Breathing Retraining Center offers online private and group coaching. Breathing retraining is a self-management approach to identify and correct poor breathing habits that can underlie chronic illness and lagging sports performance.
Discover a set of tools -- based on simple, scientifically-validated principles and exercises -- to condition and improve your breathing strength and capacity.
Disclaimer:
Breathing classes, coaching and other services from Breathing Retraining Center LLC are offered by teachers who are not licensed by the State of California as physicians or other healing-arts practitioners unless so noted. We offer alternative non-medical/non-psychological techniques and our services are considered to be alternative or complementary to the healing arts that are licensed by the State of California.
Breathing Retraining Center
Statistics show that 2 out of 3 people who start trying to breathe better and easier to reduce respiratory symptoms or just have more energy, will slack off within the first month.
Most of us don't quit because the practice doesn't work. We quit because the program wasn't built for real life — for the hard monfh, the missed week, the day everything piles up at once, over and over again.
Wellness programs are designed around an assumption almost none of us meet: that we have the time, space, and nervous system capacity to build new habits on top of everything else we're already doing.
After thinking this over for some time, I’ve put together something new called Stop Starting Over — a 4-week experience for people who haven't been able to develop new, healthier habits that stick. And not because they lack discipline.
When your health, family, work, money and chore loads exceed your capacity, your nervous system doesn't ask permission — it just triggers a quit response. Not a decision. A physiological protection response, often interpreted by us as personal failure. Ideally, our overall load would generally take only about 70% of our capacity, so we would feel at ease more!
Stop Starting Over is different.
We train with an initial daily practice of 2 minutes. Building consistency is more important than intensity.
At the same time, there's no shame for a lapse. We track comebacks as wins, not only streaks. And when life happens — including a trip or change of routine for, say, Memorial Day weekend — coming back is the practice, even if it's only for a couple seconds. That's what builds the habit. Perfect streaks are rare. How did so many of us start buying into an all-or-nothing mindset?
I'm running a small pilot cohort this May for Stop Starting Over featuring:
-daily, super-quick yes-or-no personal check-ins by text, Email or WhatsApp
-5 live sessions on Zoom about keeping it real, including getting ready for and surviving the scientifically validated “Dip” period when the novelty has worn off but you haven’t seen improvement yet.
-6–8 people max.
May 6 – June 3 · Wednesdays · 5pm PT / 8pm ET
Pilot price: $147 (regular $297)
If you've started over more than once and wondered why the breathing practice keeps not sticking — this was built for you.
Full details and the application are at
breathingretrainingcenter.com/events
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Breathing Retraining Center
Do you notice your breathing feels different during stressful times?
Periods of uncertainty — whether personal, social, or economic — often show up in the body before we consciously register them. One of the most common places this happens is breathing.
Under stress, breathing may become faster, higher in the chest, or feel unsatisfying. This doesn’t mean anything is “wrong.” It’s a normal nervous-system response to intensity and uncertainty.
The good news is that breathing patterns are also one of the most accessible ways to help the body settle.
In Tranquil Breath Tribe, we focus on simple, gentle skills that support calmer breathing and nervous-system regulation — especially during unsettled times. No forceful techniques. No performance. Just practical tools you can use in daily life.
If you’re curious about learning ways to support your breathing when stress runs high, you’re welcome to learn more.
🔗 Link in comments below.
Breathing is not about avoiding reality — it’s about staying steady within it.
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Breathing Retraining Center
Tomorrow is the New Year Breathing Reset — link in comments
#BetterBreathing
#BreathingWellness
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Breathing Retraining Center
A calmer way to breathe in 2026 🌿
If you’ve ever felt like breathing exercises are “too much,” or that you should be further along by now — you’re not alone.
Breathing exercises absolutely matter.
And they work best when the rest of your system supports them.
I’m hosting a free online workshop called
The New Year Breathing Reset
to help you use the Breathing Wellness Wheel to identify your real starting point — and create one simple, realistic breathing goal for January.
🗓 Sunday, December 28
⏰ 4–5 PM Pacific (PT)
💻 Free & online
No shame. No pushing. No overwhelm.
Just a supportive reset to help your breathing finally move forward.
👉 Registration link is in the comments.
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Breathing Retraining Center
Most people start breathing training with the best intentions — but only 1 in 3 actually sticks with it long enough to see real change.
Why? Because knowing what to do isn’t enough. You need the how — how to stay consistent, motivated, and confident that your effort is working.
Join Coach Lisa for a free live webinar: “Be the 1 in 3”
Learn why most people quit breathing training — and how you can finally make headway with a small‑steps method for health‑seekers to sustain lasting good breathing without perfectionism or pressure.
🗓 November 16, 2025
🕒 Time: 5 pm PT; 7 pm CT; 8 pm ET; 9 am (November 17) Singapore/Malaysia
💻 Free 60-minute event with Q&A
Save your seat here: www.thewellnessjourneyhub.com/be-the-1-in-3/order/
#BreathingRetraining #BetterBreathing #HealthyHabits #StressRelief #NasalBreathing #WellnessJourney #BreathingCoach #MindBodyBalance #FunctionalBreathing
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The Hidden Link Between Fear and Poor Breathing
Fear doesn't just impact your thoughts -- it affects your breath. When stress or anxiety take over, many of us default to mouth breathing, which in turn can ramp up feelings of anxiety and overwhelm. But here's the good news: You can break the fear-breathing cycle and take control of your breathing.
Join the free Fear-Breathing Reset Challenge this coming Monday.
In three mornings, you'll discover how to:
-Recogize the hidden ways fear is affecting your breathing
-Learn practical tools to break the cycle
-Discover calming breathing exercises that can help you reduce stress and feel more in control
Register for the challenge here:
www.thewellnessjourneyhub.com/fear-breathing-reset…
#FearBreathing #StressAndBreath #CalmBreathing #BreathAwareness #BreathingRetraining #MindfulBreathing #RelaxedBreath #BreatheBetter #AnxietyRelief #BreathworkHealing #NervousSystemRegulation
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Breathing Retraining Center
If you have questions after watching our latest video, "Transform Your Health With The Breathing Wellness Wheel", come ask them at a free workshop Coach Lisa is holding Saturday, February 22, 2025 at 8 am Pacific Time (UTC-8). Click here to sign up and you will receive access to be able to download the Breathing Wellness Wheel, a corresponding worksheet, and a Zoom link to the workshop: www.thewellnessjourneyhub.com/breathing-wellness-w…
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Breathing Retraining Center
How are you noticing extreme hot weather affects your breathing, and what can you do about it?
Some things we suggest include:
-nasal breathing more
-use less energy to breathe: breathe slower, with less gusto/intensity/airspeed
-relax!
Let us know how it goes!
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