The Vitalist Breath Is the Steering Wheel of Your Nervous System with Dr. Sachin Patel
In this episode of The Vitalist, Dr. Sachin Patel, chiropractor, functional medicine practitioner, and breathwork facilitator, reveals why nothing heals the body better than itself. From the wisdom of a newborn’s nervous system to the hidden traumas stored in our diaphragm and fascia, Sachin uncovers the intelligence we’ve been trained to ignore.
We talk about why crying is one of the fastest ways to regulate the nervous system, how mouth taping can transform your health, and why your breath is the steering wheel of your biology. You’ll hear stories of people releasing decades of pain in a single breathwork session, the science behind CO2 tolerance and the Bohr effect, and why the future of healthcare isn’t found in more hospitals, but in remembering the inner doctor already within.
HIGHLIGHTS:
The doctor of the future is you: why the solution isn’t more hospitals. (1:14)
How modern medicine lost its way, vilifying natural healing, prescribing petroleum-based chemicals, and silencing the inner doctor within us. (5:03)
The seed of vitalism: becoming a father revealed to Sachin that his son, and all of us, are born with the wisdom of the universe inside. (9:25)
The nervous system as software: the master operator running every conscious and unconscious process in the body. (13:13)
Breaking free from recycled thoughts: the default mode network, why 95% of our thinking is stuck on repeat, and how plant medicine or breathwork can rewrite the story. (15:56)
Holographic Manipulation Therapy: how Dr. Gabe Roberts helps people rewrite the holograms of old stories stored in the brain. (18:06)
Breath as the steering wheel of the nervous system: Sachin’s first Wim Hof experience showed him how to reprogram the subconscious. (24:20)
Where trauma hides in the body: grief in the lungs, stress in the diaphragm, memory in the fascia and why the diaphragm is our “second heart.” (26:46)
The truth about crying: why tears are one of the fastest ways to regulate the nervous system. (30:07)
The #1 breath practice you should be doing: mouth taping. Why 66% of people mouth-breathe at night and why it keeps the body stuck in fight-or-flight instead of healing. (35:17)
Coherence breathing: a simple 6-second inhale and 6-second exhale boosts brain oxygenation by 20% and anchors calm on demand. (38:30)
The Bohr effect: how breath holds build CO2 tolerance, shift body pH, and unlock deeper oxygenation for every cell. (44:13)
The diaphragm as the lead domino: why regulating your breath cascades into regulating your heart, lymph, and nervous system. (50:56)
What healthcare is missing: why your breath is a pharmacy, your body a surgeon, and your environment a nurse and how true healing begins with responsibility. (53:59)
RESOURCES:
Follow Sachin Patel DC
Breathe With Sachin - BreathworkWithSachin.com Sachin’s Metabolic Program – mymetabolicreset.ca
Holographic Manipulation Therapy with Dr. Gabe Roberts
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