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7 Minute Breathhold Instruction, Multi-Orgasmic Breathwork, DMT Activation, How He Rescued The Homeless With Breathing & Much More With Travis Steffens Of "The Breath Source" App.

Ben Greenfield Life

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The Power of Breathing Off CO2 for Stress Training

Breathalyser creates more carbon dioxide in the body than oxygen. When we don't have to, so when we're in an inhale holder and exhale hold and the body starts to freak out, it's not because we need oxygen. It's because the carbon dioxide becomes quote unquote poisonous to the body when it's used up and it needs to get out. And so I feel that that's where we can truly rewire the nervous system and create a new state of being by taking the mind back from the nervous system. That's probably why similar to a cold plunge earlier in the day, everything from a stress standpoint seems easier if you start off your day with a

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