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Harvard MA | Psych Teaching Fellow |
Mind-Body Therapy & Education🧠🚶‍♀️

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@airhungermovie is out! the film follows a group of athletes, scientists, journalists, and veterans using breathwork to improve sports performance and mental health. i have a tiny role in it, thanks to my friend @prime_tiime, and last night i got to watch it at the premiere in newport beach.

a little backstory…

i met prime at a lululemon event in 2019. when he walked up to me, i’ll admit i was intimidated. as a special forces marine, you can feel his presence before he says a word. i learned fast that he’s an incredible human with a heart of gold.

we talked breath holds, and he told me about an underwater training program he’d built. we swapped numbers and didn’t talk again until he called me out of the blue. as a marine raider, he took severe head trauma in combat, and he was working through some hard times. i was grateful he reached out and that i could listen.

a while later he came to one of my classes and we grabbed dinner after. he shared the breakthroughs he’d had since we last spoke, and we talked more about @deependfitness. he and @don.lives took military water survival training and built it for everyday people. he brought me in to teach his coaches some of the breath principles i work with, and it’s been cool to see those ideas show up in how they train.

he later invited me to his private workouts for his top athletes…ufc champions, pro baseball players, and the like. those pool sessions are how i got connected with the padres.

in 2024, bob van de gronde, the director of the film, called me. prime had given him my number. he wanted me to run a session with prime and four of his veteran friends, one of them paralyzed from the chest down.

no brainer!

watching that session on the big screen last night was a beautiful reminder of that evening.

i live in a bubble where the link between breathing, performance, and mental health feels obvious. most people haven’t caught on yet, and a film like this brings more of them into the conversation.

if this is your first exposure to breathwork, welcome. let it be a starting point. the science keeps evolving, and the deeper you go, the more interesting it gets.

stream it now at airhunger.film 🫁

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Your non-heated movement & mindfulness destination in Encinitas

About the studio: Hosted in downtown Encinitas, where ocean waves provide the soundtrack, sunlight becomes architecture, and joy fills the room. The studio is fully equipped with mats and all the props you need. Non-heated, fresh air, no mirrors! 🪞

Want to check out the studio? Register link in bio for a class ⛓️‍💥

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I’ve worked with @martinmcphilimey and @schoolofbreathscience intensively in collaboration since March to compose an album of music with specific triggers designed to produce gentle prediction error and open windows for memory reconsolidation and reappraisal.

Gentle, subtle nasal breath & a little imagination are all you need to bring to the equation.

The music does the heavy lifting so your brain can relax and no hyperventilation or conscious connected catharsis are required.

@neuracro has concretized as a leading form of breath & brain training serving the most hard to reach places & people on the planet.

Now it’s time to take the pressure tested, hard won proof of concept and make it available to everyone.

THATS WHAT THIS RECORD IS FOR!

It’s NOT available on any streaming service and you can only find it here.

Once you buy it—you own the limited license to use it for your own work as a breath/brain/body minded human.

Smooth collaborations on two of my fave tracks (this one featured & “Follow your breath to sleep”) are with longtime co-creator & brother from another mother @p3t3rango 💎

Album cover by @elle_vie_photography

LINK. IN. STORE/BIO.

Enjoy responsibly with OVER THE EAR headphones for optimal neurological effect. ❤️

#breathe #breath #breathwork #artist #music

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Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay. 🩷

A breast cancer diagnosis can affect more than the body - it can impact your mental and emotional well-being, too. From the uncertainty of diagnosis and treatment to changes in body image, relationships, identity and life after cancer, there’s no “right” way to feel.

At B4BC, we believe mental health is an important part of the breast cancer journey. Whether you’re navigating treatment, survivorship, or supporting someone you love, you don’t have to go through it alone.

Make space for your mental health. Talk it out. Ask for support. Check in with yourself and the people around you. And remember: taking care of your mind is part of taking care of your whole self.

🩷 You are more than a diagnosis.
🎀 Your mental health matters.
❄️ Your community is here.

To find resources like our Sacred Survivorship Lounge & other survivor support programs, head to b4bc.org

#B4BC #BreastCancerSupport #BreastCancerSurvivor #MentalHealthMatters

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I’m so spiritual it’s messy.

