In this episode, Sanni and Katja explore the mythology of “right” and “wrong” breathing and how our human obsession with fixing, categorizing, and directing breath to create a certain outcome keeps us from meeting the living intelligence that breath already is. Even when the outcome we are steering towards is more connection to this living intelligence.

They touch on the full range of breathwork - from functional to therapeutic to transpersonal - and question whether the breath really needs our control at all.

Expect reflections on:

• Why “fixing” the breath often fragments it further
• The myth of the perfect breath and the “am I doing it right?” trap
• How modern wellness turns relationship into perpetual unachievable self-improvement
• Listening, presence, and the natural intelligence of breath

Sometimes the most healing breath is the one that breathes you.

SHOWNOTES:

• Sanni talks about Manual Assessment of Respiratory Motion, the MARM test, developed by Jan van Dixhoorn and further studied by Rosalba Courney:
• van Dixhoorn J. A method for assessment of one dimension of dysfunctional breathing: distribution of breathing movement. In Biological Psychology 2004 Nov 1 (Vol. 67, No. 3, pp. 415-416).
• Courtney R, van Dixhoorn J, Cohen M. Evaluation of breathing pattern: comparison of a Manual Assessment of Respiratory Motion (MARM) and respiratory induction plethysmography. Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback. 2008 Jun;33(2):91-100. doi: 10.1007/s10484-008-9052-3. Epub 2008 Mar 5.