Breath Is Medicine 1 Hour Breath Work Session Recorded Live

This is a 1 hour guided breath work and meditation session that was recorded live in St. George, Utah. Included are a Co2 tolerance test and breath work mechanic instruction. The session is hypoxic or superventilative breath work that includes retention time for hypocapnea. The original track has been edited to include background sounds, and chimes to enhance listening and practicing with the original guidance. Background sounds may be present from the class.

Transcript

So as you get a little bit comfortable here,

I'm just going to begin practice.

And the listening exercise is exactly what you think.

Yes,

You're going to be listening to the unconscious self today.

Conscious self speaks to you all the time,

Tells you all the things you're doing right,

And all the things you're doing wrong.

But you must learn that the conscious and unconscious self,

They're all still you.

Even though the unconscious self may say,

You can't do that because of what happened to you.

That's going to be really hard because you haven't trained or the unconscious self is just really trying to keep you safe.

But as you move into this space where we can kind of quiet the mind and focus on the nervous system,

That message begins to change to where I can accomplish anything.

I want to start today's session,

Kind of put us in the right space,

A reading from Ram Das.

And he says,

To live consciously,

You must have the courage to go within yourself to find out who you really are and understand that behind all the masks of individual differences,

You are a being of beauty,

Love and awareness.

Until you can allow your own beauty,

Your own dignity,

Your own being,

You cannot free another.

So if I were giving people one instruction,

I would say,

Work on yourself,

Have compassion for yourself,

Allow yourself to be beautiful and all the rest will follow.

You and I are in training to be conscious and compassionate in the truest,

Deepest sense,

Not romantically compassionate,

But deeply compassionate.

To be able to be an instrument of equanimity,

An instrument of joy,

Peace,

Love and availability.

And at the same moment,

Absolutely quiet.

In summary,

Connecting to the self,

Connecting to everything around you,

While also remaining completely still and peaceful.

That's your job today.

Small task,

Right?

I want you to see if you can begin to breathe in and out through your nasal breath way.

This is just in and out through your nose.

You may find that you want to close your eyes,

You may find that you would like to have a light gaze across the room.

I want you to see if you can connect to the sensations that are in that breath.

You might feel it deep,

In the belly or heart space.

You might feel it shallow.

You might feel struggle through one or both nasal breath waves.

You might find ease.

Whatever it is that you're encountering,

Just notice it here as your now reality.

It's the space in which you're working from.

The mind might still be spinning saying,

I've never done this before,

I have a hard time doing this.

And even when it does that,

Come back into the sensation of just you breathing,

Knowing that you're doing it right.

Now in Ram Dass's words,

He said we have to really work on ourselves so that we can show up for others.

Today you may find that there's a reason why you're here.

Maybe it's to connect to you.

Maybe it's to connect to others and find forgiveness,

Strength to move on to the next chapter.

There's a reason that you came to work on you today.

I want you to see if you can with your next breath that goes to your belly.

Let that expand and open and inflate,

Lifting towards your heart space.

Draw that thing,

That reason why you're here into your space behind your eyes.

And then release like you're really letting go of something.

Just letting go with an exhale.

We're going to move into mechanics here in a minute,

But just trying to do that again.

Why am I here?

Take a breath in and state why you're here.

I am.

And release.

Slowly.

More than you brought it in.

We're going to move into this thing.

I'm just going to call it a thing because it's going to be different for everyone participating.

What is that thing,

The reason why you're here?

Now I'd like for you to identify the space right below your belly button.

You may use your hands or maybe you just kind of feel with your senses.

Begin to feel about two fingers down below your belly button.

If you could,

Two fingers inward from the belly button.

This space is called the yan tian.

This is kind of our target area as we breathe today.

I'm going to be walking around and moving and playing instruments.

I want you to see if you can,

With your next breath that comes in through your nose,

Target this area,

Letting it inflate.

Then let the ribs inflate,

Expanding just a little bit.

Let the heart lift just a little and then releasing from top to bottom.

Primarily breathing in through the nose,

Inflate the belly,

The ribs,

The heart,

And then releasing top to bottom.

Now when I say we're inflating the belly,

We're really just moving the diaphragm.

But as you feel that expansion,

Feel the diaphragm lift up into the ribs and then the ribs sort of push outward and then the heart lifts and then releasing fully.

I'm going to start to create a cadence for us now.

As you begin to breathe in through your nose,

Go ahead and take a giant breath in all the way to the top.

Let's release it with a sound.

Just feel free to make those noises.

Now moving into this box,

We're going to start with a home base.

You need to breathe in for a count of two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Now pull,

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Now exhale,

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Now pull,

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Breathe in,

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Now pull,

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Now letting go,

Releasing all the way down,

Four,

Five.

Now pulled at the bottom,

Five.

Breathe in all the way up,

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Now pull,

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Now releasing slowly,

Two,

Three,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Now pulled at the bottom,

Five counts.

Take a giant breath in all the way to the top.

Pull down at the top.

And release it with a sound all the way down.

Beautiful.

Now that's sort of our baseline.

I'm going to move us into what's called a CO2 tolerance test.

And this just allows you to kind of know where you're at today.

Remembering that thing that you're bringing into your practice,

Into your day.

All I'm going to simply do is do a five count in and a five count out like we were just doing.

However,

On the fourth one,

You'll take one giant breath to the top.

And I'd like you to release it as slow as you possibly can.

Now this is going to let you kind of know where you're at,

The way of holding CO2 and where you're at with stress.

I'm going to keep track of the time.

The way that you know your time is if you swallow during that exhale,

If you run out of exhale,

Or if you need to take a breath.

These are the three criteria.

You need to take a breath,

Run out of exhale,

Or swallow.

And that will be your time.

I have a timer over here that I'll be using.

Let's use that same count we just used.

Let's all just start with just a giant breath all the way to the top.

And releasing fully.

Beautiful.

Let's breathe in for a count of two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Now release two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Breathe in two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Now exhale two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

One more like that.

Breathe in two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Now exhale two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Now all of us take a giant breath in all the way to the top.

We're moving into that long exhale.

Release it as slow as you can.

If you swallow,

Run out of oxygen,

Or need to take another breath,

That is your time.

I'm keeping track of time.

Just listen for it.

Nine seconds,

Ten seconds.

As soon as you hear your time or have that criteria,

Just stop.

Fifteen,

Sixteen,

Seventeen seconds.

Nineteen seconds.

Twenty.

Twenty-two,

Twenty-three,

Twenty-four,

Twenty-five.

Twenty-seven seconds.

Twenty-nine,

Thirty.

Thirty-one.

Thirty-two.

Thirty-five seconds.

Thirty-seven,

Thirty-eight,

Thirty-nine.

Forty,

If you've already finished,

You can take a breath in and just move back into your normal breath.

Forty-five,

Forty-six,

Forty-seven,

Forty-eight.

Fifty seconds.

Fifty-two,

Fifty-three,

Fifty-four,

Fifty-five,

Fifty-six,

Fifty-seven.

And one minute,

If you haven't already,

Take a giant breath in all the way to the top.

Those are called God's breath.

Just releasing with a sound,

Just haaaaaa,

All the way down.

Now what does all that mean?

The times that we kind of came with,

And don't take it personally,

It's just the way that this criteria is.

So this is a test that my friend Jesse and I developed to see where you're at with CO2 tolerance today.

Because for the most part,

You don't need more oxygen,

You need to be able to handle the stress of CO2.

So if you're anywhere between zero and twenty-five seconds,

It usually indicates a breathwork dysfunction of some sort.

Meaning,

There's a lot of stress there,

Or you're not able to hold CO2,

This will affect you in today's practice,

And that's okay.

Just know that's where you're at.

And this is a good baseline for you to come back to for further practices.

If you're anywhere between twenty-five and forty,

That's about normal.

Normal isn't the right word,

I guess.

The average is a better word.

And above that usually indicates you've done some breathwork,

And that you're maybe a little bit more experienced.

So know that today as we go into breathwork retentions,

That it's just a matter of how you're handling the stress of CO2.

And that's affecting how you're holding your breath.

Let's begin today's practice.

We're going to go back into our box breathing.

However,

I'm going to eventually take us to a larger box,

And then I'll start to bring it into a balanced breath,

Like we just did,

All the way down to about a three in,

Three out.

We'll maintain that three in,

Three out for several minutes before going into a retention.

Let's just start with just taking a giant breath in all the way to the top.

Two big breath mechanics here,

Belly,

Ribs,

Heart,

And then release them all the way down.

There it is.

Let's just start with five counts here,

Breathing in for a count of two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Now hold.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Now release.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Now hold.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Now hold.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Now release.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Now hold at the bottom.

Let's do a fifth,

Sixth count on this next breath in.

Take a breath in.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Six,

Now hold.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Six,

Now release.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Six,

Now hold.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Six,

Breathe in.

Belly,

Ribs,

Heart,

All the way up.

Now hold.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Six,

Releasing top to bottom.

Six,

Five,

Four,

Three,

Two,

One,

And hold.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Six,

Breathe in.

Two,

Three,

Belly,

Ribs,

Heart,

All the way up.

Now hold.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Six,

Now release.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Six,

Now hold.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Six,

Breathe in.

Last one like that.

Four,

Five,

Six,

Now hold.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Six,

Now releasing top to bottom.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Six,

And holding at the bottom.

Now breathe in for seven now.

Breathe in.

Belly,

Ribs,

Heart,

Five,

Six,

Seven.

Now hold.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Six,

Seven,

Now release.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Six,

Seven.

Holding at the bottom right here.

Do another round like that.

Breathing in for a count of seven.

Six,

Five,

Four,

Three,

Two,

One.

Now hold.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Six,

Seven,

Now release.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Six,

Seven,

Now hold.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Six,

Seven,

Take a breath in all the way up.

Eight counts.

Six,

Five,

Four,

Three,

Two,

One.

Now hold.

Great count.

Five,

Six,

Seven,

Now releasing.

Great count.

And holding at the bottom for eight counts.

Eight,

Seven,

Six,

Five,

Four,

Three,

Two.

One more round like that.

Breathe in.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six,

Seven,

Eight.

And hold.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six,

Seven,

Eight.

Now release top to bottom.

We need the bottom here to hold.

Eight,

Seven,

Six,

Five,

Four,

Three,

Two,

One.

We're going to breathe in for eight.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six,

Seven,

Eight.

Now release for eight.

Eight,

Seven,

Six,

Five,

Four,

Three,

Two,

One.

Breathe in.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six,

Seven,

Eight.

Keep moving that breath.

Eight counts in,

Eight counts out.

And then we're on to the next moment.

Breathe in that thing.

What is that thing that you are bringing into practice today?

What is your reason for being here?

And then releasing all the way down.

We're going to move to seven on your next breath.

Breathe in for a count of two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six,

Seven.

Now release.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six,

Seven.

Breathe in.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six,

Seven.

Keep moving that breath.

Belly,

Ribs and heart.

And then releasing top to bottom.

We're going to move it to six count now.

Breathe in for a count of two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six.

Now release.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six.

Keep moving in this rhythm.

You might start to feel a little bit of fatigue.

When you do that,

Just breathe in that thing.

Why are you here?

Breathe it in.

When your body says,

I'm feeling fatigued,

I don't know if I can do it anymore.

Give yourself confidence.

The reason why you're here.

Breathe it in.

Belly,

Ribs,

Heart.

Five,

Six.

Now release.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six.

Now breathe in.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six.

Releasing top to bottom.

We're going to move to five count now.

We're starting to speed up.

In two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Now release.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Now in two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Now release.

Two,

Three.

Stay with this rhythm,

Breathing into the belly.

Feel it like it's a wave rolling through you.

Rolls in from the nose down to the belly and then up to the heart.

Then you release top to bottom.

Breathe in.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Now exhale.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Now in.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Now exhale.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Moving to four count.

In two,

Three,

Four.

Now exhale.

Two,

Three,

Four.

In that rhythm in.

Two,

Three,

Four.

Now exhale.

Two,

Three,

Four.

Breathe into the belly,

The ribs,

The heart.

Noticing the activation that might be starting here.

Stay with this rhythm.

You might feel tingling in your hands,

You might feel a ringing in your ears,

Even a temperature change,

Even a kind of a locking of the hands and feet sometimes happens.

It's called tetany and it is just part of the nervous system beginning to respond.

We're going to speed it up a little bit more here in a minute before going to a retention time.

I want you just to sort of stick with this four count in,

Four count out and noticing what becomes active.

Maybe you're starting to feel emotion or feelings and that's all okay.

We're moving away from our logical thinking,

Our conscious mind into living consciously.

If you remember it from our beginning,

Ram Dassam,

You really need to look within.

Your external form may be lovely,

You may be gorgeous and absolutely from the outside world put together but what is your inner environment?

Breathe in and nourish your inner environment here with that thing.

The reason you're here,

Breathing it in for a full four counts and for four counts let go of everything that's preventing that thing.

Just letting it go.

You do not need those things right here in this moment.

You are safe,

You are fairly comfortable.

Breathing in and then releasing.

Let's move to a three count here in just a moment.

All of us together just take a full breath in all the way to the top fully and all the way up and just release it with a sound.

It feels nice just to let it go.

Let's do another one of those because it just feels good.

Take a full breath in all the way up and hold it for a second.

Hold for a minute at the top.

Notice what becomes active and then release with a sound.

Letting it go.

Now we're gonna move in two three and release.

Now in two three.

Now release.

Now in two three.

Now out two three.

Now in two three.

Now exhale.

Two three.

Now in two three.

Now release.

Two three.

It's a little bit more difficult to stay in this rhythm but if there's a rhythm that you like you're welcome to use that slower rhythm if it makes sense for you.

If you like this rhythm,

Two count in,

Three count in,

Three count out,

That's perfect.

Notice areas that are saying okay when am I gonna hold or when are you feeling where's the agitation of the mind,

Where's the agitation of the body and just sort of surpassing that saying I'm just breathing.

When you feel as though you're getting away or you're wandering here,

Come back to that thing.

Breathe it into your belly.

Let it really surround your entire being as you're breathing into your belly.

Let it rise to the heart and then releasing the things that are preventing that thing.

In two three and out two three and in two three and out two three.

Moving inward,

Bringing in nitric oxide through the nose which is a vasodilator.

It helps with blood pressure,

It helps with oxygen releasing.

We're also moving into areas of the limbic mind,

The hypothalamus,

The hippocampus,

The amygdala.

In two three and exhale.

Two three and in two three and out two three.

We're moving on to our first retention here.

Our first retention will be only a minute.

Let's do five more together as a group here.

In two three and out two three.

Now in two three and out two three.

Three more.

In two three and release.

Top to bottom.

Expanding belly,

Ribs,

Heart.

Now release.

Heart,

Ribs,

Belly.

Last one like that.

All the way up and release fully all the way down to the bottom.

Take a full breath in all the way up.

Fully in all the way up.

And release fully all the way down.

Take one more giant breath here.

One more just massive breath all the way to the top.

And I want you to release and release and holding in a neutral lung here.

Neutral lung.

Notice your heart rate and slow it down.

Don't squeeze to hold this breath.

Relax to hold this breath.

Relaxing your hands,

Your feet.

Specifically relaxing the thoughts.

I want you to see if you can that thing,

That reason why you're here.

Make that your focus as though you were somehow balancing it right.

The space behind your eyebrows.

You can see it.

You can feel it on an emotional level.

What does that feel like to have that thing with you right now?

Strength,

Health,

Safety,

Forgiveness,

Sense of worth.

Right there.

Ready?

Take a full breath in all the way to the top.

Hold it at the top here.

Draw awareness up the head,

Up the body,

All the way to that space where you're holding that thing,

Energizing it.

When you're ready,

Go ahead and release that breath like you're letting go of all the things that are trapping it from coming to your experience.

Beautiful.

We're going to move into round two.

Two of three here.

Let's just start with a giant breath in all the way to the top.

And releasing fully all the way down.

We're going to start with a six count in,

Six count out.

Breathe in for a count of two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six.

Now release.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six.

Breathe in.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six.

Now release.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six.

Breathe in.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six.

Breathe in.

Keep moving the breath.

Noticing what areas are becoming maybe even more difficult to use.

Maybe it's your nose,

Maybe it's the belly,

Maybe you're feeling that little bit too late to the sensation.

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six,

Exhale.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six.

Now E,

In two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six.

Now exhale.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six.

Now the ribs,

Arms,

All the way out and release.

Top to bottom.

Two,

Three,

Four.

Five now,

Release.

Two,

Three,

Four.

Five now,

In.

Two,

Three,

Four.

Five now,

Release.

Two,

Three,

Four.

Five now,

In.

Two,

Three,

Four.

Five now,

Release.

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

You can do this.

I'll give you this for you,

Just for a moment.

Hold it at the top just for a moment.

Hold it here,

Notice what becomes active.

Release all the way down to the sound.

Beautiful.

We're going to move into a three count.

In,

Two,

Three.

Now exhale,

Two,

Three.

Now in,

Two,

Three.

Now exhale,

Two,

Three.

If you like that other rhythm better,

That's okay.

Some of you may find that you want to just let go to go a little deeper in this practice.

You breathe in,

Two,

Three,

And then just,

Ah,

Letting it go.

In,

Two,

Three,

And then just letting it go.

It's up to you if you want to use three count in or three count out.

I will cue both of them.

You decide how active you want to become.

With that ha in the end,

What we do is we retain more CO2,

Which creates this more hypoxic feeling.

So if you're wanting that hypoxia,

Release the exhale really fast.

We'll break the middle of CO2 into the end.

If you want the three count in,

It's just in,

Two,

Three,

And out,

Two,

Three.

Now in,

Two,

Three,

And exhale,

Two,

Three.

If you want the other counts in,

Two,

Three,

Ha.

In,

Two,

Three,

Ha.

In,

Two,

Three,

Ha.

Your choice how you do this,

Breathing in either three counts in and three counts out,

But see if you can.

Keep it flowing.

No matter what happens,

Say,

I'm breathing this thing in.

What is that thing you are drawing into your awareness?

Your inner strength,

Your inner self-love,

Your ability to forgive,

Whatever it is you're bringing in,

Bring it in with intention,

With force,

And then letting it go,

Saying,

I demand this experience now.

This is my right.

This is my ability.

Within my ability,

Draw this in,

And then release it.

As you breathe in,

Notice the belly.

Notice the ribs.

Notice the sensations that are maybe happening here.

Notice if something within you is saying,

I want to quit.

Notice that and say,

Okay,

Okay,

I hear you,

You're wanting to quit,

But I'm asking you to breathe into this.

Not force it,

Not try to make it happen,

But simply flow like you're going to work next to the river,

Right,

The river flows,

Bringing it onto your shore,

Letting it wash through you.

Breathe in,

Two,

Three,

And release,

Two,

Three.

Now in,

Two,

Three,

Now release,

Two,

Three.

Bring it in.

Belly,

Ribs,

Heart,

Heart,

Ribs,

Belly.

Let's just do about 10 more here.

In,

Two,

Three,

And release,

Two,

Three.

Now in,

Two,

Three,

And ha.

In,

Two,

Three,

And ha.

In,

Two,

Three,

And ha.

In,

Two,

Three,

Release.

Three more,

Bring it in,

And letting it all go.

Bringing that thing in,

Draw it into your awareness,

Even your visualization,

And then letting go of all the things that are preventing it.

Do one more like that,

Breathe in,

All the way to the very top,

And releasing.

Let's do one full giant breath here,

All the way up.

And release and hold here.

Release and hold in a neutral lung.

Not squeezing,

Release to a neutral lung,

And hold.

Notice your heart rate.

Slow it down.

The tingling you may feel in your feet and hands,

That is your nervous system,

Your electrical system.

Even that,

You might hear it in your ears.

That is also your electrical system.

This is you turning on spaces that were once thought in,

Unavailable,

But yet here we are tapping into the deepest part of the subconscious in a way to draw that thing in,

To make it a new core,

Not as something we desire,

But something that we have within us.

It's within our reach.

It's a matter of our alignment.

It's a matter of our own processes,

The healing.

If you need to breathe before I cue it,

You can.

Just take a giant sip in and come back to your hold,

Or you have about 20 more seconds here.

Breathing in in three,

Two,

One.

Take a giant breath in all the way to the top and hold.

Hold here.

Draw awareness up the body.

Maybe even squeezing from the pelvis,

The belly,

The heart space,

The shoulders,

The face.

Draw that energy up into the space where you're holding that thing right behind your brow and then letting go fully all the way down,

Letting go all the way down.

We've got one more round like this,

And I'm going to move this into some other pieces.

I want to start with a giant breath in all the way to the top.

Release and slow.

Good intention of letting go,

Letting go,

Letting go,

Letting go.

This is me letting go.

Now take a breath in all the way up.

And letting go,

Letting go,

Letting go,

Letting go,

Letting go.

Let's start with a six-count balance breath.

Breathing in,

We have two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six.

Let's now release two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six into the belly.

Breathe,

Four,

Five,

Six.

Releasing from the heart,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six.

Breathe in,

Belly,

Ribs,

Heart,

And then releasing.

Let's not get caught up in the technique too much.

Notice what you're feeling here.

Breathing into the belly,

The heart,

Noticing areas where you're saying,

Hey,

Things are happening here.

Notice them in the middle,

Releasing,

Coming back to the next breath.

Don't worry so much about your exhale.

Let me do the next inhale.

Let's put all that in,

All the way to the belly,

Ribs,

Heart,

And then releasing all the way down.

We're going to take a giant breath here all the way to the top.

And releasing all the way down.

Now I'm going to offer,

I'm going to start offering you what's called shamanic breath,

Which is a two-part inhale.

So it's in through the nose,

And then it's in through the mouth.

And then you release it down.

So as you breathe in,

Now take a second breath through the mouth,

And then releasing fully through the mouth.

There it is.

Breathing into the belly,

Through the nose,

Take a breath in through the mouth,

And release fully all the way down.

As you breathe in,

Two,

Three,

Take a sip.

Now release.

Breathe in,

Two,

Three,

Take a sip.

Release fully.

In the belly,

Ribs,

Heart,

Take a sip.

Release fully.

In,

Two,

Three,

Sip,

And release.

In,

Two,

Three,

And sip,

And release.

We're moving a little faster.

In,

Two,

Three,

Sip,

And release.

In,

Two,

Three,

Sip,

Release.

In,

Two,

Three,

Sip,

And release.

In,

Two,

Three,

Sip,

Release.

There it is.

Continue this rhythm.

In,

Two,

Three,

Sip,

Release.

Belly,

Ribs,

Heart,

Sip,

And then letting go.

Draw that awareness,

That thing,

Draw it into the belly,

Ribs,

Heart,

Sip a little bit more energy.

Now releasing.

There it is.

Breathe in,

Two,

Three,

And sip,

And release.

In,

Two,

Three,

Sip,

And release.

In,

Two,

Three,

Sip,

And then letting go.

Five more.

In,

Two,

Three,

Sip,

Release.

Four more.

In,

Two,

Three,

Sip,

Release.

Two more.

In,

Two,

Three,

Sip,

Release.

One more,

Like that.

In,

Two,

Three,

Sip,

Release.

Now in,

Two,

Three,

And out,

Two,

Three.

Now in,

Two,

Three,

And out,

Two,

Three.

Now in,

Two,

Three,

And out,

Two,

Three.

Belly,

Ribs,

Heart,

Heart,

Ribs,

Belly.

Breathe in,

Two,

Three,

And out,

Two,

Three.

Moving the breath through the places that feel uncomfortable,

Continue this rhythm.

Three in,

Three out.

We're going to go into one more round in those six.

The transformation is in those areas of discomfort.

Can you breathe through areas of your life that are uncomfortable?