#spiritual #but #not #real #lifestyle

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Lose the stupid outfits, the incredibly uncool and cliche glowstick everything and drop your fetid, soaking wet, brown paper bag, RV camp, shaman-bro “chad” spiritual affect.

I see through your camp. Your kindergarten playpen community. Your privileged orgy while Rome burns.

Your pagan rites won’t save you from what’s coming.

War. Famine. Pestilence.

You’ll all be dust soon and the Blackrock desert has already forgotten your names.

#burn #your #cheap #spirituality #burningman

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Here at The Oasis, there’s a class for every kind of day:

🌙 Rest: Yin, sound, and slow flows to soften and unwind
☀️ Energy: Sunrise vinyasa and morning classes to build heat and wake you up
🌊 Embodiment: Katonah, breathwork, and movement to help you feel and reconnect

Swipe through to see every class, teacher, and time, then pick the one your body is craving. 🤍

Every class is taught by a teacher who keeps 100% of what you invest, so when you show up, you’re supporting them directly.

Book at oasisencinitas.com (link in bio)
📍 526 2nd Street, Encinitas

#encinitasyoga #yogaencinitas #northcountysd

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Obvious wisdom.

#clear #sign #death #is #disco

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Neuroscientist Jack Feldman @jacklfeldman explains how breathing alters the brain | The Jerusalem Post
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“We tend to think of breathing as the body’s background software – a monotonous, automatic gas exchange running silently in the basement while the brain handles the “important” work of thinking, feeling, and deciding up in the penthouse.
But groundbreaking neuroscience shows that the relationship is actually a brisk, two-way street. Every single time you inhale or exhale, it isn’t just keeping you alive; it is actively rewriting your brainwaves, sharpening your memory, and dictating how you process the world around you.
Prof. Jack Feldman flew to Israel for the first time to attend and be a guest speaker at last week’s Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine’s Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada (IMRIC) Conference at the Dan Carmel Hotel.

“Breathing exercises began thousands of years ago, Feldman stated.
“The people of China and India meditated, as did residents of indigenous cultures. I originally studied physics and cosmology, but then I got interested in how the brain works. My academic adviser said the topic was too difficult. Then, as a graduate student, I took LSD about once a month. It took a while before it was banned as a psychedelic. I became interested in the perception of space and time and read about neuroscience.”
He had thought that “breathing was trivial – just simple rhythm – but it’s far from trivial.”
“We breathe for many reasons,” he said. “The heart is only a pump, but breathing does a lot of things, and it begins from the third trimester in the womb. If one has a normal lifespan, you breathe about a billion times in life. It takes many seconds to double your heart rate, but you can do this with breathing.”
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Link in our bio to article at https://linktr.ee/hhpfoundation & here
https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/article-908194
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#HHPFoundation #Breathe #jackfeldman #prebotzingercomplex

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The dream team has entered the chat. ✨

Daniella — Wednesdays at 5:30PM
Reis — Thursdays at 5:30PM

Two classes. Two very good reasons to make it to the Oasis.
Your midweek plans just got better. 🌴

Register link in bio🔗

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September, it’s local summer🤸🏻🌊🌞

This is it, the stretch we wait all year for, when the crowds thin, the light turns amber, and Encinitas quietly, finally, feels local again.

Which brings us to the teachers on our schedule: every one of them, local too. Showing up, week after week, for you.

Here, we offer movement, for every chapter of life, there’s a class for everyone here. Taught by practitioners who have spent years refining their craft, and learning how to hold space for exactly what you need.

the new schedule is live. link in bio.

Enter the Oasis 🌊 #encinitas #yoga

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Wednesday, 5:30pm. Come move with Daniella. 🌟

Twenty-five years ago, yoga found her as a way to heal. She never left.

Now a health psychologist and lifestyle medicine practitioner — Harvard and UCLA trained — she teaches from the place where contemplative practice meets nervous system science. Yoga, breathwork, functional movement, stillness. Practical. Human. All levels.

📍 Enter The Oasis, Encinitas
🔗 Link in bio to book

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