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#25 – Breathwork for Energy, Recovery, and Anxiety Release

Sarah Maurer
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What if you had the power to instantly energize your body, speed up your recovery, reduce stress, and boost your motivation?

Well, here's something crazy. You have that power inside you right now.

And it's not something you can access easily with your thoughts.

The easiest pathway to get to those deeper states of healing and well-being is through your breath.

In today's episode, I want to introduce you to the mind-body practice that totally transformed by training life.

It's called breathwork, and I just can't recommend it enough.

We'll talk about some of the benefits, and also try out a short breath pattern so you can get a taste. Ready? Let's go!

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Episode Sneak Peek

  • [3:00] Why breathwork? Is breathwork based in science? Why breathwork is for everyone … not just for “woo-woo” people.

  • [5:01] How I got started with breathwork, what I hoped to get out of it, and what happened instead.

  • [8:27] Physical benefits of breathwork. Effects of breathwork on the nervous system. How it helps to improve recovery, heal injuries, reduce inflammation, and improve immunity — especially during endurance training.

  • [12:09] Using breathwork to reduce anxiety. Why we are hardwired to be anxious. How I used breathwork to cure my crippling pre-trip anxiety. Using breathwork for help with fear of heights and exposure issues.

  • [17:07] Breathwork for better mental health. How staying chronically busy (including with training and adventures) can be an avoidance strategy. Why using breathwork to slow down and reconnect with ourselves can improve our life satisfaction.

  • [19:24] Bonus: how breathwork promotes spiritual healing — sometimes in huge, dramatic bursts and more often in small steps.

  • [21:35] Try a simple breathwork practice.

  • [27:00] How to sign up for free breathwork sessions with Sarah.

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