Stop Panic Fast With This Breath | Dan Brulé

Align Podcast

Aaron Alexander

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.8 • 923 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 85 minutes

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🎟️ Go to graza.co/ALIGN and use promo code ALIGN today for 10% off your first order! Align Podcast Episode #578 Your breath is your superpower… but your daily habits are working against it. In this episode from the Align Podcast, Dan Brulé joins Aaron to unpack the power of breath as a tool for healing, self-awareness, and transformation. They explore breath-holding patterns, trauma, relaxation, and what it really means to “wake up” through the breath. Dan shares practical strategies for emotional regulation, energy management, and how to connect with your body’s intelligence using breath. If you’ve ever wondered why breathwork matters, this is for you. OUR GUEST Dan Brulé is a modern-day teacher, healer, and the world’s foremost expert and renowned pioneer in the field of breathwork. He served in the United States Navy as a medical deep-sea diver and underwater rescue specialist during the Vietnam era. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Business and Education from UMass Dartmouth and a Master’s degree in the Healing Arts from Lesley University, Cambridge.Dan is one of the creators of Breath Therapy and was among the original group of Internationally Certified Rebirthers. He is a master of Prana Yoga (the Hindu Science of Breath) and Chi Kung/Qigong (Chinese Medical Breathing Exercises), and he leads the worldwide Spiritual Breathing movement.He is the author of several books including “Just Breathe: Master Breathwork for Success in Life, Love, Business and Beyond.” Since 1970, Dan has personally trained more than 300,000 people in over 75 countries to use breath and breathing for self-improvement, self-healing, and spiritual awakening. He has trained Olympic athletes, elite warriors, and martial artists. He coaches leading medical experts, corporate executives, and peak performers including Tony Robbins. DAN BRULÉ 🌐 WEB ▶ https://breathmastery.com AARON ALEXANDER 📸 IG ▶ https://www.instagram.com/aaronalexander/ 🤳 TIKTOK ▶ https://www.tiktok.com/@alignmethod 👉 SUBSCRIBE ▶ https://www.youtube.com/@AlignPodcast?sub_confirmation=1 🌐 WEBSITE ▶ https://www.alignpodcast.com TIMESTAMPS 00:00 The Unconscious Breathing Habits That Harm Us 09:30 The Hidden Connection Between Breathing & Trauma 14:00 Healing Trauma by Breathing 26:30 Most People Have Never Truly Relaxed — Here's Why 34:00 Is Trauma Work Keeping You Stuck in the Past? 42:00 How to Use Breath as a Tool for Emotional Release 50:00 Staying Calm in High-Stress Situations 58:00 Spiritual Breathing, Group Coherence, and Seeing Your True Self ABOUT Aaron Alexander is the best-selling author of The Align Method and host of The Align Podcast — a Top 10 Philosophy show with over one million monthly views. For two decades, he has helped the world’s greatest performers, athletes, and CEO’s improve the way they move, breathe, and regulate their nervous systems — simply put, he helps the best in the world feel and function even better. Aaron’s mission is simple: to inspire and educate people to live in alignment — body, mind, and beyond. Through the podcast and Align Breathing certification program, he teaches the principles of posture, breath, and movement that reconnect us to our natural state of strength and ease. TOPICS 1. Breathwork 2. Trauma Healing 3. Nervous System Regulation 4. Relaxation Techniques 5. Emotional Intelligence 6. Breath and Awareness 7. Breathing Techniques Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	How are people messing up their breath?
0:05.0	And is it possible to mess up your breath?
0:07.0	You know, habits and patterns, getting comfortable with unnatural, unresourceful patterns,
0:15.0	habits and patterns.
0:16.0	They feel good only because they're familiar and they're a habit.
0:20.0	It's not healthy, It's not really good,
0:22.7	but it feels good. So I think that's one mistake people make. They confuse something that's
0:28.8	comfortable because it's familiar in a habit with something that's healthy and natural and good
0:33.9	feel. What are the most glaring habits that are creating problems for people that you see with
0:40.3	their breathing?
0:41.6	Rushing the inhale unconsciously, if I would have exaggerated it, you know, going through
0:48.5	the day like this, and almost everything brings us, every one of those breaths sends an emergency signal to my lizard brain, my crocodile brain.
1:00.3	Be careful.
1:01.3	Watch out.
1:02.4	And so taking my time on the inhale, already the lizard brain goes, oh, I can smell the coffee no emergency no danger and so our
1:15.7	unconscious breathing habits are sending continuous message to that lizard brain so i'd only be
1:21.2	rushing my inhale and scaring the crap out of my crocodile right i also don't want to have unnecessary pauses.
1:30.1	Breath holding is another emergency signal.
1:34.7	And so if I'm holding my breath throughout the day,
1:37.7	getting up from a chair,
1:39.7	or trying to remember something,
1:43.7	or putting a key in a door.
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