#51 - The science of breathwork (Emily Hunter & Mike Haney)

Levels' Head of Content, Mike Haney, sat down down with Emily Hunter, Registered Dietitian, Co-Founder and Head of Product of Othership: Breathing App (formerly known as Inward Breathwork). The app allows you to explore the ins and outs of your breath with guiding breathwork sessions to connect the body, brain, self, and other. Emily discusses the health benefits of breathing exercises as well as Othership's approach to breathwork.

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(4:56) - Emily's introduction to breathwork

(9:49) - Breathwork vs. meditation

(12:00) - The benefit of deep, guided breathing

(15:30) - Upregulated breathwork (Wim Hof)

(18:37) - The link between breathwork and anxiety

(21:02) - Breathwork and insulin resistance

(22:20) - The long-term impact of breathwork

(27:20) - The Buteyko Method

(28:16) - Downregulated breathwork

(31:40) - Getting started with breathwork

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