ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Welcome back to the HUMINT podcast! In this episode, I interviewed Emily Hightower who has over 25 years experience in helping others heal their mind & body through breathwork, yoga, and other holistic modalities. Her expertise is in the neurophysiology of trauma and resilience and she brings incredible perspective to internal transformation and human performance. We discussed the relationship between breath & trauma, unconscious vs conscious breathing, how breathwork can aide in self-realization, and her thoughts on various breathwork modalities that have gained popularity today. Enjoy!
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SHOW NOTES
00:05 How did Shane & Emily connect?
02:26 How Brian Mackenzie and Emily connected and what their workshop about the Skills of Stress was about
04:08 What’s the relationship between the breath and trauma?
05:24 Is the a physiological understanding of how using the breath is able to release traumatic signatures from the body?
10:43 Importance of breathing into the lower belly for experiencing deep joy & authentically expressing ourselves
13:20 Meaning of “receiving the breath”
18:11 Panic attacks & anxiety with breathwork
25:31 “Stress bucket” principle
30:30 Breath helps bringing the higher mind online: unconscious vs conscious breathing
37:01 Holotropic & Wim Hof methods vs deep breathing-style breathwork
43:10 Practices to incorporate the breath in real-time, ie. archery
53:10 Relationship between the breath and the mind, how practice with the breath can expand self-realization
57:38 Where to find Emily & her programs
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Shane Hanner Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shane.hanner/
Emily's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/intrinsic_way/
Shift Adapt Website: https://shiftadapt.com/
