Use Breathwork For Longer Life And Emotional Intelligence

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On this episode of Anti-Aging Hacks, we discuss how you can use breathwork for emotional intelligence and a longer life.

Josh Trent is the Founder of Wellness Force Media and host of the top-ranked iTunes podcast, Wellness Force Radio. Josh has spent the past 17 years as a researcher, trainer, and facilitator discovering the physical and emotional intelligence for humans to thrive in our modern world

Josh’s Background

Had a lack of health, emotional and physical intelligence
Mom was bipolar and dad left him when he was young
Had blind spots early on in his life…covered those up with food
He believes wellness is innately gifted to us
At 21, lost 100 pounds
But his internal beliefs stayed with him, so he continually messed up and got fired from his corporate job
Needless to say, he didn’t have the tools to use breathwork for longer life or emotional intelligence and to explore his unique traumas

How To Get Rid Of Insecurities In Life

We all chose to be here, we are the one
Being conscious of our mental programs are really important
He didn’t feel worthy, valuable or enough
He had to go through all the incessant monkey mind doubting him all the time

Why Is The Hero’s Journey Important

Very important because we go through multiple phases of this in our life
The biggest hack for anti-aging is self awareness
Most people intellectualize their life (neck up)
We must close the gap between our head and our heart
The hero’s journey is a continuum…the journey is extremely important

How Do We Become Self Aware (Trauma and Conditioning)

Trauma gets stored in the autonomic nervous system
Dovetails with the endo-cannabanoid system which connects to the enteric nervous system in the gut microbiome
Nervous system gives you clues – you have trouble breathing.
You have trouble in digestive, sexuality and wealth when you think about them do you contract or expand
Big Trauma – sexual abuse or physical abuse and verbal abuse
Small trauma – neglect, being left out, left alone, abandoned
Use your nervous system as the guide post
If anything makes you feel contracted – that is how you know there is trauma

Inherited Beliefs And How They Cause Issues

Important to explores generational trauma
It’s important for parents not to project their trauma to others

How Can Someone Fix These Traumas and Conditioning?

First, you must use your breath to connect with your body
Start breathing through your nose and into your belly
Children are born as nose breathers, but learn mouth breathing from their parents
The first step is to become self aware

How Do You Become Self Aware

Must start with your breath
Do an emotional inventory by using your breath and somatic experiencing
This will make you better at meditation – and things will come up
Write 10 things that are causing you hurt and stress
Write 10 things you are truly grateful for
Then do another round of breath work from a place of courage
And deal with one of the items on the left side
Then tell one friend that you are committed to changing this one item, and they can help you through it
This way you can use breathwork for longer life and emotional intelligence

Different Phases of Breathwork

Breathing for immediate stress
Proactive or medidative breathwork, this is about 7-20 minutes. This is a place to start.
Catharsis breathing – 30-60-90 minutes with a practitioner who is skilled

What Are Plant Medicines And How Should We Think About These

Kratom, Kava, Marijuana, Sassafras are starting plant medicine
Ayahuasca, Iboga, Wachuma
Josh was looking for plant medicine to change him – which was an external locus of control
But you must do the work to heal yourself…you must be in communion with the plants
Must have highest integrity of ingredients and intent
Microdosing can be incredibly powerful

What Is The Breath Work Program Built For?

Breathwork program is for people who are going through chronic stress
Josh was guided to make this breath work program many years ago
Gives you an intro to acute breath work management, meditation breathing and catharsis breathing
Turn down the default mode network noise so that you can send better send signals to ourselves
Also activate the endo-cannabonoid system via a safe vape technology – gives you better results