The energy was so intoxicating that I just said, forget it.

I'm going with this.

I don't know where this is going, but I'm going.

The tears started to come. I felt this huge opening in my heart.

And it was that clarity. It was that feeling of revelation.

Setting aside any details or storylines, it was the feeling of revelation.

It was the feeling of being face to face in my own body with my potential.

I'm Jeff Krasno and welcome to Commune, where each week we explore the ideas and practices that bring us together and help us live healthy and purpose-build lives.

This is episode number 26. We've got half a year under our belt. In addition to being a podcast, Commune is also an online course platform featuring some of the world's

greatest teachers and thought leaders. Check us out at OneCommune.com. At this very moment,

your body is carrying out millions of subconscious processes. Every minute, you blink 15 to 20 times,

your heartbeat's 60 to 100 times, and you take 12 to 20 breaths.

That's the body on autopilot. But what happens when we consciously override these normally

automatic actions? In particular, what happens when we exert conscious control over our

breathing? Breathwork is an ancient practice practice used for thousands of years as an anchor

for concentration and awareness. By altering, accelerating, and deepening our breath,

we can access suppressed nonverbal memories and non-ordinary states of consciousness.

We can access the tremendous dynamic stillness behind our thinking minds.

Scott Schwank is a passionate champion for the power of breath and its potential to transform

our quality of life. In today's episode, Scott shares insight from 25 years of teaching breathwork,

and we learned some techniques for bringing conscious breath into our daily lives.

So take a deep breath, and let's get started.

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