Josh TrentIdentity Transformation Architect and award winning Host of the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast—a decade-strong show with over 750 episodes and 15M downloads.

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6 Apr 2023 · 1 min

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This YouTube clip features Josh Trent and a guest discussing combining breathwork practices with the Mendi neurofeedback device to improve stress response and prefrontal cortex function. The guest emphasizes control over physiological responses (e.g., oxygenated blood flow to the prefrontal cortex), cites an ongoing Swedish study of violent offenders showing low oxygenation in that region, and argues that the ability to modulate this response changes life outcomes.

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Breath work is for people that can't meditate. But I'm really curious how we can combine the specific breathing practices with the Mendi, because how is this going to help us? Like, how is this truly going to help us in the brain, mold that plastic so then when it counts, when we're under the stress, that we can respond in a loving way?
Well, it's about having control. For example, it's about being able to flex your bicep at will. There's a study that's being done in Sweden on violent offenders, on teenage criminals, like, the worst of the worst. And the one thing they all have in common is that they have a lack of oxygenated blood flow to the prefrontal cortex. Being able to control that, being able to tap into these things at will, is an incredible, powerful skill to have. It literally is a different life. The person that can turn that off and walk away from a problem and the person that can't, they have very, very different outcomes and very different lives, right?