Master this 1 tool for better health, relationships, performance & success in EVERY area of your life l EP. 31 l

In this episode of the Be Better podcast, I discuss the transformative power of breath and its impact on various aspects of life, including emotional regulation, communication, and physical performance. 

The importance of breath awareness and control, offering practical techniques for you to implement in your daily life. 

Highlighting how mastering breath can lead to better decision-making, improved relationships, and overall well-being.

Key Takeaways

• Mastering breath can improve all aspects of life.
• Breath awareness is key to emotional regulation.
• Breath can help in making better decisions.
• Controlling breath aids in effective communication.
• Breathwork can enhance physical performance.
• Nasal breathing is more beneficial than mouth breathing.
• Breath can help calm the nervous system.
• Using breath can improve presence in conversations.
• Breath techniques can be applied in daily life.
• Being present starts with breath awareness.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Mastering Breath for Life Improvement
01:05 The Importance of Breath Awareness
03:04 Breath as a Tool for Emotional Regulation
05:59 Breath Control in Communication and Relationships
08:59 Physical Performance and Breath Regulation
11:59 Techniques for Breath Control
15:17 Nasal vs Mouth Breathing
18:10 Practical Applications of Breath Awareness
19:14 Conclusion and Future Workshops
20:29 New Chapter


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Transcript

Harrison Orr (00:00.903)
If you can master this one aspect of life, I can guarantee that you will have a better sex life, better relationships, better health, better self mastery, and just be better in every aspect of your life. Welcome back to another episode of the Be Better podcast. I'm your host, Harrison Orr. I'm a father, husband, coach, owner and creator of Primal Energies, and it is my mission to help people live to their highest potential because I believe that if we can have higher potential humans, have

Harrison Orr (00:01.036)
If you can master this one aspect of life, I can guarantee that you will have a better sex life, better relationships, better health, better self mastery, and just be better in every aspect of your life. Welcome back to another episode of the Be Better podcast. I'm your host, Harrison Orr. I'm a father, husband, coach, owner and creator of Primal Energy, and it is my mission to help people live to their highest potential because I believe that if we can have higher potential humans, we have

Harrison Orr (00:30.781)
higher potential parents, which raise kids with higher potentials. And when we're all living at our highest potential, then there's not a single person that doesn't benefit, except for maybe big pharma, but fuck those guys. I've helped almost 500 people to achieve optimal health and be better parents, partners, leaders, business owners, all that stuff. And I'm now sharing all the lessons experiences, both personally and from coaching all those people with you so that you can have the lesson without the scar.

Harrison Orr (00:30.926)
higher potential parents, which raise kids with higher potentials, and when we're all living at where highest potential, then there's not a single person that doesn't benefit, except for maybe big fuck, but fuck those guys. I've helped almost 500 people to achieve optimal health and be better parents, partners, leaders, business owners, all that stuff. And I'm now sharing all the lessons experiences, both personally and from coaching all those people with you, so that you can have the lesson without the scar.

Harrison Orr (01:00.145)
In this episode, I wanna talk about a tool that has been fundamental in my development, my growth both physically in my health, but also in my emotional intelligence, my emotional control in terms of my mental health, my mental regulation, my ability to self check and to reflect, and also in a lot of the clients and the people that I've coached and helped in how it's helped them.

Harrison Orr (01:00.277)
In this episode, I want talk about a tool that has been fundamental in my development, my growth both physically in my health, but also in my emotional intelligence, my emotional control in terms of my mental health, my mental regulation, my ability to self check and to reflect, and also in a lot of the clients and the people that I've coached and helped in how it's helped them.

