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Breathing is part of every dimensions of health and performance
A Natural Way to Improve Mood and Reduce Anxiety
What if you could improve your mood, reduce anxiety & negative emotions - just by breathing differently? You can! But, as the saying goes, the devil is in the details. A Growing Trend There is a positive trend of people looking for natural ways to feel better....
Make Your Tongue Stronger and Make Nose Breathing Easier
Struggling with nose breathing tolerance during sleep, activity, and exercise? The problem might be your tongue. Tongue strength and range of motion are needed for proper development of your face and jaw – which is a big part of good breathing. You Might be Struggling...
FUEL YOUR WILLPOWER, without trying harder.
Have you made a willpower commitment to eat better and exercise more? Are you on track, or have you started to fail? You’re not alone in failing. The problem with willpower is that it runs out. Willpower needs the right kind of physical and emotional energy to...
Swim Faster Without Training Harder
Struggling With a Swimming Performance Plateau? Stephanie is a friend who came to me knowing that I’ve been immersed in the world of breath for years. She is an accomplished open water and pool swimmer. She can hold 100s on a 1:10 interval and recently won the...
What To Do When Long COVID Recovery Stalls
Recovery from COVID-19 can get stuck regardless of initial symptoms severity. Learn what you can do to improve recovery.
Who Benefits from Breath Work?
In Short The easy and accurate answer is everyone. That said, everyone for different reasons. For some, it will be to make progress toward a healthier state. For others, it will be to leverage a skill or strength. And for others still, the work will be to solidly root...
Carbon Dioxide Tolerance Test (CO2TT)
About There is a rapidly growing recognition of the value of improving CO2 tolerance for health, physical wellbeing, and athletic performance [1-9]. The CO2TT has been used by Free divers to help determine daily training tables. The CO2TT can be used as a test and an...
The Landscape of Breath Work… and making sense of It
It is easy to become overwhelmed by the myriad of breath work practices of our time, and times past. Especially, as many seem to contradict each other. Some are gentle and seemingly benign, while others seem outright life threatening (and some are). What makes it even...
Naturally Boost Melatonin: Improve sleep, tissue repair, mood, and the immune system
Good sleep, diet and breath are the foundation to a clear and fulfilling life experience. Behaviors that naturally improve Melatonin help root us in our circadian rhythm. We're happy to share a recent piece from Dr. John Douillard at Life...
When and How You Eat Matters
Diet, sleep, and the breath are foundational to a clear, healthy, and happy life-experience. As intermittent fasting takes a cultural hold, this information feels incredibly important. John Douillard at Life Spa has dialed in the foundational principles of diet and...
