Dan Brulé Breath Master Reveals The Benefits of Breathing Exercises | TAKE A DEEP BREATH #breathcast

Introduction

The host introduces the guest, Dan Brule, who is known as the "Bruce Lee of breathwork" and has 40 years of experience in the field. The host mentions that Dan advises Tony Robbins on breathing and teaches breathwork to millions of people.

• The host expresses his excitement about having Dan as a guest on the podcast.

• The host talks about how he went out to his audience on YouTube to get questions for Dan.

• The host promotes his other YouTube channel, Hypnotherapy Unleashed, which has over 50 videos on addictions, anxiety, depression, procrastination, and more.

• The host invites listeners to follow him on Instagram at take deep breath dot co dot uk.

Interview with Dan Brule

In this section, the host interviews Dan Brule and asks him about why humans have the power of conscious breath.

Why do humans have the power of conscious breath?

• Dan believes that humans have the power of conscious breath because it allows them to get a handle on their consciousness and energy. He thinks it has more to do with our essence than our bigger brains.

Questions from Audience

In this section, the host asks some questions from his audience on YouTube.

How can we use breathwork to improve our mental health?

• According to Dan, using breathwork can help us access different states of consciousness that can be beneficial for mental health. He recommends using specific breathing techniques like circular breathing or holotropic breathing.

Can you use breathwork for physical healing?

• Yes, says Dan. Breathwork can help activate your body's natural healing mechanisms by increasing oxygenation and circulation. It can also help release emotional blockages that may be contributing to physical issues.

How can breathwork help with anxiety?

• Dan suggests using breathwork to activate the parasympathetic nervous system, which can help calm the body and reduce anxiety. He recommends using techniques like slow, deep breathing or alternate nostril breathing.

Can you use breathwork for spiritual growth?

• Yes, says Dan. Breathwork can help us access different states of consciousness that can be beneficial for spiritual growth. It can also help us connect with our intuition and inner wisdom.

Conclusion

The host concludes the podcast by thanking Dan for his time and expertise.

• The host thanks Dan for being a guest on the podcast.

• The host encourages listeners to check out Dan's website and books.

• The host reminds listeners to subscribe to his YouTube channel and follow him on Instagram.

Evolution of Consciousness and the Role of Breath

In this section, Dan and his guest discuss the evolution of consciousness and how it relates to the body. They also talk about the role of breath in personal development.

The Evolution of Consciousness

• The body evolved out of consciousness, not the other way around.

• We are on a path of infinite expansion and awakening.

• Breath is a key factor in personal development.

Managing Emotions

• Dan experiences anger but has learned to manage it effectively.

• Anger is an emotion that can be managed through choice.

• Once chemicals associated with anger have been activated, they must run their course.

• We can choose how we relate to our emotions and what we do with their energy.

Emotional State Management

• Releasing original anger can prevent it from being re-triggered by other things.

• Anger can be used as a device but should be managed for emotional state management.

• Awareness helps us catch ourselves in the middle of emotional outbursts so we can re-channel our energy effectively.

Framing Life Events

In this section, the speaker discusses how our experience of an event is determined by the meaning we give it, rather than the event itself.

The Importance of Choice

• Our experience of an event is determined by the meaning we give it.

• The choice we make in response to an event is what really matters.

Crying and Breathing

In this section, the speaker discusses crying and breathing as ways to release emotion.

Crying as a Release Mechanism

• Crying is a natural way for our system to deal with cortisol and activation.

• We can re-pattern our system to find a more efficient way by bringing breath into those moments when our system is doing its best to deal with whatever is coming up.

Using Breath to Release Emotion

• Laughing and sobbing both shake up the breathing mechanism.

• During a breathing session, if crying starts, you don't stop breathing to cry or stop crying to breathe. You allow everything to come together naturally.

• Bringing breath into these moments can help us learn how to use our breath instead of immature reactions like crying or shouting.

Suppressing Emotions

In this section, the speaker discusses how suppressing emotions like crying can lead to problems later on.

Suppression Leads to Problems Later On

• Social conditioning and personal family conditioning can make some people's case heavier than others when it comes to suppressing emotions like crying.

