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Is sighing and yawning a sign of a problem?

Sighs, Yawns, and the Stories They Tell This week one of the participants in our Behavioral Breathwork Training shared an experience of sighing and yawning a lot from a recent breathing practice. It took me back to a memory from five years ago. We had just moved into this house.I thought I wa...

by Angie Saunders — May 27, 2026 behavioral breathwork facilitator training

Is there a right way to breathe?

The Time I Tried Every Technique Looking back at the years I spent trying to figure out how to breathe, I tried a lot of techniques. Diaphragmatic breathing from my singing years. Box breathing. 4-7-8. Pursed lip. Coherent breathing. Alternate nostril. You name it... Some of them I liked. Some ...

by Angie Saunders — May 21, 2026 behavioral breathwork facilitator training

How exactly does breathing affect inflammation?

We Were in the Alkaline Club Before we knew what we know now, Shane and I were all in on the alkaline lifestyle. Green drinks every morning. Alkaline water. Lemon water. Apple cider vinegar shots. Magnesium supplements. Turmeric everything. Grateful to have you part of our community. We were c...

by Angie Saunders — May 13, 2026 behavioral breathwork facilitator training

What is the breathing reflex, and why don't I know about it?

The Missing Piece I Didn't Know Was Missing If you've been reading our newsletters, you might have heard parts of this story already. This week I want to go deeper. For years I used breathing to manage everything. My energy. My emotions. My anger, especially. When things built up, I would breat...

by Angie Saunders — May 06, 2026 behavioral breathwork facilitator training

Does Breathwork Cause Dissociation?

Personal Story: The Coping Strategy I Didn't Know I Had A few weeks ago, Dr. Peter Litchfield and I were on a call together talking about what we keep seeing in the breathwork space. The same patterns would keep showing up. Someone discovers breathwork and it genuinely helps them.They love the ...

by Angie Saunders — Apr 29, 2026 behavioral breathwork facilitator training

Why do breathing techniques sometimes backfire?

I Tried Everything to Feel at Peace When the kids were young, life was a lot. We were trying to build a business, the kids needed everything, and then COVID hit on top of it all. I had this picture in my mind of what inner peace was supposed to look like. I knew what I needed to be. I just co...

by Angie Saunders — Apr 21, 2026 behavioral breathwork facilitator training

Why Is It Hard to Relax on Vacation?

When Did I Last Just Sit and Do Nothing? Shane and I just got back from a weekend away on the Mornington Peninsula. He surprised me with a trip down there for our 17th wedding anniversary.It's where we got married.Where both of our girls were born.It's also where we lived when I first moved fro...

by Angie Saunders — Apr 14, 2026 behavioral breathwork facilitator training

People Say Breathwork Releases Trauma. Is That True?

Our Research on Breathwork and Trauma Release Earlier this week, we received an email from a breathwork facilitator who has been going through the Behavioral Breathwork Certification Training. In one of the modules, Shane pushes back on a common claim in the breathwork world: the idea that brea...

by Angie Saunders — Apr 08, 2026 behavioral breathwork facilitator training

What If Breathwork Isn’t Really About Techniques?

This week I had an email exchange with one of our facilitator students that got me thinking again about something we see often. She had been reflecting on different breathing practices and asked a great question about overriding the body and the breath. She mentioned freediving, ancient yogic bre...

by Angie Saunders — Apr 08, 2026 behavioral breathwork facilitator training

Why Do We Know What To Do For Our Health But Still Don’t Do It?

This week I had another long conversation with Dr. Peter Litchfield about behavior change. He’s spent over sixty years studying behavior. Psychology. Physiology. Breathing. Human patterns. Why do we know what to do… and still not do it? I loved his answer as always and had to share it with you...

by Angie Saunders — Apr 08, 2026 behavioral breathwork facilitator training

Why Do I Lose My Temper So Easily? What Is Actually Happening?

When Everything Looks Fine But Feels Anything But I was having a conversation with one of our Behavioral Breathwork facilitators recently.She told me that she sees something that we also see all the time. When life gets harder, health is usually the first thing people let go of. I get it. When ...

by Angie Saunders — Mar 25, 2026 behavioral breathwork facilitator training

Does Breathwork Have to Be Intense to Work?

When I Stopped Searching Outside Myself This time last year, I was highly stressed. I was desperately searching for answers.I wanted to run away from my problems because I didn’t have any solutions.It just felt all too hard. I kept looking outside myself.For the right book.The right mentor.The...

by Angie Saunders — Feb 25, 2026 behavioral breathwork facilitator training

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