Physiologist Ralph LA Forge regularly advises physicians to recommend yoga to hostility-prone cardiac patients.

His ground breaking research on “hot reactive” personality types – people who react to anger more explosively than most – has shown yoga, particularly therapeutic forms like restorative yoga are a valuable method of cooling hot reactives down.

“I used to get irritated pretty quickly: rude people, idiot drivers etc., but now I find myself automatically deepening my breathing and ‘letting it ride’,” says lecturer Laura.

“I don’t seem to sweat the small stuff any more. I’ve noticed my husband saying, ‘Aren’t you going say something or complain?’ – but I’m just not interested any more.

“I told my hubby I feel more chilled now and he said ‘It’s only taken you 30 years!’ I know this is going sound weird, but I actually feel grown up for the first time in my life.”