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Breathwork changes state by changing the body signal first: inhale, exhale, cadence, CO2 tolerance, and breath awareness all shape how safe, alert, or mobilised the system feels.

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Breathwork for Anxiety: How Breathing Changes Thinking

A practical guide from Jonny Miller's conversation with Edward Dangerfield on anxiety, breath patterns, nervous system regulation, and why changing the breath can change the mind.

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Body-based1 MINPhysiological SighA breathing technique to quickly reduce arousal through intentional double-inhale and relaxed exhale.Open card ↗Body-based3 MINLSD BreathingLight, Slow, Deep breathing to calm the nervous system through gentle, intentional breath.Open card ↗Body-based4 MINFive by Five BreathingA simple rhythmic breathing pattern to restore balance and calm the nervous system.Open card ↗

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Guides on Breathwork

12 curated entries across podcast conversations and NSM masterclasses.

Podcast guides

PodcastBreath-Hold Training, CO2 Tolerance, and Embodied Resilience with Erwan Le CorreA practical NSM guide from Jonny Miller's conversation with Erwan Le Corre on breath-hold training, embodied resilience, CO2 tolerance, natural movement, and human zoo counter-measures — including safer ways to build calmer breathing without turning apnea into a stunt.Read guide →PodcastLeverage Your Physiology: Posture, Breath, and Movement for Nervous System RegulationA practical guide from Jonny Miller's conversation with Aaron Alexander on posture, breath, movement, gaze, play, and using embodied physiology to shift your nervous system state.Read guide →PodcastNew Frontiers of Breathwork: Translating the Language of the Breath & Cultivating Nervous System Resilience with Ed DangerfieldA practical guide from Jonny Miller’s conversation with Ed Dangerfield on reading breath patterns, building nervous-system capacity, practicing breathwork safely, and using the question “how am I breathing?” as a real-time regulation cue.Read guide →PodcastMeditation for Alignment: Stop Over-Efforting with Michael KingA tactical guide from Jonny Miller's conversation with Michael King on meditation myths, alignment, over-efforting, emotional resistance, breath, sensory awareness, and living with more ease without overclaiming outcomes.Read guide →PodcastFunctional Breathwork: Use Interoception to Regulate Your Nervous SystemA practical guide from Jonny Miller's conversation with Conni Biesalski on functional breathing, interoception, CO2 tolerance, HRV, and choosing breathwork practices that actually match your nervous-system state.Read guide →PodcastMeaning Crisis, Post-Traumatic Growth, and Homegrown Humans with Jamie WhealA tactical guide from Jonny Miller's conversation with Jamie Wheal on the meaning crisis, hedonic engineering, post-traumatic growth, grief, peak states, local resilience, and asking what is yours alone to do.Read guide →PodcastIntuition, Breathwork, and Building a Second Brain: A Practical Guide with Tiago ForteA tactical guide from Jonny Miller's conversation with Tiago Forte on using a Second Brain to reduce mental noise, hear intuition, work with breath and emotion safely, and turn big visions into grounded experiments.Read guide →PodcastSomatics, Breathwork & Emotional Fluidity with Jonny Miller & Christofer LövgrenA tactical guide from Christofer Lövgren’s Do Explain interview with Jonny Miller on somatics, breathwork, emotional fluidity, nervous-system safety, integration, and using the body as a practical path to aliveness.Read guide →PodcastNervous System Protocols: Morning Light, Magnesium, Movement, and BreathA practical guide from Jonny Miller's conversation with Grimhood on low-friction nervous-system protocols: sunrise light, magnesium, movement, nasal breathing, circadian rhythm, and reducing allostatic load without turning self-care into a full-time job.Read guide →

Masterclass guides

MasterclassNervous System Survival Mode: A 16-Lesson Regulation MapA practical micro-masterclass distilled from Jonny Miller’s Feel Better Live More conversation with Dr Rangan Chatterjee: survival mode, interoception, grief, breath, and daily regulation.Read guide →MasterclassTaking in the Good: A 25-Minute Positive Neuroplasticity PracticeA practical guide to Rick Hanson’s Taking in the Good meditation: settling the body, absorbing beneficial states, and working skilfully with the negativity bias.Read guide →

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