More than four years ago I started with just a few minutes a day I played the beginner sessions by Wim Hof.
A few months later I discovered Jesse Coomer and his recorded sessions. something about his voice, his pace, his presence pulled me in I began following his sessions daily.
I used to walk to a quiet corner in nature sit on the edge of a bench, put on my headphones and press play. at first it was hard, the sessions were 20 minutes long and they pushed me, but I gave it everything I got. I Ignored the friction in my head.

By the end of each session something shifted, my mood lifted, my pain eased, not in a vague or hopeful way, it was clear and noticeable – the neurological pain faded for hours, I felt it during the breath holds and during the releases – a rush of adrenaline, I felt my fingers, I felt my toes, places I hadn’t felt in years lit up again.

I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 22 years ago, I’ve lost sensation in many parts of my body but during breathwork something returns – a soft buzzing electricity, like oxygen finding its way to places that had been starving.

Then I understood something deeper

Even though I can’t move my legs, and my hands are weak, I can work out. breathwork became my gym.

Most people don’t know this but breathing involves powerful muscles – the diaphragm, the muscles between your ribs, your abs, your back, your shoulders, even your pelvic floor. when you breathe with intensity and control you activate all of them. you engage your whole system. it’s a full body workout for someone who can’t move.

And the effect is real, you feel the adrenaline, the dopamine the endorphins, your body’s natural antidepressants and painkillers – it’s biology – not belief.

If you do this daily don’t be surprised if you start climbing out of hell in a few weeks.

At one point I joined Jesse’s first ever course. his kindness, his honesty his presence changed something in me, I still breathwork with Jesse at least twice a week along with other teachers I’ve come to appreciate.

If you want to try breathwork but can’t bring yourself to do it, maybe you haven’t broken it into small enough steps – maybe you judged it too fast.

But if you want to change your life, if you’re in pain or stuck in depression, you will need discipline, willpower and most of all consistency.

I hope you start.
And more importantly I hope you keep going.