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During my career as a professional hockey player I tried everything when it came to enhancing my performance. cold bathing, changed my diet, sleep patterns and different devices for measuring. I tried basically anything you can imagine. at one point I even tried breathwork as well, but I didn’t really understand it back then.
Even if I did all these things, there was something still missing. I was struggling with some emotional issues and also finding my balance. all in all, it went pretty well.
After my career, I traveled the world and I went deep into meditation and different practices. during this time is where I found breathwork once again. on a trip to Bali and a breathwork session with some friends, I had this profound experience. afterwards, I couldn’t understand why more people
didn’t know about this. coming back I googled breathwork and found Daniel Müeller Gonzales, basically the only Wim Hof Instructor doing this at the time in Sweden. together we gathered a group of people and started hale.
Since then I’ve deepened my practice and studied breathwork with every master I could find around the world, diving into the deep end of everything related to breathing. the more I learned, the more I understood that breathing skill development was the missing link during my career. Breathing is key for optimal performance, health and wellbeing. And it’s a trainable system, mostly anyone can learn how to improve or master.
I’ve asked myself many times why didn’t I know about this before? And why does most people don’t know about this at all? the answer to why we created hale is found in those two questions.