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Breath, Ice & Pain
Breath and cold exposure can help modulate pain and improve stress response. Justin Ternes explores the science and practice behind breathwork and ice baths, sharing how these techniques enhance resilience, regulate the nervous system, and help you feel more grounded, present, and alive.
Cold Exposure
Cold exposure—ice baths, cryotherapy, or plunging into a local swimming hole—can improve circulation, fat burning, mental clarity, and immune function. Justin Ternes shares insights, safety tips, and mindful breathwork techniques to help you harness the ancient and modern benefits of the chill.
Many Emotions, Many Interpretations
Emotional health comes from awareness and the ability to feel and interpret the energies of our emotions in the body. In this post, Justin Ternes explores how reading and accepting emotions, rather than creating or labeling them, builds emotional intelligence, intuition, and mind-body connection.
Awareness of Heart
Intentionally feeling into your body, emotions, and heart, even when uncomfortable, can expand awareness, reduce stress, and deepen your connection to life, love, and health.
Pain & How Breathwork Can Help
Pain shapes the human experience in ways that are deeply personal and complex. Discover how breathwork can help you shift your relationship with pain, manage your nervous system, and build resilience. Learn the science behind pain and explore practical techniques in the new Breath for Pain course!

