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What if one of the most powerful breathwork practices aren't a complicated technique, but simply remembering to pause?

In this episode of Breathwork Magic, Amanda Russo sits down with meditation teacher, mindfulness guide, and Insight Timer instructor Katharine Chestnut for a conversation about the everyday power of breathwork and how intentional breathing can help us navigate stress, pain, overwhelm, and life's unexpected challenges.

Katharine shares how breathwork became part of her own healing journey while recovering from an emotionally abusive marriage. What began as a simple practice to help her reconnect with herself eventually became one of the foundational tools that transformed her relationship with her body, emotions, and overall wellbeing. From using breathwork during chronic pain and recovery from hip replacement surgery to finding moments of calm in busy airports and stressful workdays, Katharine explains why breathwork has become an essential part of her daily life.

Together, Amanda and Katharine explore how breathwork helps us respond rather than react, why so many people wait until they're overwhelmed before turning to their breath, and how even a few intentional breaths can shift the state of the nervous system. They also discuss the connection between breathwork and mindfulness, the role of somatic healing, and why learning to feel safe in the body can be such an important part of the healing process.

Listeners will hear practical suggestions for incorporating breathwork into everyday life, discover why breathwork is about much more than relaxation, and learn how simple techniques like box breathing, 4-7-8 breathing, and longer exhales can create meaningful shifts in focus, energy, and emotional wellbeing.

Whether you're brand new to breathwork or looking for simple ways to deepen your practice, this conversation serves as a powerful reminder that healing doesn't always require hours of meditation or elaborate rituals.

Sometimes all it takes is one conscious breath.

As long as you have your breath, you have options. 💜

🔹 Connect with Amanda Russo, The Breathing Goddess:

• Book a 1:1 Breathwork Session HERE
• Instagram: @thebreathinggoddess

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Your breath can reveal what words sometimes can’t.

In this episode of Breathwork Magic, Amanda Russo sits down with Harmony Kwiker, a transpersonal psychotherapist, teacher, and author whose journey with breathwork began at just five years old. Growing up in a home where meditation, breathwork, and healing practices were part of daily life, Harmony witnessed firsthand how the simple act of breathing could shift someone from heaviness into lightness. Their conversation explores how these early experiences shaped her path into psychotherapy and why breathwork continues to be one of the most powerful tools for healing and transformation.

Together, they explore the connection between breathwork and therapy, how breath allows us to access preverbal emotions and trauma without needing to explain them, and why integration and compassionate awareness are essential parts of the healing process. Harmony also shares her perspective on transpersonal therapy, the importance of spaciousness in the nervous system, and why breathwork can help us reconnect with our innate wisdom. From breathing in the bath to honoring both the “life urge” and the “death urge,” this episode offers a grounded and expansive look at what it really means to heal, surrender, and fully embrace being alive.

Listeners will hear how breathwork can support trauma healing, emotional release, and nervous system regulation while also learning why individual breathwork sessions can be profoundly different from group experiences. Harmony also shares how therapists themselves can benefit from breathwork training to deepen their capacity to hold space for others.

Whether you’re new to breathwork or already exploring its deeper layers, this conversation invites you to remember something simple and powerful:

As long as you have your breath, you have options.

🔹 Connect with Amanda Russo, The Breathing Goddess:

• Book a 1:1 Breathwork Session HERE
• Instagram: @thebreathinggoddess

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In this episode of Breathwork Magic, I’m joined by the incredible Diana Divine for a powerful and expansive conversation about the deeper layers of breath, presence, and awakening.

We explore how Breathwork becomes more than a practice... it becomes a portal into awareness, nervous system regulation, and reconnecting with your true essence.

From kundalini activation to practicing stillness in the middle of Times Square, this conversation is a reminder that your peace doesn’t come from your environment, it comes from within. If you’ve ever felt resistance, fear, or overwhelm when stepping into deeper work, this episode will gently guide you back to your breath… and back to yourself.

🌬️ In This Episode, We Explore:

✨ How Diana’s spiritual path began: from Reiki to shamanic practices to kundalini work
🧠 Why breathwork helps move you out of survival mode and into higher awareness
🌊 The power of practicing stillness in chaotic environments
🔥 Different breathwork styles (shamanic breath, soma breath, kundalini, Wim Hof)
🌀 What resistance really is and how to work with your ego instead of fighting it
💛 Nervous system regulation and the difference between reacting vs responding
🌌 Remembering that we are spiritual beings having a human experience

🔹 Connect with Amanda Russo, The Breathing Goddess:

• Book a 1:1 Breathwork Session HERE
• Instagram: @thebreathinggoddess

🔹Connect with Diana Divine

• Website: https://www.dianadivine.com/
• Book: Mastering Quantum Creation

As always, thank you so much for being here and breathing with us. If this episode resonated, please share it with someone who needs it, follow the podcast, and leave a review. Your support helps more people discover the magic of Breathwork.

Until next time… keep breathing, keep shifting, and keep embracing the magic within you. I’m proud of you. 💛✨