Breathwork for Nervous System Regulation: What Most People Get Wrong W/Christopher August

S1E72 - Breathwork for Nervous System Regulation: What Most People Get Wrong W/Christopher August

Published: August 21, 2026

Duration: 1:15:51

Episode Summary

Oto sits down with longtime friend Christopher August — bestselling author, breathwork facilitator, and co-founder of Beats and Breath — for a wide-ranging conversation on identity, awakening, and the nervous system. Christopher traces his path from a corporate career and a master's degree to two years living in a rural Tanzanian village, and then to the moment that changed everything

A near-death experience on a class-five rapid on the Zambezi River, where he lost consciousness and came back with a completely new relationship to breath. From there they dig into the Gene Keys syst...