Harrison Orr (01:30.057)
to change their state so that they can make better decisions, they can be more present, they can have better health and just live better, live longer. And I wanna find a way to change this term because I hate this term and I know it can encompass so many connotations, I don't feel like it's even accurate. And the term is breathwork, right? When we use breathwork as that blanket term for every aspect of like conscious,

Harrison Orr (01:30.166)
to change their state so that they can make better decisions, they can be more present, they can have better health and just live better, live longer. And I wanna find a way to change this term because I hate this term and I know it can encompass so many connotations and I don't feel like it's even accurate. And the term is breathwork, right? When we use breathwork as that blanket term for every aspect of like conscious,

Harrison Orr (01:59.911)
Breathing when in fact, I don't think breath work is Is the right name like I feel like there's some styles which would fall into breath work but as a whole I think it's more like breath application because styles of breathing When you're conscious of how you breathe you have an awareness to that breath whether you're Sitting at home by yourself. You're about to send a

Harrison Orr (02:00.076)
breathing when in fact I don't think breath work is the right name. Like I feel like there's some styles which would fall into breath work but as a whole I think it's more like breath application because styles of breathing when you're conscious of how you breathe you have an awareness to that breath whether you're sitting at home by yourself you're about to send a big email launch a huge

Harrison Orr (02:29.865)
as campaigning with the business or you're about to have a really tough conversation with someone that means a lot to you or you're in the gym or on the sporting field or you're about to perform or you're performing trying to regulate your breath, your heart rate so that you can stay centered, stay focused, stay in that optimal performance in that flow state. Then your breath is the biggest dictator to all those things. And they're all going to be varying styles of breath work or breath application.

Harrison Orr (02:29.963)
Ads campaign with the business or you're to have a really tough conversation with someone that means a lot to you or you're in the gym or on the sporting field you're about to perform or you're performing trying to regulate your breath your heart rate so that you can stay centered stay focused stay in that optimal performance in that flow state then your breath is the biggest dictator to all those things and They're all going to be varying styles of breath work or breath application

Harrison Orr (02:59.559)
See, I'm conditioned to using that term, but how we use our breath. And most of us take it for granted because it's part of that autonomic nervous system, which gets taken care of without our consciousness. It lies just like our heartbeat, just like our digestive system, just like all these other functions within our body that don't take that conscious energy. But when you can bring a new level of awareness and then consciousness,

Harrison Orr (02:59.688)
So even if I'm conditioned to using that term, but how we use our breath. And most of us take it for granted because it's part of that autonomic nervous system, which gets taken care of without our consciousness. Just like our heartbeat, just like our digestive system, just like all these other functions within our body that don't take that conscious energy. But when you can bring a new level of awareness and then consciousness,

Harrison Orr (03:29.671)
to that breath. You can change it to change your heart rate, to change your physical, like your energetic state. if, think about how powerful this is. A lot of us feel like when we're in certain emotional states, we're frustrated, we're angry, we're upset, we're in this highly emotional state, we don't really feel in control.

Harrison Orr (03:29.961)
to that breath. You can change it to change your heart rate, to change your physical, like your energetic state. Like if, think about how powerful this is. A lot of us feel like when we're in certain emotional states, we're frustrated, we're angry, we're upset, we're in this highly emotional state, we don't really feel in control.

Harrison Orr (03:55.877)
And we often make bad decisions. We say things or do things that we don't often mean we later end up regretting. imagine if you could calm your nervous system, calm you down from that state, bring you back to neutral, help you think clearer, help you feel better, help you then decide on what action, if any, to take. Or if you're in that conversation with a partner.

Harrison Orr (03:55.983)
And we often make bad decisions. We say things or do things that we don't often mean we later end up regretting. imagine if you had a tool that could calm your nervous system, calm you down from that state, bring you back to neutral, help you think clearer, help you feel better, help you then to decide on what action, if any, to take. Or if you're in that conversation with a partner.

Harrison Orr (04:24.487)
or a loved one or in a difficult conversation, help you to find the right words, to have that conversation with compassion, with understanding. Imagine how different the outcome is going to be.

Harrison Orr (04:24.617)
or a loved one or in a difficult conversation, help you to find the right words, to have that conversation with compassion, with understanding. Imagine how different the outcome is gonna be.

