556 Mike Maher (Take a Deep Breath)

Mike is a breathwork coach from the UK. After 15 years in the corporate world, Mike decided to leave to teach breathwork full time.

Mike has trained with many of the world’s leading breathwork innovators; such as Wim Hof, James Nestor and Patrick McKeown. Each of them has taught him a different approach to breathing that he loves to share with his students.  Mike shares his inventive approach to breathwork with more than 150,000 subscribers – making breathwork techniques easy and accessible with guided practices, music, animations, quick explainers, and deep-dive interviews.

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Here’s an article about the universal heartbeat allocation I mentioned. Turns out, most mammals average around a billion in a lifetime. (If you’re pushing a billion, don’t worry, humans get a bonus billion for some reason.) Mike on Instagram.

Intro music “Brightside of the Sun,” by Basin and Range. “Don’t Leave Your Life Too Long” by Kim Churchill; Outro: “Smoke Alarm,” by Carsie Blanton.

Here’s the brilliant, mesmerizing short film we briefly mentioned, where people jump (or don’t) off a 10-meter platform:

Here’s a taste of Mike’s YouTube channel: