Stories
- In pictures
The birth of ante-natal classes
Is childbirth an athletic feat? Kathleen Vaughan certainly thought so, developing the first modern exercise class for women in pregnancy.
- Article
The healing power of breathing
The healing powers of different breathing methods are said to help with a range of health challenges, from asthma to PTSD. Effie Webb traces their spiritual origins and explores the modern proliferation of breathwork therapies.
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The shock of cardiac arrest when you’re young and fit
Footballer Christian Eriksen’s on-pitch collapse in 2020, witnessed by thousands, was shocking. Fellow cardiac-arrest survivor Meg Fozzard explores the risks in the young and fit, and how we can all help.
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Yoga gets physical
Modern yoga owes a debt to the physical culture movement that created a world obsessed with health and fitness.
![Athletics of the ancient world / [Edward Norman Gardiner].](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/L0022818/full/600%2C/0/default.jpg)
Catalogue
- Books
Athletics / by Harold M. Abrahams.
Abrahams, Harold Maurice, 1899-1978.Date: 1926- Books
Athletics in ancient Athens / by Donald G. Kyle.
Kyle, Donald G.Date: 1993
- Books
- Online
Athletics of the ancient world / [Edward Norman Gardiner].
Gardiner, E. Norman (Edward Norman), 1864-1930.Date: 1930- Books
Athletics / by D.G.A. Lowe and A.E. Porritt.
Lowe, D. G. A. (Douglas Gordon Arthur), 1902-1981.Date: 1929- Ephemera
Athletics : Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park : 04 August, start time: 18:50.
Date: 2012