Harrison Orr (04:43.177)
Like, I don't know if you've ever been in this situation where maybe it's good if you've got contrast. Like sometimes you've been in these conversations where you've just reacted emotionally, like you haven't tried to control anything. You've just said the first thing that came to your mouth, which is obviously, not obviously, which is usually not very nice and very reactive. It's very victim blame game pushing around. And how does that work? It will usually escalate, right? Unless one of us is going to be the bigger person and

Harrison Orr (04:43.304)
Like I don't know if you've ever been in this situation where maybe it's good if you've got contrast. Like sometimes you've been in these conversations where you've just reacted emotionally. Like you haven't tried to control anything. You just said the first thing that came to your mouth, is obviously, not obviously, which is usually not very nice, very reactive, very victim blame game pushing around. And how does that work? We usually escalate, right? Unless one of us is gonna be the bigger person and

Harrison Orr (05:13.149)
you know, take this and change the direction. If we're yelling at each other, throwing insults at each other, and this is escalating, the chance of us having a civilized constructive conversation coming to an agreed solution or conclusion is not very high. But if you've got the consciousness or the awareness to slow your heart rate, slow your breath down, control your breath.

Harrison Orr (05:13.285)
you know, take this and change the direction. If we're yelling at each other, throwing insults at each other and this is escalating, the chance of us having a civilized constructive conversation coming to an agreed solution or conclusion is not very high. But if you've got the consciousness or the awareness to slow your heart rate, slow your breath down, control your breath,

Harrison Orr (05:41.797)
stop those emotions from getting out of control, regulate it down.

Harrison Orr (05:41.913)
stop those emotions from getting out of control, regulate it down.

Harrison Orr (05:47.623)
you can hear or you can feel what the other person is saying.

Harrison Orr (05:47.748)
you can hear or you can feel what the other person is saying.

Harrison Orr (05:54.601)
And I want to emphasize, I meant that for a reason. You can feel what the other person is saying. Not just hear what they're saying. You can feel what they're saying. Because when you can feel what someone is saying, you're essentially listening between the lines. You're reading between the lines of, know they're getting upset right now about something that's quite trivial, but what are they really trying to communicate? Maybe they're really trying to communicate that

Harrison Orr (05:54.786)
and I wanna emphasize I meant that for a reason. You can feel what the other person is saying. Not just hear what they're saying, you can feel what they're saying. Because when you can feel what someone is saying, you're essentially listening between the lines, you're reading between the lines of I know they're getting upset right now about something that's quite trivial, but what are they really trying to communicate? Maybe they're really trying to communicate that

Harrison Orr (06:24.051)
they don't feel respected, that they miss you and they just want you at home, or that they don't feel like they're a priority, or there's something deeper that is on their mind that's impacting them, that they haven't been able to or found a way to express yet, that they haven't felt heard, that has caused this. And when you have that level of awareness to then be able to address that,

Harrison Orr (06:24.186)
they don't feel respected, that they miss you and they just want you at home, or that they don't feel like they're a priority, or there's something deeper that is on their mind that's impacting them, that they haven't been able to or found a way to express yet, that they haven't been heard, that has caused this. And when you have that level of awareness to then be able to address that,

Harrison Orr (06:55.497)
in a calm and you're controlling way, not controlling as a controlling that person, in your controlling your state and the conversation to a more constructive direction. Then especially as a man, your woman will feel a hell of a lot safer around you because she will, she can throw all that crap at you and know that you're not going to take it personally, that you can sit there. You can find what she's really trying to say.

Harrison Orr (06:55.621)
in a calm, a neutral, a controlling way, not in a controlling as a controlling that person, but in your controlling your state and then the conversation to a more constructive direction, then especially as a man, your woman will feel a hell of a lot safer around you, because she can throw all that crap at you and know that you're not gonna take it personally, that you can sit there, you can find what she's really trying to say.

