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Up Close - Up Close - July 19, 2012
Movement specialist touts deep breathing to beat stress
Larkin Barnett teaches techniques to women to help them stay well

By Chey Scott
Of the Journal of Business

Larkin Barnett has written five books on deep breathing and movement techniques aimed at improving well-being.
Larkin Barnett has written five books on deep breathing and movement techniques aimed at improving well-being.
—Staff photo by Chey Scott
Spokane-based movement specialist and Pilates instructor Larkin Barnett say she wants to share with as many people as she can her beliefs about the health benefits that can be attained just by paying more attention to one's breathing.

Barnett, who has authored five books focused on teaching others the breathing and movement techniques she's developed, asserts that taking time daily to consciously focus on deep breathing can lower one's risk of developing a stress-related illness an...


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