with 200+ lawyers…

Here’s a selfie of Sniff Sigh Yawn founder Joel Jelen and sharing (not mouth breathing ) some breathing education knowledge with 200 lawyers from leading national law firm Hill Dickinson LLP recently as part of their national wellbeing day gathering in Liverpool. The subject matter was about the virtues of breathing correctly for greater wellbeing, […]

It’s Sleep Awareness Week

It’s #sleepawarenessweek this week. How’s your sleep? Joel Jelen explains why he’s asking. Did you know? Sniffing, sighing and yawning throughout the day makes for poor sleep. As a breathing educator having become fascinated by the importance of breathing functionally after meeting Dr Len McEwan in 1995, a common question I get asked is “why do I […]

Why Does Daddy Breathe Funny?

This A-to-Z book includes a glossary of new words for children and short notes about better breathing for parents. Slow down, relax and read this book with your children to find out how you can all breathe better and improve your health.