Harrison Orr (07:25.673)
And then the more that you have to have those conversations, then that's going to help her to find better ways to express herself, to think, to have that awareness in herself. Oh, I don't really care that she'd left the dishes out again, but it's the fact that I've had to ask him so many times, or it's the fact that, you know, he's doing this other thing that's annoying me that I haven't communicated yet. Like that communication is massive. And so we've gone on a change of theme. This wasn't going to be about relationships and communication, but controlling that breath. Because when...

Harrison Orr (07:25.764)
And then the more that you're able to have those conversations, then that's going to help her to find better ways to express herself, to think, to have that awareness in herself. Oh, I don't really care that he left the dishes out again, but it's the fact that I've had to ask him so many times. Or it's the fact that he's doing this other thing. It's annoying me that I haven't communicated yet. Like that communication is massive. And so we've gone on a tangent here. This wasn't going to be about relationships and communication, but controlling that breath. Because when...

Harrison Orr (07:54.919)
We are in those heightened states, whether it's from a communication or relationship or conversation, or it's from the gym, or it's from other sources of stress or sources of stimulus. you can, faster you can bring yourself back down to neutral, the better you can make decisions, the faster you can recover. And then the more that you can go again, right? When it comes to wanting to go again in terms of like physical performance in gym, things like that, because our heart rate and our stress levels are not supposed to be spiked and stay spiked.

Harrison Orr (07:55.041)
We are in those heightened states, whether it's from a communication or relationship or conversation, or it's from the gym, or it's from other sources of stress, or sources of stimulus. The faster you can bring yourself back down to neutral, the better you can make decisions, the faster you can recover, and then the more that you can go again, right? When it comes to wanting to go again in terms of like physical performance in gym, things like that. Because our heart rate and our stress levels are not supposed to be spiked and stay spiked.

Harrison Orr (08:24.521)
They're supposed to go up and then be able to come straight back down, right? Back to neutral. Like there's a book by Robert, what's his name? It's on the tip of my tongue. It was called Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers. And the story there is like when you look at animals, specifically zebras as well, you know, they'll be just be out in the plains, just munching on this grass and then a lion or a predator will appear and they'll be like, shit.

Harrison Orr (08:24.675)
they're supposed to go up and then be able to come straight back down, right? Back to neutral. There's a book by Robert, what's the name? It's on the tip of my tongue. It was called Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers. And the story there is like when you look at animals, specifically zebras as well, they'll be just be out in the plains, just munching on this grass and then a lion or a predator will appear and they'll be like, shit.

Harrison Orr (08:54.087)
run, they'll dodge, they'll jump, they'll get out of the way, like high stress levels, fight or flight response in full force and running sprinting, just trying to stay alive. And then they just go, maybe it got old mate or it saw another prey, it's gone. Threat is gone. And then they'll do this shake, this full shake of their body and the nervous system shaking, regulate and then back to eating grass. Like nothing happened. And they're able to drop back.

Harrison Orr (08:54.196)
run, they'll dodge, they'll jump, they'll get out of the way, like high stress levels, fight or flight response in full force and running, sprinting, avoiding danger, just trying to stay alive. And then the danger's gone. Maybe it got old mate or it saw another prey, it's gone. Threat is gone. And then they'll do this shake, this full shake of their body. And it's their nervous system shaking everything out to regulate and then back to eating grass. Like nothing happened. And they're able to drop back.

Harrison Orr (09:24.137)
like that. And that's essentially a sign of A, an optimal nervous system and B, optimal cardiovascular like heart health as well. So whether you apply this to your physical and training or just in terms of like a nervous system, stress regulation when it comes to outside of those physical performance realms, then being able to control your heart rate, bring it back down the baseline has a huge benefits everywhere.

Harrison Orr (09:24.297)
like that. And that's essentially a sign of A, an optimal nervous system and B, optimal cardiovascular like heart health as well. So whether you apply this to your physical performance in the gym and training, or just in terms of like a nervous system in your stress regulation when it comes to outside of those physical performance realms, then being able to control your heart rate, bring it back down the baseline has huge benefits everywhere.

