Mona SharmaCelebrity nutritionist and wellness advocate

Asthma & Breathwork | My Journey to Better Breathing

1 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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In this personal narrative, the speaker recounts growing up being labeled asthmatic and relying on inhalers for any physical activity or exposure to allergens. Throughout childhood and adolescence, inhaler use became a reflex before exercise or when shortness of breath occurred. In her twenties, after learning breathwork techniques, she consciously chose to stop reaching for the inhaler, instead using deep, controlled breathing to manage chest tightness and anxiety. She describes multiple moments where breathwork prevented her from needing medication, positioning it as the pivotal tool that helped her regain control over her asthma symptoms.

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I, from a young age, was told I was asthmatic. So I was on inhalers when I was younger, when I would work out, when I was, you know, doing any kind of exercise or I was at school and I did P.E. and I was, like, getting a bit out of breath. In my mind, I was told, take your inhaler before you even do that. And so I grew up taking an inhaler before I started running, before I played with my friends. As soon as I felt a little bit out of breath, when I had allergies for cats or dogs or whatever it was, it was like my inhaler was the way to go. And then when I got to my 20s, I decided and I would use it here and there. As soon as I felt my chest go tight, it was scary for me. So I'd be like, okay, I need to take my inhaler. I made a decision not to. And that was after learning breath work. And what I realized was I would say every single time I felt it, all I did was take deep breaths, and all I did was sit there with my breath and go deeper and deeper into it. You know, there were so many times where I've been through it where I was about to reach for something, and I didn't. And breath work was the thing that got me through it.