Healthy break - Stig Severinsen Breatheology 2021

Stig Severinsen, 4-time freediving world champion and multiple Guinness world record holder, guided participants at this year’s WHO/Europe Regional Committee session through breathing techniques to relax and re-energize. Severinsen has a degree in biology and a Ph.D. in medicine. He began experimenting with holding his breath as a child at the bottom of his parents’ pool. A fascination with long breath holds underwater drew him to the world of free diving Find out more: