Megan Ashton is the founder of Unity Breathwork and a leading advocate for raising safety standards in the breathwork industry. After fifteen years of trying to heal childhood trauma through hypnotherapy, yoga, talk therapy and six ayahuasca ceremonies, one conscious connected breathwork class in Bali gave her the breakthrough none of them had, and she has spent the decade since training trauma-informed facilitators and leading retreats in Sayulita, Mexico. In this conversation she explains what happens in the brain and nervous system when you remove the pause between inhale and exhale, why the first fifteen minutes feel like resistance, how to integrate a session so the change lasts, and where the real dangers lie. It is a grounded, honest guide to a practice that is growing fast and not always practiced well.

• Why connected breathing deliberately activates the sympathetic nervous system, and how that opens access to what the body has stored
• The one thing behind every hypoxic blackout Megan has seen: breath holds added to the end of a connected breathwork session
• How to find a safe facilitator: trauma-informed, at least 400 hours of training, no promises, no sensationalized social media
• Why one big breakthrough is not enough, and how often to practice for lasting change

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Connect with Megan:

https://unitybreathwork.com/breathwork-facilitator-training/
https://unitybreathwork.com/
https://www.instagram.com/unitybreathwork/

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https://flame.live
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https://values.institute