Breath of the Week: Pause of Peace in Refreshing Ease with Luke Wientzen
This week’s Breath of the Week is a poetic and spacious journey with OBC co-founder Luke Wientzen. It’s called Pause of Peace in Refreshing Ease, and that’s exactly what it invites you into — a pause within the breath, within the body, and within the heart. This is a quiet practice that reminds us we […]
Breath of the Week: Feel the Hummm with Daniella DeVarney
This week’s Breath of the Week is led by @danielladevarney and titled Feel the Hummm — a sound-centered breath practice to stimulate your vagus nerve, activate your diaphragm, and leave you buzzing from the inside out. Inspired by a study showing that 15 minutes of humming can increase heart rate variability (HRV) more than exercise […]
Breath of the Week: Sigh It Out (Loud) with Reis Paluso
This week’s Breath of the Week is a playful, powerful practice called Sigh It Out (Loud), led by OBC co-founder Reis Paluso. It’s designed to help you drop into your body, move energy, and let go of whatever you’ve been holding – physically, emotionally, energetically. This session isn’t quiet or contained. It’s expressive. Full-body. Fun. […]
Breath of the Week: Pathways to Peace with Amanda Ewell
This week’s Breath of the Week is called Pathways to Peace, a quiet and gentle practice led by Amanda Ewell. It’s a soft invitation to slow down, observe, and find presence in your breath, just as it is. Amanda will guide you through three simple breath pathways: Layered between each pathway is a pause: a […]
Breath of the Week: Messy Contentment with Erin Ortbals
Welcome to a new feature, Breath of the Week, featuring one of our favorite breathing sessions from our membership platform each week. This practice, led by Erin Ortbals, is about embracing the messiness of being human while deepening your sensitivity to COâ‚‚. It includes breath retention, soft hums, and a powerful reminder to be with […]
Exploring the Link Between Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and Stress: Strategies for Stress Management and Resilience
Stress is something we are all familiar with. Throughout our modern life, we move fast, are bombarded by information coming at us from all angles, and have overwhelming responsibilities and duties to take care of. While extremely powerful, our nervous systems are not designed for this lifestyle. We need balance. As much as we think […]
Breath Is Movement
Your breath and your movement are not separate things. Your breath is your movement. When we breathe we move bones, muscle tissue, fascia, and skin. With each breath, we change shape. The body is designed to create movement for efficient respiration: in and out. Up and down. Back and forth. This may seem obvious, but […]
MUD \ MODALITIES: Cold Exposure
Last fall, we got connected with the folks at MUD \ WTR. Their love for breathwork and functional mushrooms were clear indicators that we would get along really well, not to mention we already liked their product. After doing a couple of fun activations together, they reached out asking if Reis & Sam would be […]
Reis Paluso on The Fatherhood Experience Podcast
OBC co-founder and CEO Reis Paluso recently sat down with Jason Priest of The Fatherhood Experience Podcast to explore how breathing, cold exposure, and more can be an impactful tool to be able to handle the stresses of life including being a parent in this busy world that we live in. Reis shares his journey […]
Reis Paluso on The Live Authentically Podcast
OBC co-founder and CEO Reis Paluso recently caught up with The Live Authentically Podcast host Pamela Savino to discuss his path leading to where he is today, why breathing is such an important tool to cultivate and can be utilized by EVERYONE, how cold exposure is a good form of stress that can help us […]