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When mindfulness techniques trigger panic responses

Everyone says breathwork changed their life but when I focus on my breath I feel like I am suffocating and have to stop

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Somatic practices can activate latent survival responses in nervous systems that have adapted to hypervigilance.

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