Uncomfortable,

Not painful,

Not suffering.

Just simply discomfort.

Breathe in,

Two,

Three,

And out,

Two,

Three.

Now in,

Two,

Three,

And out,

Two,

Three.

Keep it rhythmatic.

Keep it moving through you.

I'm not waiting for the cue,

But knowing exactly where you need to move to.

I'm moving into this thing.

I'm listening to the way my body is responding as I breathe in this thing.

My body,

My mind,

My heart,

All part of this.

The whole body of restoration.

It's not just about air anymore.

It is about the nervous system.

It is about how we feel.

Bring it in and release those things that feel uncomfortable.

Maybe it's your ego saying,

Am I doing this right?

Maybe it's attachments to the person who you think you are.

Letting go of that.

We all have things that we have worked through in our life.

There's been tremendous,

Different hardships in our life.

Sometimes we think that that's what defines us.

You can breathe into this new you in this new moment and let them go.

Breathe in this person that's here now,

Not the person who lived through that thing a year ago,

Two years ago.

Be here.

Breathe in,

Two,

Three,

And release,

Two,

Three.

We're going to go into sips.

In,

Two,

Three,

And sip,

And release.

In,

Two,

Three,

And sip,

And release.

In,

Two,

Three,

And sip,

And release.

Five more.

In,

Two,

Three,

Sip,

Release.

In,

Two,

Three,

And sip,

Release.

In,

Two,

Three,

And sip,

Releasing.

Take one more.

Two,

Three,

Sip,

And release.

All of us together,

Take one full breath in all the way to the top.

A full release all the way down.

Take one more breath here,

All the way up.

Release it and come to a retention,

A hold here.

Holding the breath in a neutral lung,

No breathing,

You have plenty of oxygen.

The body may just want to breathe because that's what it's so used to doing.

Relax into that thing that you're feeling.

The reason why you're here.

Let it be the only thing you see.

Not the distraction of the music or the voice in the room.

Just you and that thing.

Safe.

You're okay.

You might feel an electrical charge running through you right now.

This is good.

This is where we create from.

We have a 90 second retention that we're one minute into.

You're welcome to breathe at any time if you need to or continue to hold.

Take a breath in all the way to the very top and hold.

Draw awareness of the body,

Maybe even squeezing a little bit as you get closer to the chest,

The shoulders,

The face.

Squeeze,

Squeeze,

Squeeze all the way up to your brow.

And releasing fully,

Releasing fully here.

Beautiful.

Just go ahead and take a breath in for a count of five,

Four,

Three,

Two,

One.

Now hold,

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Now release,

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Now holding at the bottom,

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Breathe in,

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Now hold,

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Now release,

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five.

Now holding at the bottom,

Five counts.

All the way down to the bottom.

When you're ready,

You can take a full breath in.

Why don't you take it as high as you can.

Maybe even take another sip here.

Maybe even take another sip.

And release it as slow as you can,

As slow as you can.

This is called the God's breath.

Just releasing it all the way down.

Releasing it all the way down.

Taking another breath when you're ready.

All the way to the top.

Maybe you take another sip here.

Really just a little bit more.

Bring it into the collarbone,

Into the space near your head.

Release it as slow as you can.

All the way down,

Feeling the body letting go.

Feeling the body,

The mind letting go.

Taking your next God breath.

We're going to do these for a series.

This is how I say stop it.

So you can always do those big breaths.

But on your next one,

I want you to draw that thing in.

As though you are physically drawing it near to you.

Maybe like a third arm or something.

Maybe a piece of you is now you.

Release the stuff that's preventing you from getting that thing in your life.

Let it go slowly.

Let it go slowly.

And now,

Of course,

Just release.

And then you take your next God's breath.

Release another big breath with your second sip or third or fourth sip.

And then release it slowly when you're ready.

When you're ready.

I'm going to give you a different timing here.

Notice what becomes active as you pull the breath into the collarbone.

Maybe sensations of the heart moving faster.

When you let go,

Know what happens as you let go.

You might feel an emotional sensation around that.

This makes me feel good.

