Let Go And Let The Breath Do The Work

You breathe somewhere between 20,000 and 30,000 times a day. Ryan McBurney says most of us are doing it wrong, and it's affecting our anxiety, our sleep, our cravings, and the way we think. Ryan found breathwork through a Wim Hof interview while he was in what he calls an existential depression, searching for meaning and leaning on substances. The first few sessions gave him something he had been reaching for his whole life. In his words, breathwork was "in large part" a gateway to sobriety. He has since trained in seven breathwork programs, studied with breathwork pioneer Dan Brulé, and with his fiancée and business partner Shelby Von Oepen, RN, founded Liquid Breathwork in Phoenix, where they have certified more than 60 facilitators. Recorded live in front of clients and staff at Camelback Recovery's outpatient treatment center in Phoenix, Arizona. What we get into: how Ryan found breathwork why most people overbreathe and mouth breathe the slow, nasal breath Ryan calls optimal the difference between breathing practices and breathwork what makes Liquid Breathwork different the theatrical sigh of relief breathing to wake up versus breathing to wind down humming before bed box breathing "the same sun that melts wax hardens clay" breathwork as a gateway to sobriety what to do with your breath during a craving, using David Hawkins' Letting Go why breathwork can feel like a psychedelic experience without a substance whether anyone can guide breathwork, and how to do it safely what treatment centers should look for in a facilitator audience questions on feeling safe enough to let go, rebirthing breathwork, and how to do circular breathing.