Breath Work Is Brain Work (Box Breath | Hypoxic Breath | DMT)

This breathwork session explores several types of breath including; Box Breathing, Hypoxic Breath, Super Ventilation, DMT Activation, and calming bottom triangle 4/7/8. The calming river at Mandala Springs serves as a background white noise, while the hand pan and guided instruction from a live session are presented in the foreground. Enjoy going deep in this 30-minute breath work practice.

Transcript

Just simply arriving here,

Maybe close your eyes or have a light gaze and begin to arrive here attentive,

Safe,

Ready to receive,

Ready to go deep.

As I arrive here,

I usually just take a few minutes to kind of ask myself what am I feeling?

What does my body feel like today?

What does my heart feel like today?

Where's my mind?

Am I here in this session?

You may find that you're wandering.

That's okay too.

It's okay for the time being.

I'm not trying to control anything or simply being aware and observers at this point.

Now,

Beginning today's session,

Just take a breath in through your nose and slowly release.

We're going to do two more like that,

Just in through the nose and out through the nose.

In through the nose and out through the nose.

Moving into our first organized breath,

I want to bring us into something called box breathing.

Using our nose,

Mrs.

Doolie,

Train us to become nose breathers rather than mouth breathers.

As we breathe in,

We'll breathe in for a count of four,

Holding for a count of four,

Releasing for a count of four,

And then hold for a count of four again.

Don't worry,

I'll remind you again.

On this rhythm,

Exhale all the air and breathe in through the nose.

In for four,

Three,

Two,

One,

Hold,

Four,

Three,

Two,

One,

Release,

Four,

Three,

Two,

One,

Hold,

Four,

Three,

Two,

One,

Into the nose,

Four,

Three,

Two,

One,

Hold,

Four,

Three,

Two,

One,

Release,

Hold.

Now we're going to step it up at the end of this one,

To six count.

Six in,

Six,

Five,

Four,

Three,

Two,

One,

Hold for six,

Release for six,

Holding for six,

Take a giant breath in,

And slowly release.

Now just starting our superventilation.

Today I wanted to do three rounds of a hypoxic breath or an alkaline breath.

It has lots of names.

I'll talk the benefits as we breathe.

And then I want to finish today's session off with a DMT activation breath.

For the first three breaths,

First three rounds,

You're welcome to sit up,

Maybe in a cross-legged posture like I am here,

Or sitting on your feet.

For the last round,

I'd like for you to try to lay down.

As we begin to activate this chemical within our body,

Lots of chemicals actually,

One of which is DMT,

Dimethyltryptamine.

We do that with a special kind of breath,

Really activating that in the pineal gland,

The area where it's crystallized,

The light comes through,

And it's a very beautiful experience.

You embrace that,

That's going to change in chemistry in our physiology.

So today,

We're really going to become alchemists.

We're going to change our body chemistry to alkaline state and release other hormones and chemicals in the body.

First three rounds,

We're going to do about 30 breaths.

At the end of those 30 breaths,

I'll say 30 to 40 because I don't really count.

I'm playing music and helping assist you through this process.

At the end of that,

We exhale all and we come to a neutral apana,

So a neutral apnea,

If you like to call that,

Just where we don't have any oxygen in the lungs and we hold.

First round,

We'll hold for a minute and we'll extend that as we continue through the rounds.

The last round,

The holds are on both ends of the inhale and the exhale and I'll guide you through that.

The breaths for the first three rounds are like this.

We breathe in.

So it's really in through the nose and just releasing through the mouth or the nose.

I want you to try to do this in my rhythm.

Here we go.

Exhale all the air.

Now breathe in.

Keep breathing,

Bringing in like a wave all the way through the body.

We're trying to bring more oxygen in than we normally breathe.

Normally,

As humans,

We do about 15 breaths a minute.

Now I want you to stay on this rhythm as I play the panna.

We're doing this to bring more oxygen into the body.

As we bring more oxygen in,

It gets delivered by the cells into the muscle tissue,

The brain stem.

The physiology of your nervous system begins to activate.

I want you to think of this kind of as an electrical system for you.

This electrical system begins to fire.

When it fires,

Other parts of the body begin to respond.

Your endocrine system where chemicals are produced,

Your lymphatic system where your immune system resides.

Keep breathing.

Breathe in.

We are changing our physiology here.

We are activating and bringing in this new component of I am in charge.

The nervous system may say I remember this and I was in fear last time.

I breathe like this and we are changing that experience to I am in control of this.

Breathe in 10,

8,

7,

6,

5,

4,

Breathe in 3,

2,

Take a giant breath in here.

I'm going to take a giant breath in here all the way to the top.

Slowly release.

And hold.

Holding right here.

Somewhere between an inhale and an exhale.

No air within the lungs.

See how I'm tricking the body.

Tricking,

Bringing more oxygen so we are feeding it so it has plenty.

We are tricking it into a place that says I am now holding my breath.

Moving into a hypoxic state.

The carbon dioxide begins to build up.

It gets delivered by those white blood cells that begin to convert.

Only 15 seconds to go.

We are training the body.

We are training the body chemistry.

Changing connections in the mind.

Breathing in in 5,

4,

3,

2,

Take a giant breath in.

I want you to hold this breath here.

Hold and squeeze from your roots up past the belly button.

Almost along the spine.

Up around the back,

The back of your neck into the brain stem and up and over your head.

And release.

Round 1 is complete.

Let's move into our second round.

Back into that rhythm.

In through the nose and out however you need to let it go.

Breathe in.

We are not as concerned with the count as we are because we are charging up the body.

You will feel it get charged.

I'm really worried about exact numbers here.

Let's breathe and release.

All the way in and letting go.

All the way up and release.

This super ventilation breath.

Very similar to this Wim Hof method.

Lots of different ways we can get into a hypoxic state.

Just simply breathe in,

Bring it in and release.

Stay with it.

Your body wants to say,

Hey hold on I don't breathe this hard and it's okay.

We can still do this.

It is not easy but it is a very simple task.

Breathe in and release.

Breathe in,

Release,

Release.

Let's do 10 more.

9,

8,

9,

8,

9,

8,

9,

5,

3,

2,

Take a giant breath in.

And release and pull.

Coming to this place where we are in between the inhale and the exhale.

Maybe bringing your attention to the heart.

Feel your heart beating.

Maybe your hands tingling.

Maybe your feet tingling or the temperature changing.

The nervous system is beginning to respond saying I recognize this.

I need to produce chemicals.

I need to create change within the body.

And now here we are sitting in peace.

Observing.

One minute has passed,

Only 30 seconds to go.

If you need to breathe before I cue it,

It's okay.

Breathing in,

5,

4,

3,

2 and 1.

Take a giant breath in.

Now hold this breath at the top.

Squeezing.

Squeezing all the way up your body,

Up and around the shoulders,

All the way to the back of the head.

Squeeze it to your forehead.

Pressurizing this in the prefrontal cortex here right by your pineal gland.

Squeeze and release.

You might start to be feeling some kind of funny sensations now.

All this is okay.

It's just your body responding to the commands that you've given it.

Your body doesn't speak your native tongue.

Your body speaks that of energy shifting.

It feels the changes and moves into fight or flight response as you ask it to.

It moves into a stay and play response as you ask it to.

And it moves into a rest and digest stage as you ask it to.

This is the language of your Vegas term.

Let's move back into round 3.

This is our final round of this super ventilation breathing.

And then we'll move into a D&T activation breath for our last round.

Moving back into that rhythm.

Inhale.

On this rhythm,

Breathing in.

Being very much present with the comings.

Don't worry about how it leaves.

I want you just to breathe and let it go.

Breathe and let it go.

It's like it's rolling into your body.

This prana,

This breath of life,

This energy force as it comes and goes.

Keep moving on that rhythm.

In and let it go.

Like it's rolling into you,

Like it's a wave just rolling in.

