Do Breathe: Calm your mind. Find focus. Get stuff done.

When you get the right balance in life you can do amazing things: create, perform, lead a team, build a company, raise a family. But so often the scales tip and we feel overwhelmed.

Michael Townsend Williams, an adman turned yoga teacher and mindfulness coach, is an advocate of "welldoing" – leading a full and productive life, but not at the expense of our health and wellbeing. And key to this? Our breath.

The crucial link between mind and body, our breath reflects what we’re dealing with at ...