• Some people manage to stuff all their emotions down without it getting in the way of their everyday life. However, as soon as some major event happens, they fall apart.

Becoming Aware of Breath

In this section, the speaker talks about how he became aware of the power of conscious breathing. He shares his experiences from childhood and how he was turned on to the relationship he had with his breath.

Early Experiences with Breath

• The speaker recalls a time in kindergarten when a priest came to their class and talked about Genesis and how God breathed into man the breath of life.

• The speaker had several near-drowning experiences as a child which made him realize the preciousness of breath and its potential.

• As an adult, while working as an x-ray technician, he observed other people's breathing patterns and realized that it was an expression and reflection of their relationship to themselves, their body, life, and the world.

Popularity of Breath Work

In this section, the speaker talks about how breath work has become more popular over the last decade or two. He attributes this to science catching up with what he has been saying for 40 years - that breathing patterns affect physiology, emotions, and psychology.

Breath Work Becoming Popular

• The speaker talks about how 40 years ago he felt like a voice crying out in the desert when trying to talk about conscious breathing.

• Science has caught up now and there is no doubt anymore that breathing patterns affect physiology, emotions, and psychology.

• The speaker believes that because of this awareness in medical circles, breath work has become more popular over the last decade or two.

The Power of Breath

In this section, the speaker discusses how breathwork can help individuals become more conscious and aware. He also talks about the role of breath in expanding consciousness and how it can lead to a big shift or unleveling of consciousness.

Breathwork and Consciousness

• The more conscious one is of their breathing, the more conscious they become overall.

• Breathwork practices can awaken subtle energies, patterns, habits, structures, mechanics, physiology, and more.

• More people are getting into breathwork and there has been an acceleration in the breathing world over the last 10 years.

Awakening Connection

• We are moving towards a realization that we are all connected.

• Violence and war are only possible when we don't feel our connection to others.

• Breathwork awakens our connection with each other as well as between our mind and body.

Human Evolution

• Breathing is a common connecting factor between everything that breathes on this planet.

• Many people are already experiencing personal awakenings through breathwork which contributes to human evolution.

• Empowering individuals through breathwork helps them connect with themselves and their spirituality.

Future Outlook

• As humans evolve, we will outgrow violence and war.

• We may be approaching a big leap in human evolution where everyone awakens to something new.

• There is an awakening happening around something that was known for years in other countries but is now catching on in the Western world.

Additional Resources

• Stephen Elliott's book, "The New Science of Breath," is recommended for those interested in learning more about breathwork.

Introduction to Breath Control

Dan and Elliot discuss the benefits of breath control and how it can be used to redirect energy, release tension, and maintain a certain state. They also touch on the power of nose breathing versus mouth breathing.

Benefits of Breath Control

• Practicing taking breaths at tense moments can redirect energy and deal with what's happening.

• The breath catches tension and releases it before one is even aware of it.

• Using the breath for pleasure triggers organic pleasure receptors in the body.

• Turbocharging the breath can help maintain a certain state or zone.

Nose Breathing vs Mouth Breathing

• Mouth breathing allows for a bigger opening and less resistance, making it more satisfying than nose breathing.

• Different approaches to breath control fall on a spectrum from physiological benefits to spiritual transformational benefits.

Hyperventilation and Breath Therapy

In this section, the speaker discusses hyperventilation and breath therapy. He explains that hyperventilation is a way for spiritual purification and detoxing, as well as expanding one's comfort zone. The speaker also introduces the concept of breath therapy, which involves restoring the breathing mechanism to its full free natural optimal function and using breathing as a therapeutic tool.

Hyperventilation

• Hyperventilation is a way for spiritual purification and detoxing.

• There's nothing bad about hyperventilation; it's a way to expand your comfort zone.

• We need to get comfortable with the symptoms of hyperventilation and not be afraid of them.

Breath Therapy

• Breath therapy involves restoring the breathing mechanism to its full free natural optimal function.

• The breathing mechanism in the average person has been damaged by shocks, traumas, and modeling behaviors that aren't natural.

