‘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 […]
Sniff Sigh Yawn founder Joel Jelen launches first book to help children and parents breathe better

Wellbeing company Sniff Sigh Yawn’s founder Joel Jelen has just launched his first book aimed at educating children and parents on the negative effects to our health of habitually bad breathing. Joel who suffered as a child through mouth breathing and chest breathing wants future generations of young people and their guardians to avoid the […]
Breathing for movement – that crucial element in exercise often overlooked at your cost…

You’re at the gym and maybe fortunate enough to have the guidance of a PT who’s putting you through your cardio and/or resistance workout. Similarly, you may be at a yoga or Pilates studio and again, under instruction from a teacher. From feedback, however and as a critique, so many people i work with don’t […]
Why breathing education, mindfulness and parks are the perfect wellbeing at work combination

Slowing down. The most popular choice of so many people I’ve asked during Sniff Sigh Yawn wellbeing at work sessions in how to start coping better in dealing with stress, improving emotional wellbeing and gaining more resilience. “The pace of life has become relentless” is another common thread in our workshop conversations. It’s not easy […]
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 […]