I don't need to look like anyone else but myself
| Published date | 15 June 2022 |
| Publication title | Huddersfield Daily Examiner |
"I feel like I really changed from the beginning. The breathing technique is something I genuinely practise every day now," says the 33-year-old. Wim Hof's technique involves fully inhaling deeply through the nose or mouth (using the belly then chest) and exhaling unforced through the mouth - and repeating it 30 to 40 times in short, powerful bursts. After the last inhalation, he suggests letting the air out and stopping breathing until you feel the urge to breathe again.
Dianne - who has been named a new ambassador for Muller Corner Creations G'Dairy - does the technique prior to dance shows especially. "I can honestly say I've had no anxiety at all, when [before] there would be times that I would get a little bit anxious. There are thousands of eyes watching you dance - and that can be a little bit overwhelming.
"But I've done all my breathing since starting this tour and I've not felt anxious out there once. I've just gone out and enjoyed every moment."
The power of the cold - and the positive impact it's said to have on circulation, metabolism, inflammation, immunity and sleep - has also carried over into Buswell's everyday routine. Now she has a cold shower every morning and jumps in an ice bath after dancing - "I love it. I really look forward to it - before I was like, 'Oh, there's no chance I'm doing that - don't be daft!"' Viewers were emotional when Dianne (who has been dating You- Tuber Joe Sugg since 2018) opened up to other celebrities on the show about struggling with an eating disorder in her early 20s - sparked by body image pressure and weigh-ins as a young dancer, which led doctors to warn her she was at risk of a heart attack.
CHILLED: Dianne on Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof "It was probably about a solid year that it was happening," the dancer, originally from Western Australia, recalls. "I was definitely underweight and my body was under extreme stress... [I felt like] I needed to look a certain way and I restricted myself."
Her illness impacted her love of dancing, as well as her ability to dance.
"My body wasn't coping with the amount of pressure getting put on it. I was tired, I didn't have energy, my mood wasn't there, I didn't want to dance. Normally, the music would just take me to this other place, like when I'm on stage, I see the joy. But when I...
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