• Breathing becomes one more therapeutic tool or intervention that can replace talk therapy.

Breath Therapy Techniques

The speaker discusses various breath therapy techniques that can be used to address physical and mental issues.

Various Breathing Techniques

• There are many specific techniques that can be used, such as breathing in for five seconds and out for five seconds, holding your breath, lengthening the inhale and exhale, shifting from nose to mouth breathing, breathing high in your chest or along your belly.

• These techniques can help crack open issues and release physical and mental toxins to restore natural balance.

Healing the Breathing Mechanism

The speaker explains how healing the breathing mechanism is essential to addressing other issues on different levels.

Importance of Healing the Breathing Mechanism

• The main idea of breath therapy is that the breathing mechanism is not functioning at its full potential.

• Healing the breathing mechanism allows us to creatively use our breath awareness to address other issues on different levels.

• Personal experience with gut sucking habit.

Rebirthing Breath Work

The speaker discusses rebirthing breath work as a way of addressing unconscious habits and patterns.

Early Life Habits and Patterns

• Rebirthing breath work addresses early life habits and patterns that we lay down in infancy and childhood.

• These habits run us from an unconscious level before we have anything to say about it.

• Using the spiritual power of breath helps clean up some of this early stuff that we're not even conscious of.

Diaphragmatic Breathing vs Transformation

• Diaphragmatic breathing is a stabilizing pattern that is grounding, anchoring and balancing.

• However, it will not trigger transformation. To achieve transformation, we need to get out of the belly and up into the upper chest where our emotions live around our heart.

Old-Fashioned Rebirthing

• Old-fashioned rebirthing involves getting breath up into higher spaces which are not very efficient for physiological purposes but are essential for emotional growth and working with unconscious habits of the system.

The Importance of Breath Work

In this section, the speaker discusses the importance of breath work and how it can help individuals raise their consciousness.

Diaphragmatic Breathing vs. Higher Consciousness Breathing

• Diaphragmatic breathing is necessary for healthy unconscious habits.

• To move to a higher level of consciousness, one needs to bring the breathing up out of the lower three chakras and get into the higher chakras with breath.

• This can be scary for the body as it likes to feel grounded and solid.

• Talking to your body during this transition period can help ease discomfort.

Transformational Spiritual Benefits

• Breath work has spiritual benefits that are often missed when people back out of it too soon.

• When trying to break through a limit, chemical triggers from old selves cannot be responded to; creating a new self requires going through temporary periods of confusion, insanity, and discomfort until making that shift.

Chest Breathing vs. Belly Breathing

In this section, the speaker discusses chest breathing versus belly breathing in relation to emotional release during breath work.

Emotional Release During Breath Work

• During Wim Hof retreat, chest breathing led to an emotional release while belly breathing did not.

• It's not so much what you do but what's happening inside you while doing it that matters.

The Importance of Breath Awareness

In this section, the speaker emphasizes the importance of breath awareness and how it can outpower any breathing technique.

Breath Awareness Trumps Breathing Technique

• Consciousness is more powerful than any particular breathing technique.

• It's not just about the particular breathing pattern but also about how you approach it, your mindset, relaxation state, and what's happening in your head while you're breathing.

• Different approaches and styles exist in breathwork, but consciousness trumps physiology, chemistry, mechanics, and even unconscious patterns.

• Raising our consciousness and expanding our breath awareness is crucial.

The Bruce Lee of Breathing

• The speaker is not loyal to any tradition or school of thought in breathwork.

• He believes that questioning authorities and inventing new things are necessary to expand our consciousness.

• Being a disrupter is essential because we need to do something different to solve problems.

Tony Robbins' Introduction to Breathwork

In this section, the speaker talks about how he got introduced to Tony Robbins and what it's like coaching him.

Meeting Tony Robbins

• Tony called the speaker out of the blue after his son Jarek put a bug in his ear about him.

• The speaker initially thought it was a joke when Tony called him up.

Coaching Tony Robbins

• There is no information available on coaching Tony Robbins as the speaker did not discuss it in this section.