Do Breathe ─ Calm Your Mind, Find Focus, Get Stuff Done

When you get the right balance in life you can do amazing things – creating, performing or building a great business. But so often the scales tip. We can become overwhelmed, stressed and demotivated.Breathing well is one of the best and simplest ways to achieve and maintain balance and resilience. By using simple techniques, focused breathing can bring the mental clarity, momentum and wellbeing needed to help you move forwards.Drawing from the latest scientific research and traditional practices of meditation, yoga and mindfulness, Do Breathe will give you all the practical well-being and well-doing tips and techniques to change the way you do things. And how you feel while doing them. Included in each chapter are simple yet powerful 5-minute exercises to be practised daily — or to provide immediate calm and clarity. Do Breathe is a handbook for Doers who sometimes forget to be. Why not breathe yourself better?

From a life of 'doing' in the world of advertising to a life of 'being' as a yoga and mindfulness teacher, Michael Townsend Williams now works on the integration of both. His business, Stillworks, coaches individuals, teams and organisations on Mindful Productivity and Mindfulness. He is also co-creator of the iPhone app, Breathe Sync, that brings your breathing into sync with your heart to reduce stress and improve focus. He believes the world needs to calm down and we would all get a lot more done if we did.