Lindsey BurwellThe Natural Peptides · The Biohacked Solutions

What Her Body Was Still Holding Onto

24 Aug 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, a breathwork facilitator explains that experiencing intense cramping immediately at the start of a breathwork session deviates from the typical "boar effect," which usually emerges after several minutes of practice. The facilitator suggests that such immediate physical reactions may signal an underlying physiological, psychological, or spiritual tension—what they describe as a "gripping" or "white‑knuckling" of life. They frame breathwork as a mirror reflecting these hidden tensions and invite listeners to explore where they might be "gripping" in their own lives, encouraging deeper conversation about these sensations.

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When people experience cramping that's really intense right off the bat, that also doesn't make sense with the boar effect because boar effect should kind of happen like maybe 5, 10 minute mark when you really get into it. If it's like right off the bat, it's probably something going on with like a physiological and psychological, spiritual gripping that you have around life. You're like holding it, white-knuckling it, holding on. So as breathwork facilitators, we always try to bring that up because this type of breathwork It's a mirror for your life. So if you're experiencing some sort of physical sensation that's really abnormal and also doesn't make sense with the boar effect, let's have a deeper conversation about this. I love this. And so where are you gripping in your life?