Let it go.

Feeling the body starting to charge up,

Starting to charge.

Let's do 10 more breaths.

10 more breaths.

Here we go.

Breathe in.

Keep it moving.

Come on.

9,

8,

7,

6,

5,

4,

3,

2.

Take a giant breath in.

And release.

And release.

And hold.

Holding here in between an inhale and exhale.

Maybe you're feeling the tingling now or hearing the ringing in your ears.

That is your electrical system pliable.

Sometimes I like to bring my hands to my heart and just tap.

Just tapping right at the sternum to bring my attention inward.

Maybe swallowing and just squeezing this area.

But I want you to feel the breath in.

Relaxing your nose.

Relax your fingers.

Relax your face.

One minute if you feel as though you need to breathe.

Just take a quick breath in.

And then let it go.

15 seconds for me.

Breathing in.

5,

4,

3,

2,

1.

5,

4,

3,

2.

Take a giant breath in.

Squeeze.

Squeeze.

Squeeze all the way to your forehead.

And release.

Now,

Moving into our final round which is a more alkaline,

Excuse me,

DMT activating breath.

Body is in an alkaline state or closer to alkaline which means away from toxic.

I'm going to move us into a space and I'd like for you to lay down here if you have the opportunity to do so or find yourself very comfortable.

Place that you can't fall out of the chair.

As we move into this,

I'm going to encourage you to maybe close your eyes and really go in.

Now,

The way this breath works is you bring the tongue to the roof of your mouth and you breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth.

I'll give you the rhythm.

You need to follow.

And as we breathe,

Just take those breaths a little bit faster than the previous rounds but a little bit faster.

We'll release and hold at the bottom but not for an extended amount of time.

And then we'll breathe in and hold at the top but not for an extended amount of time.

I'm going to do three rounds like this.

They're quite short.

Finding yourself in a comfortable and safe position.

Bring the tongue to the roof of your mouth.

On my rhythm.

In through the nose,

Out through the mouth.

Keep moving.

Stay on this rhythm.

Ten,

Nine,

Eight,

Seven,

Six,

Five,

Four,

Three,

Two,

Take a giant breath in and release and hold at the bottom.

Take a giant breath in,

Hold it at the top.

And slowly release.

Moving back into that rhythm.

On my cues,

Tongue to the roof of the mouth,

In through the nose,

Out through the mouth.

Exhaling,

Getting ready for this round.

Take a breath in and exhale.

Here we go on this rhythm.

In.

Keep moving.

Come on.

You're almost there.

You're almost there.

Ten,

Nine,

Eight,

Seven,

Six,

Five,

Four,

Three,

Two,

And one.

Take a breath in and release and hold.

Take a breath in and hold it at the top.

And release.

Just being present with what is.

Maybe you're seeing colors or sensations or just being in kind of an interesting state,

But I want you to stick with it.

Know that this is temporary.

Let's move back into our final round here.

Tongue to the roof of the mouth,

In through the nose,

Out through the mouth on my rhythm.

Starting the breath with an exhale.

So just breathe in and release.

Move into that rhythm.

Ten,

Nine,

Eight,

Seven,

Six,

Five,

Four,

Three,

Two,

Breath in and let it go and hold.

Take a breath in and hold it at the top.

And release.

Take a giant breath in.

Take a breath in and hold it at the top.

Take a giant breath in,

Maybe the nose or the mouth.

That's up to you.

And let it go.

Just being present with the sensations that you feel.

Not trying to feel them.

What is it that I feel right now?

What is my body chemistry and physiology telling me?

Moving into a more calming breath just to finish this round on my count.

And do something called four,

Seven,

Eight breath.

This is something you can use if you wake up in the middle of the night and just need to get back to sleep.

Do a couple of these and then we'll move into the guided meditation.

You're just joining welcome.

Welcome.

Just finishing up the round and going into guided meditation.

On my count,

Just want us to breathe in strictly through the nose here.

Breathe in.

Four,

Three,

Two,

One.

Now release.

Seven,

Six,

Five,

Four,

Three,

Two,

One.

Hold for eight.

Six,

Five,

Four,

Three,

Two,

One.

Breathe in for four.

Release for seven.

Hold for eight.

Breathe in for four.

Release for seven.

Hold for eight.

And slowly release.

Okay.

Reviews

Forme the middle breatheork was the best , I was a little unclear on how to keep my tongue to roof of mouth during DMT breathing but excellent all around either way. What instrument are you playing? thank you!

Best breath work I’ve done on insight timer, combines a mixture of exercises, some may find challenging, especially the breathe holds but this was the perfect balance for me.

WOW!!!! That was amazing. I’ve never tried anything like it. This will be a regular

Incredible— I love the feeling of going to a minute and then beyond, comfortable and spacious feeling. Got some good muscle twitches after. Thank you!

I’m stunned by how I felt during this breathing session! I’ve never felt so different physically i could feel the physical changes as we went through the exercises, in my body. I experienced different sensations in different parts of me. I can’t say it was easy, even though I thought I was pretty strong with my breathing. This was challenging and it’s what I need to help me with my insomnia.
My feet went very cold at one point and my heart was racing along with heat and other sensations.
I know an alkaline ph is better for your body then acidic so I’m pleased that I found this. My CBTI therapist has recommended 478 breathing and my psychiatrist has recommended box breathing, so this sesssion features both! Win win. Thank you very much I really feel much better and less stressed after a night of maybe 4 hours of sleep.

Amazing how relaxing one feels after this session! Thank you so much!!

Easy to follow instructions
Music added element to help relax and enjoy music
Clear instructions- it was helpful to follow your count.
Thank you 🙏🏼

Brilliant session. Thank you.
My mind really drifted into vagueness towards the end. Haven’t felt dreamy like that before in powerful breath sessions.

What a way to wake up and be present for the start of the day ❤️ Edit: Yes it is a rocket ship indeed Ryan. 🙏🏼

Awesome!!!!! Thank you so very much!!!! Amazing!!! 🤩 ❤️🙏🏼

What a fantastic mediation. The way you guide really helped to just focus on the breathing and technique rather than what is being said. Feel amazing after

I awoke in a panicked state. I felt overwhelmed by being unable to articulate in ways that will be heard by people who are sworn to help stop crimes and overwhelmed by simply being unheard. I turned to this breathwork, and it was very transformative, bringing my distress and my body’s response into clearer view, me noticing the pain, burning, tension, and distress in my abdomen and throughout my digestive system. The breathing helped me connect to times when I was tortured until my body and mind broke. It’s true that the breathing was similar to when my body was out of control. This breathwork allowed me to relax and see the difference today in a safer place as it allowed me to pause in similar breathing patterns but this time by choice and with intention to calm, rather than a physiological response to evoke calm in a state of panic — choice rather than necessity, encompassing peace in a home filled with love rather than a small space within a fierce storm that surrounded me at one time. This was very helpful. Thank you so much for providing this space and the intention to make new bodily pathways and memory.

Amazing. In my opinion Ryan is the best breathwork meditation teacher on Insight Timer. This is life changing stuff folks. Thanks again Ryan. Namaste 🙏💖

One of the best meditations I've ever done! Truly amazing! 10 stars!! Thank you for this gift ❤️🙏

Very good guide for this type of meditation. Clear and strong direction. Excellent!

I always feel chilly, why might that be? Great session as always, thank you Ryan!

This was my first time trying box breathing, and it was amazing. Much love and gratitude to you.

Great integration of sensation and feelings. Feeling connected and grounded. Thank you

I have never been able to actually complete an effective breath work session where I felt like I actually did it the right way and got something from it. This was an absolutely amazing experience. I really appreciate you.Sharing your time and energy with all of us. I look forward to exploring your other sessions and hopefully catching you during a live session as well. 💓💓💓

ThankYou. My body tells me I badly needed that! Merci beaucoup!