Well, getting through my sessions now. It actually feels like a normal thing to do everyday!  I have been suffering from quite a lot of anxiety and low mood since the Paris attacks, and bad weather whilst on M62 adds to my angst. I was reminded by my friend Amanda this morning on Facebook about the part that the vagus nerve plays in our wellbeing, particularly increasing its tone it is the longest nerve in the human body, and is involved in most of the automatic things that happen in the body. Increasing its tone helps with poor digestion, anxiety, inflammation, depression, and a whole myriad of other conditions, most of which I have symptoms!  Anyway, deep diaphragmatic breathing exercise, talking, and singing and humming help to stimulate the nerve and bring up the tone. So today I didn’t have the radio on whilst travelling to Leeds, and I sang all the way there and back at the top of my voice.  I did lots of well known songs, my songs, musicals – the lot, even nonesense songs using vowel sounds, and guess what I have had a much better day!  Also sang whilst walking the dog round the block too. Must keep it up! Daily practice, as with all things is the key…..