Breathing Exercises and Songs

A collection of breathing exercises and songs that you can participate in at home. These exercises and songs have all been selected with singing for lung health in mind. Perfect if you can't make it along to your Cheyne Gang group, or if you live too far away to come along to one of our sessions.

Breathing Exercises

Feel the Fill

This is an abdominal breathing exercise to help reduce stress and lower the heart rate and blood pressure.

The Dandelion Clock

This is another abdominal breathing exercise to help you connect to your core and ‘feel the fill’.

The Train

This is another abdominal breathing exercise to help you connect to your core and ‘feel the fill’.

The Counting Exercise

Here is a fun exercise to work on your breath control. We are going to release the breath at the end of each phrase.

SOVT Exercises

Here are some fun sounds to help you locate your breathing muscles. Place your hands on your belly and feel the release of the tummy as you take your next breath.

Puffy Cheeks

Let’s take our breathing into singing. Place your lips gently together, with a little air escaping from the front of your lips and puff out your cheeks like a hamster.

Songs

My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean

My Bonnie lies over the ocean,
My Bonnie lies over the sea,
My Bonnie lies over the ocean,
Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me.

Bring back, bring back
Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me, to me
Bring back, bring back
Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me

You Are My Sunshine

You are my sunshine
My only sunshine
You make me happy
When skies are grey
You'll never know, dear
How much I love you
Please don't take my sunshine away

Daisy Daisy

Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do
I'm half-crazy all for the love of you
It won't be a stylish marriage
I can't afford the carriage
But you'd look sweet on the seat
Of a bicycle built for two