Harrison Orr (09:53.363)
But you can also use the breath for the opposite. If you're feeling a little bit sluggish, you've got brain fog, you're feeling a little bit tired, you're not feeling up for the workout, you're not feeling up for this deep focus effort that you've got for work, this conversation that you've got coming up. You can use the breath to bring you up as well, to hyper oxygenate your brain, your cells, your body. It'll also help to increase that energy, increase that focus, increase that hyper awareness. And so,

Harrison Orr (09:53.483)
but you can also use the breath for the opposite. If you're feeling a little bit sluggish, you've got brain fog, you're feeling a little bit tired, you're not feeling up for the workout, you're not feeling up for this deep focus effort that you've got for work or these meetings or this conversation that you've got coming up, you can use the breath to bring you up as well to hyper oxygenate your brain, your cells, your body. It'll also help to increase that energy, increase that focus, increase that hyper awareness. And so,

Harrison Orr (10:22.355)
by self inducing almost that stress, it's a completely different experience to having that stress increased through external sources. And so a simple way to think about these two changes, because you're probably thinking, okay, cool, sounds like it might have some merit to it. How do I actually implement this? How do I think about this? And so the easiest way to think about this, whether you wanna go up or down, it's just as simple as this.

Harrison Orr (10:22.462)
by self inducing almost that stress, it's a completely different experience to having that stress increased through external sources. And so a simple way to think about these two changes, because you're probably thinking, okay, cool, this sounds like it might have some merit to it. How do I actually implement this? How do I think about this? And so the easiest way to think about this, whether you want to go up or down, is just as simple as this.

Harrison Orr (10:52.207)
If you are up, like you're highly emotional, you're highly stressed, you're overwhelmed, you're anxious, you're whatever, you're up and you want to come back to neutral. You want to calm yourself down. You want to focus on the exhale.

Harrison Orr (10:52.347)
If you are up, like you're highly emotional, you're highly stressed, you're overwhelmed, you're anxious, you're whatever, you're up and you wanna come back to neutral, you wanna calm yourself down, you wanna focus on the exhale.

Harrison Orr (11:07.591)
Making your exhale longer than your inhale is going to regulate your nervous system, engage your parasympathetic nervous system, which is your rest and die state and calm everything down. Because every breath we take is a balance between stress and relaxed. Inhale is like your body work, your sympathetic nervous system, so your stress response working to bring air in and then exhale is blowing it down.

Harrison Orr (11:07.709)
Making your exhale longer than your inhale is going to help regulate your nervous system, engage your parasympathetic nervous system, which is your rest and digest state, and calm everything down. Because every breath we take is a balance between stress and relaxed. Inhale is like your body work, your sympathetic nervous system, so your stress response working to bring air in, and then exhale is slowing it down.

Harrison Orr (11:35.867)
If you ever watch your heart beat and just focus on those two, your heart will speed up when you inhale and it'll slow down when you exhale. So the more that you can focus on that exhale, even if it's just a

Harrison Orr (11:36.007)
If you ever watch your heart beat and just focus on those two, your heart will speed up when you inhale and it'll slow down when you exhale. So the more that you can focus on that exhale, even if it's just a...

Harrison Orr (11:54.633)
You don't need to worry about timing your as long as you as long as you'll gradually to calm that system slow that heart rate bring it back to base.

Harrison Orr (11:54.792)
You don't need to worry about timing or anything else. As long as your exhale is longer than your inhale, you'll gradually start to calm that nervous system, slow that heart rate down, bring everything back to baseline.

Harrison Orr (12:08.201)
then if you want it to go up, the inverse, focus on the inhale. So most people go to a half breathing. Sharp inhale, relaxed exhale. So there's no effort on the inhale, it's just a sharp inhale and then fall. Just relax and let the air flow, fall out. And so you repeat that multiple times. So you usually do 30 of those breaths and then a breath hold for as long as you can.

