The Whisper Collective Podcast

An energizing breathing exercise before you start editing: A physical wellbeing practice for editing

September 13, 2023 Narelle Lemon, Inger Mewburn, Tseen Khoo and Jonathan O'Donnell
An energizing breathing exercise before you start editing: A physical wellbeing practice for editing
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The Whisper Collective Podcast
An energizing breathing exercise before you start editing: A physical wellbeing practice for editing
Sep 13, 2023
Narelle Lemon, Inger Mewburn, Tseen Khoo and Jonathan O'Donnell

Welcome to a series of eight episodes that focus on writing well and being well for writing. This is the fifth.

Taking a deep breath often makes us think about calming down. But we can use our breathing to get fired up too. The other part of the ‘flight and freeze’ response is the ‘fight’ instinct. If you find feeling like fighting gets you excited about writing, then a calming breath isn’t going to help you, you’ll need something to fire you up instead. Here is an energizing breath for firing up your writing. 

This practice comes from Chapter 5, ‘Editing’  in Writing Well and Being Well for your PhD and Beyond. 

Wake up your breath and your brain and your writing in this 2-minute breathing practice. 

 

Read more of Katherine’s reflections and practices on her blog, Research Degree Insiders https://researchinsiders.blog

Read Katherine’s other books https://researchinsiders.blog/books/ 

Connect with Katherine on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherine-firth-0786b026/ 

Wellbeing and Self-care in Higher Education: Embracing Positive Solutions (Book series that Katherine’s book is about) https://www.routledge.com/Wellbeing-and-Self-care-in-Higher-Education/book-series/WSCHE 

Find out more about the book series edited by Narelle Lemon http://www.exploreandcreateco.com/book-series-wellbeing-selfcare-in-higher-education 

 




Show Notes

Welcome to a series of eight episodes that focus on writing well and being well for writing. This is the fifth.

Taking a deep breath often makes us think about calming down. But we can use our breathing to get fired up too. The other part of the ‘flight and freeze’ response is the ‘fight’ instinct. If you find feeling like fighting gets you excited about writing, then a calming breath isn’t going to help you, you’ll need something to fire you up instead. Here is an energizing breath for firing up your writing. 

This practice comes from Chapter 5, ‘Editing’  in Writing Well and Being Well for your PhD and Beyond. 

Wake up your breath and your brain and your writing in this 2-minute breathing practice. 

 

Read more of Katherine’s reflections and practices on her blog, Research Degree Insiders https://researchinsiders.blog

Read Katherine’s other books https://researchinsiders.blog/books/ 

Connect with Katherine on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherine-firth-0786b026/ 

Wellbeing and Self-care in Higher Education: Embracing Positive Solutions (Book series that Katherine’s book is about) https://www.routledge.com/Wellbeing-and-Self-care-in-Higher-Education/book-series/WSCHE 

Find out more about the book series edited by Narelle Lemon http://www.exploreandcreateco.com/book-series-wellbeing-selfcare-in-higher-education