What is Cain Velasquez's Ascension Breath practice?

Ascension Breath is a breathing practice Cain Velasquez assembled from several breathwork methods after people close to him did not want to try plant medicine. He said it aims to bring people into a similar state using only their breath. He started it as a program at Soledad state prison, where it still runs three times a week with a monthly day of healing, and he said he is in talks with San Quentin to offer it to inmates and staff.

Velasquez said the monthly healing day at Soledad combines yoga, breathing, sound healing and Reiki.
Velasquez said he has also run sessions with police departments and with fighters at the UFC Performance Institute.

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“to get people in the same state as if they were doing plant medicine” Cain Velasquez · at 3:41:17 — open in the transcript →

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