A program about virtuoso breathing in, breathing out, and holding your breath.

Are you scared of needles? Can't stand the sight of blood? Hate going to the dentist? Chances are you had a bad experience as a child.

Feeling the tug of gravity on your body? Troubled by an old injury? There are a whole range of activities and treatments you could try. The Feldenkrais Method is one of them.

Physical contact is lovely when it’s welcome. When it’s not welcome, it’s awful. In our concerns to protect especially children against bad touch, are we in danger of becoming a touch deprived society?

Five years ago the barefoot running movement challenged 40 years of running shoe design, proposing that heavily cushioned shoes contribute to injuries. Where is the minimalist versus maximalist shoe debate up to now? Does what you wear on your feet make you a better runner, really?

Ever since Stanislavsky pioneered 'method acting', actors have been delving into their psyches and memories to find a truthful way of performing. A more recent technique is all about the body, not the mind. It's based on the theory of 'embodied cognition'. So, what is embodied cognition?

To put one foot in front of the other and walk is the most ordinary and the most wondrous thing anyone can do. Meet some purposeful strollers: a toddler taking her very first steps, a long-distance walker of trails and pilgrimage roads - and a pair of competitive race walkers whose determined stride is so particular.

Remember your first kiss? Why is this physical - and frankly unhygienic - act so emotionally powerful?

It’s the world’s best-known and most enduring anatomical textbook - not to be confused with Grey’s Anatomy the TV series. First published in 1858, the story of the creation of this definitive work about the human body was itself something of a medical drama.

Classical musicians spend thousands of hours practising and playing. What sort of wear and tear does that have on your body? Well, lots, but do musicians attend to this? Not much. Until recently that is.