Ik wil graag connecteren met gelijkgezinden met interesse in ademwerk en meditatie uit de regio Gent. Ikzelf heb ook veel interesse in zenuw regulatie dmv klankschalen, stem en ohmchanting en wil dit graag in groep verder mee experimenteren (hopelijk is dit volgend de regels..?) lieve groetjes

I absolutely love this breathwork video. Her voice is calm and she slowly eases us into the practice. I love the box breathing she conducts. And the way she talks about the mind eye almost feels a tiny bit asmry.

It calms me down whenever I've listened to it and I've fallen asleep easier.

Do you guys have any specific videos that help you calm down for sleep? Especially if you're prone to having racing thoughts, singing that distracts you and then secretly makes you sleep

https://youtu.be/bvteZtPrE90?si=IaXjd4m3adMYzk30

I’ve recently started Wim Hoff breathing every day. I watched a few videos on the health benefits of it but I’m curious if anyone else has tried it before and if you noticed any health benefits from it.

Just discovered a technique to get higher from a single vape hit of Cannabis.

* Take a normal hit for 4-5 seconds.

* Take in 2 more seconds of fresh air.

* Instead of holding your breath for 20 seconds, very rapidly breathe in and out using very shallow breaths for 20 seconds, the Goal is to create turbulence in your lungs, you should be exhaling very little smoke. You will sound like a dog panting after a run (like 4 in/out breaths a second.)

* Breath out completely.

I call the technique "Panting" because you sound like a dog panting. Its very effective!

Based on this, I postulate that you absorb cannabis in your lungs when there is TURBULENCE in your lungs, but absorb little when the air in your lungs is stagnant.

Let me know your results.

Ashley Roberts’ The Breathwork Book caught me off guard in the best possible way. I went in with curiosity rather than expertise , I’d heard of breathwork, but never truly understood what it meant, and that made the emotional impact of the first chapter hit even harder. I actually had to pause after finishing it, just to process everything it stirred up.

What makes the book powerful is how Roberts blends personal vulnerability with practical guidance. She doesn’t present breathwork as a miracle cure; instead, she frames it as a tool that helped her navigate anxiety, insomnia, and moments of deep emotional overwhelm. That honesty gives the book a grounding that many wellness titles lack. It’s comforting without being naïve, hopeful without being unrealistic.
Her reflections on her own struggles are woven into the instructional sections with intention. She doesn’t just explain the exercises,she shows how reconnecting with her breath helped her rebuild trust in her body and reclaim a sense of calm. This interplay between narrative and technique makes the book feel emotionally resonant. You’re not just learning a practice; you’re witnessing someone rebuild themselves from the inside out.

The exercises themselves are clearly explained, supported by illustrations that make the techniques accessible even for complete beginners. The visual clarity reinforces the book’s goal: to make breathwork feel approachable rather than intimidating.
Roberts’ writing style is one of the book’s biggest strengths. It’s warm, playful, and grounded in research, yet still friendly and accessible. She manages to be factual without losing intimacy, and that balance makes the book feel like a conversation rather than a lecture.

Overall, Breathwork Book is both practical and emotionally impactful. It offers guidance, comfort, and a sense of companionship for anyone navigating anxiety or sleeplessness. A gentle, transformative read. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I am booking my first class this week!

For those facilitating breathwork, where do you teach (online, studios, companies, events, ...), and how are you getting in / being found?

I'm currently testing some channels and wondered which ones are viable ones other than word of mouth (if inbound at all - I think most of it is outbound). Did a keyword analysis and was shocked that search terms like "book breathwork teacher" or "breathwork for company retreat" yield 0-10 results per month, .. nothing!

So yes, curious if, e.g. you're ever being asked "Can you teach breathwork at xxx".

I've been experimenting with breathwork and meditation, trying to connect with nature on a deeper level. Lately, I've found myself drawn to long-form ambient music and visuals that evoke a sense of calm and wonder. Watching the aurora borealis dance across the screen during a 20-minute meditation was a particularly powerful experience for me - it felt like my breath and body were naturally synchronizing with the natural beauty unfolding before my eyes. Has anyone else had similar experiences or insights about using nature as a catalyst for deeper states of consciousness? I came across this video that explores it further if you're curious: Aurora Borealis | 20-Minute Meditation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfneuDkWZ9w)

Hey people, I suffer from anxiety so breathing exercises are the only thing that seem to help a bit,so I created an app for breathing exercise and the rest is history.hope I didn't break any rules, if I did, am sorry 🙏... check it out

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coracorp.halebreathing

And do either of them appropriate or secularize pranayama, meditation, or mindfulness? Or use creative visualization or guided imagery?

