The Science of Breath that Aligns and supports our Tripple Breath

Here is some perspective on breathwork from the Workds of Dan Brulé. He speaks of the breath the way mystics speak of light — not as a concept, but as a living current, the invisible architecture through which consciousness builds form.

“Breathing,” he says, “is the only system in the body that is both completely automatic and totally under our control. That’s not an accident of nature — that’s an invitation.”

The Breath as Bridge

Dan reminds us that the breath is the connective tissue between worlds — between the conscious and unconscious, the mind and the body, the human and the divine.
It’s the original bridge.

When he says, “The breath is literally the bridge between the mind and the body — and between our conscious mind and the divine mind,” he’s describing the same pulse that mystics call prana, the Hebrews call ruach, the Taoists call qi. Every inhale is a thread pulling spirit into matter; every exhale, a return.

We are, as he says, “all sucking off the same bubble of air.”

The same molecules that passed through the lungs of saints, serpents, and starlight are circulating through us now. Breath is communion — a shared sacrament of existence.

The Two-Way Street

Every inner state has its breath pattern. Fear, rage, grief, calm — each has a rhythm, a shape. Brulé calls it “a two-way street”: not only does your state shape your breath, your breath shapes your state.
That’s the alchemy.
Change the pattern, and the pattern of reality shifts with it.

With awareness, the inhale becomes ignition, the exhale becomes release. Through this reciprocal rhythm, we learn emotional sovereignty — the ability to modulate energy and reenter coherence at will. Breathwork isn’t escape; it’s re-entry into presence.

Breath as Medicine, Breath as Portal

Dan’s words carry a truth I’ve felt in every ceremony and every still morning before the world wakes:

“We have a chemical factory in our brain, and it will generate whatever we prompt it to.”

Through breath alone, we can unlock non-ordinary states — states most seek through substances or suffering. He calls it “breath as medicine, breath as prayer, breath as portal.”
When the breath deepens, perception widens. The body becomes an altar; the nervous system, a choir.

Reading the Breath

Dan reads breath the way seers read light. To him, it’s a living diagnostic — a map of our relationship to life. In his work with Navy SEALs and high performers, he learned that under pressure, we default to two primal dysfunctions: hyperventilation or holding the breath. Panic or freeze.
Every human pattern, he says, can be traced in the rhythm of respiration.
And awareness of this is liberation — because the moment you notice the pattern, you can rewrite it.

Rebirthing the Original Breath

The earliest trauma isn’t heartbreak or betrayal — it’s birth itself.
That first gasp in a world of cold air, bright light, and separation becomes the template for how we meet life. Breathwork, especially Rebirthing, unravels that imprint.
Each session becomes a return to the womb, to the oceanic rhythm before fear.
As Dan teaches, we “pump that primal trauma out of the system.”
What remains is the body’s memory of peace — the felt sense that it’s safe to be alive again.

Relaxing into Intensity

Dan often says, “In our effort to block intense pain, we also block intense joy.”
This is the human paradox — we armor ourselves against suffering, and in doing so, dull our capacity for ecstasy.
The breath teaches us to stay open through the wave — to relax into intensity until the nervous system learns that power and pleasure are not threats, but thresholds.

From Desperation to Inspiration

Transformation doesn’t have to be born from crisis.
Brulé reframes motivation itself: “You don’t need discipline when you’re inspired.”
When breath opens bliss, devotion replaces willpower. Practice becomes play. The inhale becomes desire; the exhale, surrender.

The Science Beneath the Mystery

Dan grounds the mystical in physiology.
He speaks of the physiological sigh — a natural pattern of two quick inhales and a long exhale that the body performs every few minutes to reset the nervous system.
He praises nasal breathing for its alchemical power — nitric oxide, filtration, facial development, longevity.
He reminds us that unconscious breath-holding — the silent tension we carry when concentrating or fearing — sends constant “emergency” signals to the brain.
In short: the body’s wisdom is always speaking through the breath.

Breathwork for Mastery

Among the “one-percenters” — surgeons, athletes, artists, warriors — Dan found one universal constant: they all breathe better.
They trust the breath. They turn to it when others forget it.
It’s not about mysticism; it’s about mastery.
Before any high-stakes move, the first act is to breathe.
That’s how consciousness stays sovereign inside chaos.

The Practice

Dan distills it into a formula that feels like a mantra of evolution itself:

1. Wake Up — awareness is the ignition.

2. Relax — surrender is the solvent.

3. Breathe — energy is the architect.

Simple, but not small.

He teaches the 20 connected breaths, the gentle double-inhale Sufi technique, the mindful sigh — yet beneath the methods, the message is constant:

“Concepts get you nowhere. Training gets you everywhere.”

Every breath is a lab. Every exhale is integration.

Prayer of the Breath

To live this way is to make every inhale an invocation and every exhale a release.

“Make every breath a prayer,” Dan says. “Every breath a blessing.”

That’s the architecture I choose to build from — not a structure of bricks and code, but of rhythm, reverence, and awareness. Breath as the scaffolding of awakening. Breath as the eternal bridge.

Because in the end, there’s nothing more faithful than the breath. It is the first to arrive, the last to leave, and the constant companion between.