Exhaling Pain: Max Strom's Wisdom on Breathing & Grief

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Today's guest is Max Strom, an acclaimed author, 3x TEDx speaker, and global breathing teacher. Max has pioneered breakthroughs in using breathing patterns to tackle anxiety by addressing its root causes, rapidly relieving stress, anxiety, PTSD, and sleep disorders. He authored "There is No APP for Happiness" and "A Life Worth Breathing."
In our chat, we explore the power of breathwork, emotional healing, and spirituality. This episode is packed with insights for everyone, from beginners to seasoned practitioners.
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Website: www.maxstrom.com
Breath to Heal Course: breathetoheal.maxstrom.com/of...
Ted Talk 'Breathe to Heal' • Breathe to Heal | Max ...
Chapters
0:00 Introduction to Max Strom
4:42 The Power of Breath: Max's Personal Journey
13:27 Yoga's Transformative Effects on Body and Mind
21:45 The Art of Stretching: A Path to Relaxation
30:32 Confronting Grief and Stored Emotions
39:19 Learning to Grieve: A Societal Challenge
48:44 The Importance of Presence in Times of Crisis
56:42 Exploring Spirituality and Human Connection
1:00:59 Looking Beyond Appearances: Finding Saints Among Us
1:04:48 Max's New Book: Breathe to Heal
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[@paulhenderson-sowerby7947]

Thank you Mike. You have uncovered another gem of powerful wisdom. 😃🙏

[@oxigenofuncional6522]

Brilliant nice guest!

[@sophoanchan6121]

Thank you for your useful video.

[@danreyman]

Max is truly over of the great people in this world👌

[@kikiebsen]

Thank you I loved it! Reading "A Life Worth Breathing" for the second time :)

[@helent6092]

Thank you both so much, loved this. Max's voice is the best!! Xxx

[@gioplease6848]

When people you care about are grieving and don’t know what to say , that’s okay. You don’t need to say anything. Just be there for them. Give them a hug. Let them know “I love you and I’m here for you need anything. Even if you just want someone to talk to.”

[@TAKEADEEPBREATH]

❤

[@clairejohnson7809]

Your channel is fantastic, I’m glad I found it. Pranayama and breathing techniques have genuinely dissolved my constant background anxiety. It has regulated my overactive nervous system. It’s now easier to calm my thoughts as my physical symptoms have eased which used to only be calmed by propranolol. It’s a shame most people just pass breathing techniques off as being “woowoo”

[@hodges2325]

Hi Claire, can I ask if you're still having success and are you doing breathing techniques daily? I've found propranolol to be a game changer but don't want to come to rely on it

[@kaivalyam_healing]

Thank you for this excellent interview! I could tell how invested you were and you asked just the right questions. There was a true connection between the two of you.

[@TAKEADEEPBREATH]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@sisterdiggins]

What a wonderful conversation! Max Strom is such an inspiration.

[@oohellosaweenaoo]

Wow I cry just hearing about panic attack, I get that so much and multiple times a day. 🙏❤️❤️❤️ Thankyou for this

[@cynthiastokes5591]

Thank you🌷

[@TAKEADEEPBREATH]

Thank you right back 😊

[@n.mourad2848]

Thank you for helping me in changing my life around

[@CrueLoaf]

I think a lot of the emotions and tears which occur when doing breathing exercises are due to a biological change in the body. Nasal breathing creates Nitric Oxide which was a massive effect. It is known as laughing gas but it can produce all kinds of emotions. Great interview. Just ordered Max’s book. 👍

[@bigryy100]

Great job again bro! Love it!

[@TAKEADEEPBREATH]

Thanks again!

[@hilaryhayes6461]

Thank you 💖🌟💖

[@dianegilbank5095]

What an amazing mesmerising man! I could listen to his voice all day! Thank you Mike you are opening up more and more for me with breath work. Today feels like another seminal moment for some reason? Thank you so much. I smiled when you said how much more can you learn about breath work? It's never ending I think. Great of you to do this for all of us.

[@yogiosouth3586]

Really enjoy Max"s teaching. And your English accent... Thanksss

[@Omlittlebuddha]

I think we should all club together and buy Mike a sauna 🥰

[@TAKEADEEPBREATH]

yes pls lol

[@Listermintsluesh]

Just listening to this guy relaxes you. Lol.

[@samuelflows]

Nice discovery. Wonderful human being. Thank you! 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@TAKEADEEPBREATH]

Thank you Samuel

[@jean-lucdjukanovich4371]

👍

[@rmcgill49]

Thanks Mike. Just started Max’s book. Love ‘The Way’ too, one of my favourite films

[@TAKEADEEPBREATH]

Hi Rory 🙏🖐, hope you're well, Mike

[@umairbutt4414]

Hi can you share your video for asthma ??? I want to see that video and understand connection between asthma and breathing exercise buteyko etc

[@NikitaNiogon85]

Great interview. Many thanks. You're doing a great job introducing us to the breathing experts

[@TAKEADEEPBREATH]

🙏😊❤

[@jakobw135]

Can you do a RELAXING exhale through your mouth? Will that have a similar or the same effect as doing it through your nose?

[@vlastaaminamejri-moro2062]

What else when u re Stück in deserd a u re alone with Almighty.

[@annasternfeldt6031]

Interesting, but I was very surprised that Max breathed so much through his mouth, it sounded very stressful.

[@karachiiiiii]

Wouldn’t it be unfair if there was no life after death. People who suffer in this world by other people just die and that’s it ? No. When humans die they will be judged by the creator. Reward and punishment will be delivered by the most just God.

[@gioplease6848]

Only time will tell what happens after death. Like the great Mark Twain said … “ I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.”

[@clairejohnson7809]

Unfairness is a human concept. Everything is neutral until humans put their good or bad spin on it. Read the gnostic gospels and you will understand that Jesus believed that the light of god is within everyone. You believe the twisted version the Romans created to exert power over people

[@skippy7208]

Jesus said ‘forgive them for they know not what they do’. We can only act to the best of our ability, to our level of consciousness. Life is a learning experience for everybody. Punishment is not necessary from a loving God, forgiveness is.