Breakthrough Breathwork

Break Through Stress, Overwhelm & Emotional Blocks — One Breath at a Time

April 19, 20254 min read

Break Through Stress, Overwhelm & Emotional Blocks — One Breath at a Time 🌬️

Discover the science-backed power of Activated Breathwork to heal, release, and reset your nervous system.


What Are Activated Breathing Techniques?

Unlike gentle breath awareness or pranayama, activated breathwork involves deep, rhythmic breathing that’s connected (no pause between inhale and exhale) and often intensified over a sustained period.

These methods are typically done lying down, eyes closed, often with music and guidance. They may induce physical sensations (tingling, vibration, heat), emotional catharsis, or altered states of consciousness. Here are a few leading techniques:

🔹 Holotropic Breathwork

Developed by Dr. Stanislav Grof, this method uses rapid, circular breathing to access non-ordinary states of consciousness for deep healing, spiritual insight, and emotional release. It’s often described as a psychedelic journey—without the substances.

🔹 Rebirthing Breathwork

Pioneered by Leonard Orr, Rebirthing uses connected breathing to revisit and release birth-related trauma and subconscious patterning. The aim is to “clear the cellular memory” and integrate stuck emotional energy.

🔹 Wim Hof Method

Created by Wim Hof (“The Iceman”), this technique combines hyperventilation-style breathing, breath retention, and cold exposure. It’s been scientifically shown to boost immunity, reduce inflammation, and increase focus and resilience.

🔹 Breakthrough Breathwork

This is a modern therapeutic style drawing on elements of the above, often used in personal development and coaching. It helps people move through emotional blocks, limiting beliefs, and stored tension in the body.


🌀 What if your breath could unlock emotional healing, mental clarity, and a deeper sense of connection — in just one session?

Techniques like Holotropic Breathwork, Rebirthing, the Wim Hof Method, and Breakthrough Breathwork are part of a powerful family of practices known as activated or cyclical breathing.

These are not your average breath awareness or calming techniques. They’re deep, transformative journeys that use connected, rhythmic breathing to:

  • Access non-ordinary states of consciousness

  • Release stored emotions and trauma

  • Reset your nervous system and stress response

  • Awaken deeper insight, clarity, and energy


🔬 How It Works: The Science Behind the Shift

Activated breathwork creates rapid physiological and neurological shifts — with benefits supported by neuroscience, trauma research, and decades of experiential practice.

🧠 Quiets the thinking mind

According to author and science journalist James Nestor (Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art), extended conscious breathing shifts activity away from the prefrontal cortex (home of overthinking) and allows the midbrain — responsible for memory, emotion, and intuition — to come online.

🔄 Resets your stress tolerance

Breathwork helps recalibrate your nervous system’s “set point.” This means when stress does arise, your body learns to return to baseline more quickly and with more ease. Over time, you build greater resilience, emotional regulation, and capacity to stay present in difficult moments.

“Cyclical breathing can expand the window of tolerance, supporting individuals in better handling stress and reactivity.”

Dr. Rosalba Courtney, integrative breathing expert and osteopath

🔓 Unlocks emotional release

Breathwork accesses the limbic system (our emotional brain) and helps move stuck emotional energy held in the body — without needing to relive or talk through trauma.

“The body remembers what the mind forgets. Breath is the bridge that brings those memories to the surface and allows us to integrate them.”

Dr. Gabor Maté, trauma and addiction specialist

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🌊 Shifts brainwaves & releases natural neurochemicals

  • Encourages theta and gamma brainwaves (linked to insight, creativity, and healing)

  • Boosts dopamine, serotonin, and endorphins — your body’s natural feel-good chemicals

  • Triggers natural states of euphoria, connection, or spiritual insight


⚡ Benefits of Activated Breathwork

  • Clear emotional baggage and stress

  • Increase energy and vitality

  • Calm anxiety and mental chatter

  • Improve focus, intuition, and inner clarity

  • Reconnect with your body and nervous system

  • Feel more alive, inspired, and connected

Backed by Research, Trusted by Experts

  • Used in therapeutic and clinical settings worldwide

  • Supported by research from institutions like HeartMath Institute and UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center

  • Rooted in the work of Stanislav Grof, Leonard Orr, Wim Hof, and modern integrative practitioners

✨ Ready to experience it for yourself?

Whether you’re dealing with stress, burnout, emotional blocks, or simply seeking more clarity and inner connection — activated breathwork can help you reset, release, and return to your true self.

👉 Book your first session or join our next group journey.

No experience needed — just your breath, your body, and your willingness to go within.


💬 “I felt like years of tension and emotion left my body in one session. I’ve never felt this clear or connected before.”

Join hundreds who are discovering the transformational power of breath.

Your healing starts here.

Purush is passionate about yoga and breathwork and holds regular events

Purush Wilson

Purush is passionate about yoga and breathwork and holds regular events

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