Harrison Orr (12:08.349)
And then if you're to come up, the inverse, focus on the inhale. So most people have heard of Wim Hof breathing.

Harrison Orr (12:19.464)
Sharp inhale, relax exhale. So there's no effort on the inhale, it's just a sharp inhale and then fall. It's just relax and let the air flow, fall out. And so you repeat that multiple times. So you usually do 30 of those breaths and then a breath hold for as long as you can and then do that three to four times. That is gonna put you in a hyper alert state, an energetic state to go have your workout, go smash those meetings, go smash that workout.

Harrison Orr (12:38.377)
and then do that three to four times. That is going to put you in a hyper low state, an endo state to go have your workout, go smash those meetings, go smash that workout without needing caffeine or stimulants or sugar or anything like that. That's going to compromise your sleep, your calories, your health habits in general. A pretty awesome tool. The deeper layer to that is nasal versus mouth breathing. Most of the time, ideally, we want to

Harrison Orr (12:47.505)
without needing caffeine or stimulants or sugar or anything like that, that's gonna compromise your sleep, your calories, your health habits in general. A pretty awesome tool. The deeper layer to that is nasal versus mouth breathing. Most of the time, ideally, we wanna be breathing through our nose as often as possible. The only time we should really be breathing through our mouth is when you're at max effort exercise, when you're literally trying to suck it in. But most of the time,

Harrison Orr (13:05.897)
breathing through our nose as often as possible. The only time we should really be breathing through our mouth is like when you're at max effort exercise, when you're trying to suck it in. But most of the time, as much as possible, breathing through your nose. Because our nose is what's designed to breathe, like it has filters in there to clear out the air, to control the temperature of the air going down to our lungs so we can absorb more of the oxygen. It's like I said, it filters everything out.

Harrison Orr (13:17.02)
as much as possible, breathing through your nose. Because our nose is what's designed to breathe. Like it has filters in there to clear out the air, to control the temperature of the air going down to our lungs so we can absorb more of the oxygen. Like I said, filters everything out. We can absorb things like 20 to 30 % more oxygen when we breathe through our nose and through our mouth.

Harrison Orr (13:35.645)
we can absorb 20 to 30 % more oxygen when we breathe through our nose and through our mouth.

So if you have trouble with that, just practice keeping your lips closed, keeping your lips together as often as possible to make that default behavior. So you can get that mouth tape. Don't worry about all those brands trying to sell you specific mouth tape that I tell you it's stupid amounts for. Go to your camera's warehouse or your Priceline, whatever it is, and literally you can buy it's like a couple bucks. Micro pour tape. Put a small strip over your lips when you go to sleep at night. That's just going to act as a cue.

Harrison Orr (13:42.885)
So if you have trouble with that, just practice keeping your lips closed, keeping your lips together as often as possible to make that the default behavior. So you can get that mouth tape. Don't worry about like all those brands trying to sell you specific mouth tape that they charge stupid amounts for. Go to your chemist's warehouse or your Priceline, whatever it is, and literally you can buy, it's like a couple bucks, micro-pore tape. Put a small strip over your lips when you go to sleep at night. That's just going to act as a cue.

to keep your lips together, to start to force your body to breathe through your nose. And then just like the other habits that we've spoken about, the more that you can make that the default setting, the more you're gonna be sitting in that rest and digest state more often. And that's where we wanna be sitting. We wanna be sitting in that rest and digest, that neutral state, like 80 plus percent of the time throughout the day. We wanna save that high stress, that high response, fight or flight response for when we're in the gym or physically performing or we've got something

Harrison Orr (14:12.841)
keep your lips to start to force your body to breathe through your nose. And then just like the other habits that we've spoken about, the more that you can make that the default setting, the more you're to be sitting in that resting digest state more often. And that's where we want to be sitting. We want to be sitting in that rest and digest, that neutral state, like 80 plus percent of the time throughout the day. We want to save that high stress, that high response, fight or flight response for when we're in the gym or physically performing or we've got something

source of stress that we need then and then it's like a sledgehammer it's like a stress bang done sorted over okay cool back to neutral control the breathing focus on the inhale and then we're good and then you go back the rest of your day you're back in that control calm sentencing we're not stressing out taking ages and ages to get back to that state so that's ideally where you want to be sitting

