Breathing for Optimal Health and Performance

Whether you’re aware or not, breathing has a massive impact on your life.

What is Breathing Behavior Analysis?

Breathing behavior analysis is a way of understanding breathing as a learned behavior rather than just a physical process. This perspective draws on a large field of research in psychology, physiology, and behavioral science, similar to how behavior therapy works in clinical psychology. Instead of just focusing on the mechanics of breathing, this approach looks at how, where, and why we breathe the way we do every day and whether these patterns are helpful or problematic.

The Impact of the Breath

Breathing has a huge impact on our lives, both good and bad. Understanding this impact becomes much clearer when we learn about how breathing works in the body. Seeing breathing as a motivated behavior helps explain how it can deeply affect our health and performance.

Complimentary Consultation Session

15 min - Virtual Call

(optional)

Is Your Breathing Supporting or Sabotaging Your Health?

    • An opportunity to ask personalized questions in a safe, supportive space

    • A clear next step if a full breathing behavior assessment is recommended

Breathing Assessment Session

90 min - In Person or Virtual

(Virtual session only available if you have rented the CapnoTrainer)

To assess the client’s breathing patterns and habits using Somatic and Autonomic Biofeedback technologies (including Educational Capnography, HRV, EMG, and Oximetry as needed). The purpose is to analyze the client’s breathing mechanics, identify areas for improvement, and set goals for breath retraining and learning sessions.

Breathing Retraining Session

60 min - In Person or Virtual

(Only after a Breathing Assessment session)

(Virtual session only available if you have rented the CapnoTrainer)

A personalized breathing retraining plan is created for each individual client based on client’s history, goals and assessment finding. Sessions can cover a wide range of topics, such as:

    • Educational services on the difference between breathing and respiration.

    • Identifying and addressing unhealthy breathing habits.

    • Techniques for self-observation, self-exploration, and self-regulation.

    • Learning behavior modification techniques and intuitive approaches to change.

    • Self-interventions, analyzing behaviors, setting learning goals, and counseling.

    • Creating learning plans, tracking progress with session forms, and keeping records.

Sessions may also explore:

    • How conscious and unconscious learning affects breathing patterns.

    • Understanding how breathing behaviors interact with relationships and life situations.

    • Using behavior analysis to identify triggers and reshape responses.

    • Breaking long-term bad habits and creating new, healthier ones.

    • Reinforcement strategies to maintain positive changes.

    • Homework, habit extinction, and psychophysiological techniques like desensitization and counterconditioning.

This approach helps clients make lasting changes in their breathing for better health and well-being.

Breathing Retraining Package

Four sessions at a special price!

See the Featured section above.

CapnoTrainer GO Rental

$300 Per month

(required for virtual sessions)

Experience the powerful insights of breath awareness with the CapnoTrainer, a wearable biofeedback device that measures CO₂ levels in exhaled breath. It provides immediate, relevant, and actionable data—offering a real-time mirror of your breathing habits. 

By identifying patterns such as overbreathing, the CapnoTrainer helps you improve respiratory function, support nervous system regulation, and enhance overall well-being. Whether during daily life or physical activity, it’s an ideal tool for anyone interested in breathing for optimal health and performance.

(Learn more about renting the CapnoTrainer GO during your free consultation or assessment.)