I've been having fun starting off these conversations with five true-fault statements, and we will unpack these along the way in the conversation later.

First, how you breathe can be as important to your health as what you eat or how much you exercise.

True.

Because breathing is a natural thing, it's impossible to breathe in a way that's not good for you.

False.

Just a few minutes of intentional breathing can shift your state of mind more than a cup of coffee or a glass of wine.

150% true.

Ah, that's a strong one. All right. The right kind of breathing might help you feel better in the moment, but it won't have any kind of a lasting benefit.

Absolutely false. Okay. And our last one, breathing exercises alone are all you need to make big changes in your health and life.

A qualified false. Okay. We'll circle back around to that and unpack

these in our conversation. So what if breathing in a very particular way could shift your state

more quickly and powerfully than coffee or wine. Want to power up? Just breathe this way. Want to chill out, breathe that way.

Want to drop into deep focus and unlock creativity. Yes, there's a breath for that too. But it's even

bigger than that. I mean, what if the greatest medicine for anxiety, stress, and disconnection wasn't a pill

or practice or procedure that need to be invented or taken,

but something you're already doing, but you're not even aware of, at least most of the time.

What if the simple act of breathing in a very particular way could radically affect your physical

and mental health and even potentially bridge divides between people that seem impossible to cross.

My guest today, Jessica Dib, has spent decades studying and teaching the transformative

power of what he calls conscious breathing.

As the founder of Inspiration Consciousness School, and author of Breathwork and Psychotherapy,

clinical applications for healing and transformation. She's discovered

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