This makes me feel different.

This makes me feel happy and anxious.

Take another God's breath as you're ready.

All the way to the top.

Notice that's you.

There's a conscious you.

The saying I need to breathe.

There's also the unconscious you that is feeling here.

And the two,

Your conscious you and your unconscious you are a team.

They're a team.

Even though it doesn't feel like it sometimes,

The unconscious you sometimes tells you how horrible you are at things or how you could do better.

It's just loving you.

Letting you know that,

Hey,

I'm trying to protect you.

Breathe in another God's breath when you're ready.

All the way to the top.

Keep moving.

Keep breaths.

Releasing it slowly all the way down.

Continuing to move this energy through us.

That's not just about the breath anymore,

Is it?

The breath is what was the light switch,

But the light switch is not the light.

It's the activation you feel and maybe even the emotions that you feel here.

Those are the light.

That's the aha.

The breath is simply the light switch.

Let's all do this one together.

One more step and hold it at the top.

No way.

Moving into your normal breath.

Just be the observer,

Not the doer,

Not the thinker.

Finding the courage to work on yourself compassionately.

Ram Dass told us that we must live consciously.

You must have the courage to go within yourself to find out who you really are.

Understand that behind all the masks of all the individual differences,

You are a being of beauty,

Love,

And awareness.

Maybe even asking that question,

Who am I really?

Who am I really?

You and I are in training to be conscious.

Passionate and the truest and deepest sense.

To be able to be an instrument of equanimity,

An instrument of joy and presence and love.

At the same moment,

Absolutely quiet.

Maybe even asking in this moment,

Who am I really?

Who am I really?

The external form,

Your physical existence is gorgeous.

But that is only the conscious self.

Behind the facade of personality,

Of worldly experience.

And in that space where the breath may have taken you,

What are you creating there?

That thing.

It exists physically somewhere.

This is you moving into non-physical to create that thing.

As you move into your normal breath,

Maybe even noticing what it would feel like if that was part of your experience here.

But then the mind also will want to know,

How do I get there?

And you may have to ask questions like,

What do I need to let go?

Do I need to let go of so I can be that person that's on the other side of my discomfort?

What new habits do I need to create to be that person?

Who am I really?

Taking a moment to quiet the mind.

Not by telling stories,

But just by being.

And opening the heart.

The space of heart coherence,

The DNA that created your body before the mind was even fully formed.

Holds the key to that question,

Who am I really?

Who am I really?

Who am I really?

Who am I really?

Who am I really?

Who am I really?

Reviews

What a beautiful and profound session. Bringing in Ram Dass gives it a golden touch and thx to Ryan's creativity it reaches a divine level.
Thank you for sharing this one Master Ryan 🙏💜🙏

Wonderful and releasing.

This is a well crafted breath journey, with a reliable guide. I would describe it as a dynamic breathwork where each phase starts with an progressively shortened box breath. The shamanic breath was difficult - I need more time to practice this.
The guidance really helped me. Simple and clear - What brings you here? I really felt safe and taken care of and both cried and laughed. 🙏

Thank you for this great breathing session!! Not easy but so worth it!! 🕊️

I feel amazing! Thank you so much for this guidance 🙏

AMAZING any new fav breathwork. I love this shamanism approach especially with the instruments thank you so much for making this it’s changed my life

That was incredible. I this unlocked why I have so much emotional pain within me. I cried.

Radiant breath work! I stand in my brilliance full of love + light. Thank you! 🙏🏽✨🤍

Would give this 10 stars if I could, amazing breathwork session, transformative, thank you 🙏

Absolutely wonderful the feelings inside of me from doing this Breathwork meditation was outstanding Thankyou Ryan 💜

I am so greatful for this hour long session ! I have been practcing with Ryan for a 1 yr and a half with his insight timer live sessions, breath to manifest miracle workshop, meditation workshop , and listening to many of his recordings such beatiful stuff just love being on the journey . Thanks!

The best ever!

That was fantastic. Thank you🙏🏽

Thank you very much, very grateful for this meditation. 💜🙏💜✨✨✨✨✨🐕😊