Article: How learning to breathe well helped me cope with asthma; LINDA MEADS AIMS TO GIVE HOPE TO PEOPLE WITH SEVERE RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS USING AN ALTERNATIVE THERAPY WHICH ORIGINATES FROM RUSSIA.(Features)

Byline: PAULA IRISH

A BREATHING technique developed in Russia is giving hope to asthma sufferers. PAULA IRISH spoke to one woman who was so impressed with the technique that she now teaches it to others.

IT WAS an asthma attack so severe, that Linda Meads ended up in hospital for 10 days.

She'd had chest infections and colds over the winter and was using her inhaler to get by. Then one day it didn't work.

Her husband Huw found her struggling to breathe when he returned home from work and rushed her to casualty.

"I was totally exhausted," recalls Linda, of ...

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