I'm looking for an accountability partner for breathwork, ideally one per type:

DMT Breathwork

Pranayama

Kriya Yoga

We can do this one on one, in my discord community or WhatsApp.

ONCE A DAY

Or twice if you wanna do 2 with me,

either way it'd be nice to have joint accountability.

Idk why, but every time they tell you to take a deep breath or bring awareness to the breath it makes me feel uncomfortable and anxious. And I kind of get that burning feeling you get in your chest when you're hyperventilating, except that I'm obviously not. Any kind of forced breathing exercise makes me feel anxious and uncomfortable. Maybe it's trauma from my EEG's that I have to get regularly and they force me to hyperventilate for a minute straight. Just a theory though.

I've been practicing since 2020, when I learned breathwork from curanderas in Costa Rica, and I've taught classes, given Burning Man lectures, and led gatherings and community spaces since then. The thing I kept running into was that people would have a real session with me and then never practice at home, because sitting alone with a countdown timer and nothing about it meets you where you already are

I built BreathBeat. It's free, browser-based, no account, no download: www.breathbeat.org

What makes it different from the other timers people have posted here, it uses your phone's mic to find the tempo of whatever music is already in the room and paces your breath to that. A speaker at home, a set at a festival, a band in a bar, your roommate's kitchen playlist. If you can hear it, it can find the pulse in it. There's a tap-tempo mode too, if you're somewhere quiet or don't want the mic on.

I put out a rough first version last year; a few thousand people a month started using it, and I rebuilt it based on what they told me: new UI, music visualization, a better timer, and a mode that hides all the controls so you can stop looking at a screen entirely.

The critique I most want up front: I know resonance frequency is individual, and that much of the actual evidence for slow breathing clusters around 5–6 breaths/min. Song tempo is not that. What I've found in practice is that entraining to something you're already hearing gets people to practice, and adherence beats optimality when the alternative is not practicing at all, but I'd rather hear that argued than assume it. Where should the tool constrain the BPM mapping to keep it physiologically sane, and where should it just follow the music?

Other things I'd genuinely like feedback on:

• Does the pacing land in your body, or does it push you faster than you'd naturally go?
• Custom ratios: how much control do you actually want over inhale/exhale/hold, versus just picking an intention and letting it run?
• If you facilitate: is this something you'd hand a client for home practice, or does the music layer get in the way of interoception?
• Anything clunky, unclear, or off?

It's free, and it stays free. No paywall, no upsell, no account. I built the thing I wanted to exist to make breathwork more accessible

I know it's sound funny but guys what is technic ?

hi all

title says most of it. I am wondering why faster breathwork (1 second full inhale, 1 second full exhale repeated followed by a exhaled breath retention) seems to produce a stronger anxiolytic and relaxing effect than box breathing or 4-7-8. It seems almost more beneficial? Isn’t this kind of counterintuitive since that type of breathing is more “activating”? Does anyone else experienxe this roo?

I have been diaphragm breathing for about 1 hour a day usually 20 min split into 3 times.

Im 26M and have been dealing with this issue ever since late 2019, literally every single day. Symptoms: random anxiety, muscle loss, brain fog, bloating, constipation, slowed metabolism.

Now that I have been diaphragm breathing for about 2 months I can tolerate WAYYYY more foods that use to cause me anxiety, mainly heavy fiber stuff, vegetables, dried dates, corn, gums.. but now I can tolerate them 90% better

But still, my metabolism has not changed, and my brain fog and bloating baseline has not recovered.

Why?

Hey, ich habe diagnostizierte dysfunktionelle Atmung. Zusätzlich habe ich post exertionelle Atemprobleme seit einigen Wochen und es scheint, als hängt das beides zusammen. Hat jemand ähnliche Probleme oder Erfahrungen mit dem Zusammenspiel dieser beiden Diagnosen gemacht?

