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COHi, I’m Collin. I need to tell you about the moment my life changed.
March 2023. One phone call. EPO suspension. My career as a professional triathlete—over. My identity—shattered.
I thought losing my career would be the hardest part. It wasn’t.
The hardest part was waking up every single day with this crushing sense of dread. My nervous system was stuck. Frozen. I couldn’t see past each day. I had no hope. No light. I was just surviving.
I got on a bike. California to Colombia. Five and a half months. Alone.
And somewhere in that journey, I found breathwork.
I didn’t know what I was looking for. But I found it.
The first time I did a breathwork session, something shifted. Not in my mind. In my body. In my nervous system.
It wasn’t something I could think my way through. It wasn’t something therapy could touch. It was deeper. Physiological.
When I reset my nervous system through breathwork, my body finally felt safe again.
And when my body felt safe, everything changed.
I went from surviving to thriving. From dread to hope. From frozen to free. I got back the joy of living.
Now I teach breathwork. To armed forces. Police departments. Wellness retreats. Athletes. In saunas. On mats. In crisis and in celebration.
Because breath is the one thing that connects your mind to your body. And when you learn to use it, everything changes.
This photo is my largest class yet. 75 people. After @kiana’s workout, we did 15 minutes of box breathing and exhale humming to release nitric oxide, then dropped into Shavasana for meditation.
Seventy-five nervous systems. Grounded. Connected. Present.
That’s the power of breath.
If you’re stuck. If you’re surviving instead of thriving. If your nervous system is screaming and you don’t know how to calm it—start with your breath.
It saved my life. It can change yours too.
Comment below how breathwork has helped you!
#Motivation #breathwork #nervoussystemreset #nervoussystemhealing #breathe
@collinchartier
