93 - How Stress Serves Us. Breathwork, Cold Therapy & The Wim Hof Method w/ Benjamin Berry

This week on the Marina Perry Podcast, Marina is joined by Benjamin Berry to discuss breathwork and how it plays into healing and recovery. Benny has dedicated his professional career to assisting the community in times of need. From an Ocean Lifeguard, Underground Search & Rescue Team Leader and a Firefighter, he has been faced with some of the most challenging circumstances that can be presented to humans. 

 

Through injury, Benny not only found the power to take his physical health into his own hands, but the ability to connect with the essence of what it is to be human. With breathwork and cold exposure guiding him, his life broadened from rolling through the motions of everyday living, to the expansion of discovering himself as his own man with the power to choose the life he wants to live.

 

We breathe in oxygen and blow out carbon dioxide, and in exhaling, we’re influencing our blood and urinary system into going into a deep rest and repair state. Breathwork allows us to take control of our oxygen intake and be a catalyst to that repair cycle. Many people are unaware that our body is an ecosystem. We forget it’s not the one thing, it’s the overflow and bringing harmony to the system. There’s a pushback in using very powerful breathwork and playing with this tool because people are afraid of their own power.

 

It's work, but it’s a different kind of work and you have this power within you. The conscious mind drifts aside and allows us to sit with ourselves. This allowed Benjamin to separate himself from his pain and injury and start to heal from within. It’s about the desired outcome and it’s a skillset that takes time and development. It’s incredibly accessible to everyone, whether you do it on your own or take classes and develop community.

Benjamin highly recommends working with someone to guide you through the process, but it is work you can do on your own. He encourages listeners to look outside their normal archetype and play around with passion until you find answers. Listen now and learn more on what breathwork can do to help you discover your deeper self. 

 

What You Will Learn:

 

1. What breathwork is and how it can help stimulate healing.
2. Background on Benjamin Berry and his journey.
3. How to access your energy and discover your true path.

 

Additional Links:

https://www.instagram.com/your.mate.benny/

 

Extras:

 

 

Benny has dedicated his professional career to assisting the community in times of need. From an Ocean Lifeguard, Underground Search & Rescue Team Leader and a Firefighter, he has been faced with some of the most challenging circumstances that can be presented to humans. 

 

Through injury, Benny not only found the power to take his physical health into his own hands, but the ability to connect with the essence of what it is to be human. With breathwork and cold exposure guiding him, his life broadened from rolling through the motions of everyday living, to the expansion of discovering himself as his own man with the power to choose the life he wants to live.

 

Benny is a certified Wim Hof Method instructor and now works full time delivering workshops based on this method and other practices he has utilised throughout his career and his own journey of personal health and growth.

 

My mission/message:

To spread love and create community! It doesn't bother me how this is done - through exercise, meditation, mens/womens groups etc. In my case, I do it through breathwork and cold exposure, but I get just as amped joining other people on their journey of creating spaces where people can truly be themselves and feel powerful in doing it.