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The School of Greatness

792 It Starts with Your Breath with Laird Hamilton

The School of Greatness

Lewis Howes

Mindset, Relationships, Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Education, Greatness, Fitness, Celebrity, Health, Inspiration, Success, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Business, Money, Self Care, Celebrity Interview

4.822K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2019

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

BREATH IS NECESSARY FOR LIFE. They say if you learn to master your breath, you’ll have the strength of ten tigers. So, why don’t we focus more on breathing? We should Breath is energy. When an endurance athlete loses control of their breath, it usually means they’re losing. But it’s bigger than that. Your life begins with your first breath and ends with your last. You exist because you breathe. For this Five Minute Friday, I revisited a conversation I had with Laird Hamilton where he shared how he has mastered his breath. Laird Hamilton is best known as an American big-wave surfer and pioneer in the world of action water sports. In addition to his affinity for the water, Laird is labeled as an inventor, author, stunt man, model, producer, TV host, fitness and nutrition expert, husband, father and adrenaline junkie. Laird says that people who swim have a different relationship with breathing because they’re forced to realize its importance. He says that there are ways you can work on breathing to bring you both a sense of calm and energy. Get ready to learn all about the power of breath in Episode 792. In This Episode You Will Learn: Why breathing is so important in our lives (1:00) The connection between spirit and breath (2:00) Why swimmers have a better relationship with their breath (3:00) Different ways to train your breath (4:00) Follow me on: Instagram @LewisHowes Twitter @LewisHowes Facebook @LewisHowes

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is 5 Minute Friday!

0:05.4

A legend in today's sports world.

0:11.0

His name is Laird Hamilton and at 215 pounds at 6 foot 3 inches with an uncommon combination

0:17.0

of balance, flexibility and strength.

0:19.6

He is truly a larger than life, athlete and individual.

0:23.5

Not only is he the quintessential big wave surfer, Laird is also known as a renowned innovator

0:29.0

and guiding genius of crossover board sports, including toe-and-surfing, stand-up

0:34.5

palaborning and hydrofoil boarding.

0:44.2

Why is breathing so important in our, not in a lot of sports here, but in our existence,

0:49.5

yes, in our lives?

0:50.5

I mean, and I've been fortunate to be exposed to a couple different forms of breathing.

0:55.2

Of course, when you're in the ocean or in the water, breath is ever important because

1:02.1

you're relationship with rounding.

1:04.4

But lately I've been kind of studying under this guy, Wim Hof, who does all this breath

1:10.1

training.

1:11.1

But the thing that you realize is that your spirit or your soul is connected to your breath.

1:17.0

And that when a baby takes its first breath is when the spirit comes into the body,

1:25.2

just like when the breath stops, so does the spirit leave.

1:30.5

Wow.

1:31.5

So if you really want to get into like a kind of a little bit, you know, deeper conversation,

1:36.0

is it connection to your soul or your spirit?

1:40.1

Yeah, you have a, and then it's, you know, obviously, mandatory for life.

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