Ep 191 Interview Sessions with Mike Maher | Take a Deep Breath

Sep 21, 2022

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On episode 191 I am joined by Mike Maher, breathwork coach and host of one of the most popular breathwork channels on YouTube, Take a Deep Breath.

After Mikes marriage ended in 2016, lost and curious, Mike spent a week with Wim Hof after hearing him on the Joe Rogan and Tangentially speaking podcasts. The Ice Man introduced Mike to Ice Baths, Climbing freezing cold mountains in only shorts and of course, breathwork. Mike was obsessed and ended up quitting his corporate job if 15 years and Walked Across Spain for El Camino then went onto traveling then around the world and starting a YouTube channel all about breathing.

Mike Maher is now the founder of TAKE A DEEP BREATH, a breathwork channel on YouTube and host of the Breathwork podcast BREATHCAST, Mike has trained as an Oxygen Advantage Instructor & Buteyko Practitioner under Patrick McKeown, Mikes YouTube Channel has over 200 videos dedicated to breathwork, the channel is one of the largest in its field with over 143k subscribers and 19 million views, all of Mikes breathwork content is free and available for people to go and try.

In this episode you will hear:

03:30 Take a Deep Breath

05:00 you’d follow Wim Hof into a volcano

09:00 Mike’s breath journey

11:00 stress and de-stress

13:00 mentored by the world’s breathing experts

15:00 the Oxygen Advantage

19:00 breathwork tips for parents

24:00 terrified of the ocean but goes free-diving

29:00 we breath too fast, shallow and through the wrong hole

32:00 breathing affects the way you think and feel

35:00 the importance of nose breathing