Episode Theme:

Devotion - Breathwork, forgiveness, and frequency. Claudia shares how embodied healing and devotion reshape daily life, parenting, and nervous-system regulation.

In this episode of Finding Zen, Michael sits down with Claudia Nannino for a deeply human conversation about breathwork, embodied healing, and the quiet power of devotion. Claudia shares her personal journey through addiction, self-forgiveness, and nervous-system repair, and how practices like conscious breathwork, altered states, and community helped her move from intellectual insight into true emotional integration. 

Together, they explore frequency as a way of making choices, the difference between discipline and devotion, and what it means to parent, heal, and live with greater presence. This episode is an invitation to slow down, breathe, and reconnect with the wisdom of the body.

Key Takeaways

1. Healing happens when it moves from the mind into the body.

2. Breathwork can access emotional release and altered states without substances.

3. Forgiveness becomes possible when guilt and shame are felt and released, not forced.

4. Devotion, not discipline, creates sustainable healing and daily practice.

5. Frequency can serve as a body-based compass for decision-making and setting boundaries.

6. Small, consistent practices regulate the nervous system more than big breakthroughs.

7. Conscious parenting begins with self-regulation and presence, not control.

This episode is not about answers. It is about listening more closely to the body, trusting sensation as information, and remembering that wisdom often speaks before words do.

Claudia Nannino is a master breathwork facilitator, crystal curator, and guide to non-ordinary states of consciousness whose work is rooted in deep embodiment and lived experience. A Colorado native born to immigrant parents, her path into healing was catalyzed by a profound personal reckoning after returning to Denver in 2016, leading her away from traditional, logic-driven approaches and toward heart-centered, nontraditional modalities. Through Conscious Breathwork, extensive trauma-informed training, and a 250+ hour apprenticeship with Christian de la Huerta, Claudia found true integration and self-forgiveness, ultimately leaving her corporate career to serve others. She has since guided thousands of breathwork journeys worldwide and now trains facilitators through her own comprehensive apprenticeship program, holding devotion, reverence, and nervous-system safety at the core of her work.

Connect with Claudia:

• Amarsi - Claudia’s website with upcoming events, retreats, & apprenticeshipshttps://www.amarsi.love/

• Claudia’s Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/clauditanow/ 

Amarsi Crystalshttps://www.amarsicrystals.com/ 

Resources & External References Mentioned

• The Body Keeps the Score – Bessel van der Kolk https://www.besselvanderkolk.com/resources/the-body-keeps-the-score

• Healthline – Breathwork Explained (Science + Benefits) https://www.healthline.com/health/breathwork

• Breathwork & Altered States of Consciousness (Research) https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2020.00170/full

• How Trauma Is Stored in the Body (Cleveland Clinic) https://health.clevelandclinic.org/how-trauma-is-stored-in-the-body/

• Interoception (Listening to the Body) https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/interoception

• Devotion as a Spiritual Practice (Lion’s Roar) https://www.lionsroar.com/what-is-devotion/

• Polyvagal Institute (Nervous System Regulation)

https://www.polyvagalinstitute.org/ 

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