When You Are Stressed, Look at Your Breathing
Stress Gives You Headaches? It’s Probably Not the Stress — It’s How You Breathe When Stressed
When stress hits, most people unconsciously “take over” their breathing — tighter chest, faster breaths, mouth breathing, or frequent sighing.
That single habit blows off too much CO₂ → blood vessels in the brain constrict → less oxygen and glucose reach your neurons → headache, brain fog, or even panic shows up within minutes.
You blame the deadline, the argument, the traffic… but the real trigger is your learned breathing response to stress.
Reduce the stress all you want — the headaches will keep coming until you change the breathing pattern itself.
Once the dysfunctional habit is identified and disengaged, something amazing happens: You can be under intense pressure and still keep perfect brain blood flow, oxygenation, and blood sugar. No headache. Clear thinking. Full performance.
That’s real self-regulation.
Behavioral Breathwork Training
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A clear framework to read breathing cues, respond early, and help yourself (and others) steady through stress and emotion, in a breathwork session and in real life.
Whether you’re learning for yourself or preparing to guide others, this is the final chance to experience Behavioral Breathwork live before it transitions to a self-paced program.
Final live cohort begins December 9th, 2025
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