What can breath teach us about living well?
Ed Harrold explores breath as medicine with teachers, researchers, clinicians, and movement specialists who bring the inner and outer journey into practical conversation. Each episode is available to watch on YouTube and to read here as a searchable transcript.
Featured Life With Breath Podcast Conversations
- James Nestor: Breath, The New Science of a Lost Art: Ed Harrold and James Nestor discuss breath as a practical doorway into the body, health, stress regulation, and daily life. Originally published on YouTube February 5, 2021. Watch on YouTube. Guest: James Nestor.
- How Do Ayurveda and Breathwork Work Together?: Ed Harrold and Larissa Carlson explore how Ayurvedic principles and breathwork can inform a more seasonal, embodied health practice. Originally published on YouTube March 5, 2021. Watch on YouTube. Guest: Larissa Carlson.
- How Can Ayurvedic Breathwork Support Exercise and Fitness?: Ed Harrold and Dr. John Douillard discuss the relationship between Ayurveda, breathing, exercise, and sustainable fitness health. Originally published on YouTube February 5, 2021. Watch on YouTube. Guest: Dr. John Douillard.
- What Does Slow Yogic Breathing Do in the Body?: Ed Harrold and Sat Bir Khalsa, Ph.D. explore the psychophysiology of slow yogic breathing and the growing field of yoga research. Originally published on YouTube September 23, 2021. Watch on YouTube. Guest: Sat Bir Khalsa, Ph.D..
- How Can Breath Help You Move From Panic to Calm?: Ed Harrold and Tim Vandervliet discuss a simple breathing approach for moving from a state of panic toward greater calm and presence. Originally published on YouTube December 9, 2021. Watch on YouTube. Guest: Tim Vandervliet.
- What Are the Three Diaphragms of Breathing?: Ed Harrold and Edward Dangerfield discuss repatterning the three diaphragms of breathing as part of an embodied approach to breath mechanics. Originally published on YouTube June 24, 2021. Watch on YouTube. Guest: Edward Dangerfield.
- How Does Breathing Connect to Sleep Health?: Ed Harrold and Nancy Rothstein explore how breathing belongs in a larger conversation about sleep health, habits, and recovery. Originally published on YouTube March 17, 2022. Watch on YouTube. Guest: Nancy Rothstein.
- How Can Nasal Breathing Be Supported in Young Children?: Ed Harrold and Dr. Kevin Boyd discuss nasal breathing in preschool-age children and why the subject deserves informed, whole-person attention. Originally published on YouTube August 21, 2021. Watch on YouTube. Guest: Dr. Kevin Boyd.
- How Can Breath Control Support Mental and Physical Performance?: Ed Harrold and Michael Miletic explore breath control as part of mental and physical optimization, performance, and self-awareness. Originally published on YouTube September 8, 2021. Watch on YouTube. Guest: Michael Miletic.
- How Can Breathing Protocols Support Stress-Related Health?: Ed Harrold and Martin McPhilimey discuss breathing protocols within a broader conversation about stress-related health and daily resilience. Originally published on YouTube July 14, 2021. Watch on YouTube. Guest: Martin McPhilimey.
- How Can You Remember the Breath in Meditation?: Ed Harrold and Jonathan Foust explore remembering the breath as an accessible anchor for meditation, presence, and daily practice. Originally published on YouTube November 18, 2021. Watch on YouTube. Guest: Jonathan Foust.
- How Does Yoga Pranayama Support Fitness and Healing?: Ed Harrold and Emily Hightower discuss yoga pranayama as part of a Western conversation about fitness, healing, and breath-led practice. Originally published on YouTube October 28, 2021. Watch on YouTube. Guest: Emily Hightower.
- How Can Breath Support a More Present Life?: Ed Harrold and Cara Bradley discuss breath as a practical support for presence, awareness, and living with greater intention. Originally published on YouTube June 5, 2025. Watch on YouTube. Guest: Cara Bradley.
- How Can Breath Support Greatness at Work?: Ed Harrold and Michael Susi explore the place of breath in a conversation about work, performance, and showing up with greater capacity. Originally published on YouTube February 4, 2021. Watch on YouTube. Guest: Michael Susi.
- How Does Weight Loss Happen on the Exhale?: Ed Harrold and Ruben Meerman discuss the relationship between the lungs, the exhale, and the science of how weight loss happens in the body. Originally published on YouTube April 22, 2021. Watch on YouTube. Guest: Ruben Meerman.
- How Does Breath Shape Human Performance?: Ed Harrold and Dr. Peter Litchfield explore breathing, respiration, and the role of breath in human performance and excellence. Originally published on YouTube May 14, 2025. Watch on YouTube. Guest: Dr. Peter Litchfield.
- How Can Breath Support Functional Aging and Fitness?: Ed Harrold and Dr. Dan Ritchie discuss health, fitness, aging, and the role of breath in a practical approach to living well over time. Originally published on YouTube August 7, 2023. Watch on YouTube. Guest: Dr. Dan Ritchie.
- What Does Integrative Medicine Ask of the Healing Process?: Ed Harrold and Dr. Tanmeet Sethi explore healing, human experience, and the place of breath in a wider integrative medicine conversation. Originally published on YouTube March 27, 2025. Watch on YouTube. Guest: Dr. Tanmeet Sethi.
- How Can Breath Fit Into an Accelerated Health Practice?: Ed Harrold and Sara Banta discuss health practices, breath-led awareness, and the choices that support well-being over time. Originally published on YouTube April 15, 2025. Watch on YouTube. Guest: Sara Banta.
- How Do Light, Sleep, and Hormones Shape Circadian Health?: Ed Harrold and Zaid K. Dahhaj explore circadian biology through the relationship among light, sleep, hormones, and daily rhythms. Originally published on YouTube February 23, 2025. Watch on YouTube. Guest: Zaid K. Dahhaj.
- How Can You Meet Healing Through the Whole Human Experience?: Ed Harrold and Dr. Erica Matluck explore healing, anxiety, self-doubt, and the human capacity to meet experience with greater awareness. Originally published on YouTube February 4, 2025. Watch on YouTube. Guest: Dr. Erica Matluck.
- What Does It Mean to Become a Breath Facilitator?: Ed Harrold and Mike Maher discuss breath facilitation, the evolving breathwork field, and the responsibility of guiding practice for others. Originally published on YouTube December 8, 2023. Watch on YouTube. Guest: Mike Maher.
- What Is the Language of Breath?: Ed Harrold and Jesse Coomer explore The Language of Breath and how active awareness can support health, performance, and mental well-being. Originally published on YouTube November 7, 2023. Watch on YouTube. Guest: Jesse Coomer.