Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Breath Work vs

22 May 2025 · 0 min

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Short excerpt from a YouTube video by Aaron Hartman, MD ("Breath Work vs", uploaded May 22, 2025) comparing breath work and psychedelics as alternative routes to peak experiences: breath work is likened to taking the stairs (slower, more effortful), while psychedelics are likened to taking a helicopter (faster, potentially scarier) — but both can produce comparable experiences.

I think of breath work, like taking the stairs to the top of the mountain, and I think of psychedelics, like taking the helicopter to the top of the mountain. So one. One's a little bit more work to get there, and the other one can be scary, right? Getting in a helicopter can be a little bit scary, but it'll. It'll get you there as well and probably get you there a little bit faster with perhaps less effort. However, the experiences can be very, very comparable.