Harrison Orr (14:42.36)
a source of stress that we need to address then and there. And then it's like a sledgehammer. It's like stress, bang, done, sorted, over, okay, cool, back to neutral. Control the breathing, focus on the inhale, and then we're good. And then you go about the rest of your day. You're back in that control, calm, centered seat. We're not stressing out, taking ages and ages to get back to that state. So that's ideally where you wanna be sitting.

Harrison Orr (15:12.233)
And so now when you've got those tools, you can think about, okay, where can I use these in my day? How can I use these to be better? One way that I suggest to people is to just bring awareness to your breath. Like right now, without changing, it's hard to do it without changing your breath, but just bring awareness to your breath and notice where you breathe.

Harrison Orr (15:12.407)
And so now when you've got those tools, you can think about, okay, where can I use these in my day? How can I use these to be better? One way that I suggest to people is to just bring an awareness to your breath. Like right now, without changing, and it's hard to do it without changing your breath, but just bring an awareness to your breath and notice where you breathe.

Harrison Orr (15:42.451)
Do you naturally breathe through your nose or through your mouth? Does it fill your chest or does it expand your belly? Is it shallow or is it deep? Which one is longer your inhale or your exhale?

Harrison Orr (15:42.585)
Do you naturally breathe through your nose or through your mouth? Does it fill your chest or does it expand your belly? Is it shallow or is it deep? Which one is longer, your inhale or your exhale?

Harrison Orr (16:08.071)
And so when you start to identify these little pieces, you start to get clues of like, wow, like I'm usually breathing through my mouth into my chest and it's quite shallow actually. And take a stab in the dark, you're probably also highly stressed, maybe anxious or highly irritable. Probably got a pretty stressed out nervous system. Maybe you're not sleeping the best either. And then when you look at these factors, then trying to get optimal results in the gym or with your body.

Harrison Orr (16:08.192)
And so when you start to identify these little pieces, you start to get clues of like, wow, like I'm usually breathing through my mouth into my chest and it's quite shallow actually. And take a stab in the back, you're probably also highly stressed, maybe anxious or highly irritable. Probably got a pretty stressed out nervous system, maybe you're not sleeping the best either. And then when you look at these factors, then...

trying to get optimal results in the gym or with your body or performing your best or just be your best. You're already starting from behind the ankle.

Harrison Orr (16:37.531)
or just be your best. You're already starting from behind the April.

coming from a place of neutrality where you're breathing through your nose expanding that diaphragm slow and controlled breaths then when things happen in life you can see them for what they are rather than being reactive to them and taking them personally

Harrison Orr (16:44.706)
coming from a place of neutrality where you're breathing through your nose, expanding your diaphragm, slow and controlled breaths. Then when things happen in life, you can see them for what they are rather than being reactive to them and taking them personally.

Harrison Orr (17:06.141)
And then the phrase that I am that I aspire to as a father, a husband, as a leader is being the lighthouse in the storm. So when there's chaos, there's crazy things going on. You're the one to stand tall, hold your own, not be fazed and then decide on the course of action and lead people through that storm. And being able to do that starts with being able to control and lead yourself.

Harrison Orr (17:06.261)
And then the phrase that I aspire to as a father, as a husband, as a leader is being the lighthouse in the storm. So when there's chaos, there's crazy things going on, you're the one that's able to stand tall, hold your own, not be fazed, and then decide on the course of action and lead people through that storm. And being able to do that starts with being able to control and lead yourself.

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then resorting to the breath in those times of high stress. Okay. Where do I, what state do I need to be for this? Do I need to be up to lead people through this? Do I need to be up higher than my current state? Okay. Hype yourself up, control. Okay. This is this getting out of hand stress, getting high emotions, getting high. is like, okay, this is not getting helpful.

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then resorting to the breath in those times of high stress. Okay. Where do I, what state do I need to be in for this? Do I need to be up to lead people through this? Do I need to be up higher than my current state? Okay. Hype yourself up, control. Okay. This is, it's getting out of hand stress, it's getting high emotions, it's getting high. This is like, okay, this is not getting helpful.

Harrison Orr (18:05.417)
It helps you to be hyper present as well. And so if you're a parent or a partner or you're someone that has, you know, wants to improve their connections with people, the best way that you can do that is to be present with people. And they can tell when you're not present, when you're thinking about an email that you need to send or this thing that you need to do later or something else that's still on your mind and you're not truly there in that conversation. They can really tell. But bring that breath back.

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helps you to be hyper present as well. And so if you're a parent or a partner or someone that has, wants to improve their connections with people, the best way that you can do that is to be present with them. And they can tell when you're not present, when you're thinking about an email that you need to send or this thing that you need to do later or something else that's still on your mind and you're not truly there in that conversation. They can really tell. But bring that breath back.

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massively helps that ability to be present.

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massively helps that ability to be present.

Harrison Orr (18:39.721)
And so I interrupt this up here. This was a bit of a teaser of it's some of the information that I've used that I've passed on to my clients that has helped them understand their breath first and foremost, because once you understand something, you understand the principles of how something works, it becomes a lot easier to A, to implement, B, to rationalize why you should as well, because I don't know about you, but I like to know, well, if someone's suggesting something, how is it going to help you? Why should I be doing this thing? That's just my brain anyway.

Harrison Orr (18:39.829)
And so I interrupt this up here. This was a bit of a teaser. I've been some of the information that I've used that I've passed on to my clients that has helped them understand their breath first and foremost, because once you understand something, you understand the principles of how something works. It becomes a lot easier to A, to implement B, to rationalize why you should as well, because I don't know about you, but I like to know if someone's suggesting something, how's it gonna help me? Why should I be doing this thing? That's just my brain anyway.

Harrison Orr (19:09.395)
But then also when you do hear about tools, maybe I'll share tools in the future or I will share tools in the future or hear from someone else about different styles of breath work, it can make sense because now you know the fundamentals of how to bring yourself down, how do you bring yourself up, how to level yourself out and then how to use it for physical performance, for an emotional connection, for better presence, self-awareness, for all these things. And so very starting very soon.

Harrison Orr (19:09.534)
But then also, when you do hear about tools, maybe I'll share tools in the future, or I will share tools in the future, or hear from someone else about different styles of breath work, it can make sense because now you know the fundamentals of how to bring yourself down, how to bring yourself up, how to level yourself out, and then how to use it for physical performance, for better emotional connection, for better presence and self-awareness, for all these things. And so.

Very starting very soon, I'll be running workshops both in person and online on breath application and implementing this so that you can help to change your state and then shift your performance, optimize your performance, optimize your life from every standpoint, using that as the catalyst to then divert your resources, being time, energy and money to the biggest leverage opportunity so that you can live your best life. If that sounds at all appealing to you,

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I'll be running workshops both in person and online on breath application and implementing this so that you can help to change your state and then shift your performance, optimize your performance, your life from every standpoint, using that as the catalyst to then divert your resources, being time, energy and money to biggest leverage opportunity so that you can live your best life. If that sounds at all appealing to you, then

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then comment on this, me an email so that I can keep you in the loop when things are gonna come up. Otherwise, stay tuned. But now you've got the information, you've got the practical application. Don't be sorry, be better. I see in this episode, bye.

Harrison Orr (20:07.037)
comment on this, send me an email so that I can keep you in the loop when things are going to come up. Otherwise, stay tuned. But now you've got the information, you've got the practical application. Don't be sorry, be better. I see in this episode.