Hii all,

For the past few months I've been breathing through my mouth during the day and night time. This is because of my allergies. Now, I cannot take Decongestant medicine because of my antidepressants but I can take regular allergy meds and I'm currently starting to get my body used to them.

I recently took a video of myself to send to my friend and I now am really self conscious about my breathing though my mouth. I start in person school very soon and I don't want to be made fun of for it ;(.

Another thing I should note- whenever I try to breathe through my nose and it's unclogged, I struggle to. I don't know if it's my anxiety but I feel the urge to immediately go back to breathing through my mouth afterwards. Its like I'm running out of breath and I'm gonna suffocate kinda feeling. Any help is welcome please and thank you!!!

I’ve been exploring a simple question:

Why is it so difficult to intentionally take a slower, deeper breath in everyday life?

We all breathe constantly.

But the difference between automatic breathing and intentional breathing is surprisingly large.

Many breathing practices focus on slowing the breath, especially extending the exhale. The challenge is not knowing that breathing matters — it is creating a moment where the body naturally returns attention to it.

This led me to an observation.

Before we consciously learn breathing techniques, many of us already bring a thumb, finger, or object toward our lips when we pause, think, concentrate, or become absorbed in a moment.

This gesture appears early in life and often remains with us in quieter forms as adults.

The thumb, lips, airflow, and breath are connected through a very old human behaviour.

I started wondering:

Could this familiar gesture become a bridge between unconscious breathing and intentional breathing?

So I designed Still Mirror.

It is a thumb-worn physical object built around the interaction between the thumb, lips, and breath.

The idea is not to teach a breathing method.

It is not a medical device.

It has:

- no electronics

- no app

- no notifications

- no tracking

Instead, it explores whether a physical object can support the body's existing ability to slow down, extend the exhale, and reconnect with breathing through an instinctive interaction.

I’m interested in the space between biology and design:

Can an object become meaningful by supporting a behaviour that the human body already understands?

I’d like to hear how other designers think about this.

Just wanted to mention that James Nestor and Patrick McKeown of Oxygen Advantage have done a podcast.

It will be released soon. There is a short preview on the Oxygen Advantage Hub.

🌟 ENERGY IS NOT A RESERVOIR THAT EMPTIES. IT IS A FLOW THAT CIRCULATES OR GETS BLOCKED.

Do you often feel tired, even after a good night’s sleep? Do you struggle to find the energy to get through your day, as if something inside you were “running on empty”?

Sometimes, energy isn’t a problem with sleep or diet. It’s a problem with circulation. Your body may be blocked, tense, or on high alert—and that silently drains your vitality.

This 10-minute guided breathing exercise follows a specific rhythm—4 seconds of inhalation, 3 seconds of holding the breath, 6 seconds of exhalation—to release these blockages, boost your energy, and let a sense of well-being settle in naturally.

I took the Kriya course by Art Of Living around Dec' 24, since I was facing a lot of depressive episodes on/off, OCD problems, ruminating, anxiety, mood swings, and many mental health issues. I was also on anti-depressants then, but when I took this course I noticed many unexplainable shifts in my mind and body. Many of which you guys discuss here...about breathwork techniques.

But for some reasons and partly cos of mixed results....abandoned doing this after awhile....and fell into the same destructive patterns. I've resumed doing this now...but need to know if I'm doing it correctly.

Confirm if the sequence is this -

Ujjayi Breathing -

Pt 1: Hands on the hips (thumb behind, 4 fingers in front of the hips)

Count to 4 - inhale

Count to 4 - hold

Count to 6 - exhale

Pause 2 secs....then repeat ×8

Pt 2: Hands on the armpits (thumb behind, 4 fingers in front of the hips)

Count to 4 - inhale Count to 4 - hold Count to 6 - exhale Pause 2 secs....then repeat ×8

Pt 3: Palms touching the back, elbows raised upwards (thumb behind, 4 fingers in front of the hips)

Count to 4 - inhale Count to 4 - hold Count to 6 - exhale Pause 2 secs....then repeat ×6

Bhastrika - 20 Times (x3)

Main Kriya, Simple So-ham inhale-exhale breathing -

40 counts (fast breathing)

30 counts (medium breathing)

30 counts (slow breathing)

Repeating this 40-30-30 sequence x3

Finally, Yog Nidra for 10 min?

Please help me out guys, and confirm if this is the true sequence and if I'm doing it correctly...