Ever noticed yourself holding your breath while checking your email?
Or reading the news?
Or seeing a text notification flash on your phone?
This week on Vedge Your Best, Annette and Graham Henry, AKA the Vegan Breathing Coaches join the pod.
Berlin-based Brits Annette and Graham are vegan. They are breathing coaches. And they are talking to us about something most of us assume we already know how to do: breathe.
We talk about mouth breathing, nose breathing, over-breathing, breath-holding, snoring, sleep, anxiety, posture, modern stress, and the very real phenomenon sometimes called “email apnea.”
But this conversation is really about something bigger than breath.
It’s about noticing what we didn’t know we weren’t noticing.
So many of us walk around thinking, “I’m just anxious,” or “I just don’t sleep well,” or “I’m just overwhelmed,” when sometimes there may be something very basic happening in the body that we have not even considered.
And if you are part of the Vedge Your Best community, you know how much of changing our lives begins with awareness. We inherited a way of eating. We inherited ideas about animals, food, normalcy, health, and comfort. And apparently, many of us may also have inherited or developed breathing habits that are not serving us as well as we think.
This is not a magic wand episode. Breathing does not fix everything. Veganism does not fix everything. No single practice fixes everything.
But sometimes change begins with one small question:
What if this thing I thought was “just me” is actually something I can understand, support, or gently change?
In this episode, we talk about:
Why Annette and Graham call themselves the Vegan Breathing Coaches
What “email apnea” is and why so many of us may be holding our breath without realizing it
How modern stress, phones, inboxes, posture, and daily habits may affect the way we breathe
The difference between mouth breathing and nose breathing
Why “just take a deep breath” may not always be the most helpful advice
How breathing patterns can relate to sleep, anxiety, snoring, and feeling constantly on alert
Why the diaphragm matters more than many of us realize
The connection between awareness, body signals, and lasting change
Why noticing your breath can be a useful practice — without turning it into one more perfectionist project
Important Note
This episode is for education and curiosity. It is not medical advice. If you have sleep apnea, significant breathing concerns, chronic insomnia, panic attacks, serious snoring, or you are considering something like mouth taping — especially for a child — please work with a qualified professional
Resources
Learn more about Annette and Graham Henry and their breathing resources here: https://www.henryandhenryeu.com/
Mentioned in this episode:
Breath by James Nestor
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