The Breath Geek

The Breath Geek Breathwork, bio-hacking and life coaching Dr. Richard L. Blake

03/26/2026

A new randomized control trial confirms it—Alternate Nostril Breathing can reduce migraine severity and frequency by calming the nervous system and improving oxygen flow. While more research is needed, this is a promising non-invasive tool for migraine sufferers.
In Sanskrit, it's known as nadi shodhana pranayama. This translates as “subtle energy clearing breathing technique.”
You use finger and thumb to press on one nostril as you breathe in through the other. Then swap fingers, and breath out through the other side.

Try it and take control of your migraines!
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03/25/2026

Abuse and trauma are terrible and we should continue to eradicate it. Bu we can’t have record lows of abuse and record highs of people claiming trauma at the same time.
This reel is based on academic research in narrative psychology and diagnostic science:
📚 Bruner (1990s): Identity is constructed through culturally supplied narratives
📚 McAdams (2001, 2013): People adopt “master narratives” that guide how they interpret their past
📚 McLean (2010, 2019): Individuals reshape memories to fit socially preferred identity stories
📚 Finkelhor et al. (2014–2020):
Child sexual abuse ↓ 62%
Physical abuse ↓ 56%
Youth violent victimization ↓ 69%
📚 Wakefield & Schmitz (2013):
60% of depression diagnoses subthreshold
📚 Mojtabai (2010):
Most clinician-diagnosed anxiety fails DSM criteria
📚 McMillan et al. (2003):
Only 30% of PTSD diagnoses valid in primary care
The rise of trauma narratives isn’t driven by rising trauma
It’s driven by rising cultural incentives
And a therapeutic ecosystem that treats trauma as the default explanation for being human

03/24/2026

A new study found that 44.8% of men drop out of therapy. And when you add in relapse and low success rates, the true effectiveness of therapy for anxiety drops to just 13.8%. Men aren’t broken.
But maybe the system isn’t built for them.

We need better tools—and that starts with understanding the problem.
👇 Drop a “YES” if you’ve ever dropped out of therapy. Or a “NO” if you had a better experience. I’d love to hear your story. And to the guys watching this: you don’t need to be more like women to heal. You just need a different path.
Seidler, 2021
https://vist.ly/4vy4v

03/23/2026

Most companies still think wellness = perks
But short, structured breathwork is not a perk
It’s a measurable performance intervention
A 2025 study presented at the Academy of Management Annual Proceedings
(Dael, Meister, Lokey & Scholte, 2025) tested high-ventilation breathwork (HVB) vs. passive breaks
The results?
💥 HVB significantly improved attention control
💥 Boosted emotional activation
💥 Increased task engagement
All in 3–5 minutes
With no equipment
And no training curve
This isn’t about keeping the wellness crowd happy
It’s about restoring the cognitive resources your team is bleeding daily
If you want better performance
You need better nervous system tools

👇 Drop a 💨 if your team needs focus that actually lasts

03/22/2026

What if we built the entire mental health system around the wrong guy?
Freud’s model made us look back. Adler’s would’ve helped us move forward.
We chose endless analysis over action.
Wounds over wisdom.
And now? We have a mental health crisis.
Let’s rethink the foundation.

👇 Drop a 💭 if you’ve ever felt stuck in self-analysis instead of healing.
Or comment “Adler” if you’re ready for forward-thinking mental health.
Yes - this is a repost. And yes I am the original creator of this idea. And yes those other people who have done similar versions of it did copy me. Check the date of the post pinned to my profile and the date of the copy you saw if you don't believe me.


03/21/2026

🔹 Jonathan Haidt has pointed out that when people started believing every social interaction was a potential microaggression, anxiety skyrocketed.
🚨 But people also use this mindset as a power move.
Whoever claims offense wins the argument.
It erases context, nuance, and good faith.
It turns disagreement into a weapon.
And here’s the truth—sometimes people need to hear uncomfortable truths.

✅ Assume good faith first.
✅ Recognize that both intent & impact matter.
✅ Communicate instead of shutting people down.
Your mental health depends on how you interpret the world. So make sure your mindset is helping, not hurting you.............................

03/20/2026

In 2000, researchers published a parody article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal:
Sharpe, D. et al. (2000). “Pathology in the Hundred Acre Wood: a neurodevelopmental perspective on A.A. Milne.” CMAJ.
It assigned clinical diagnoses to Pooh and his friends to mock how freely psychiatry can label behavior.
But therapy culture later adopted and expanded these diagnoses, turning satire into “mental health education” — including claims that Pooh demonstrates Borderline Personality Disorder and Binge Eating Disorder.

And research shows the satire was pointing to a real problem:
📚 Wakefield & Schmitz (2013) — Found that 60% of adults diagnosed with major depression were actually subthreshold when assessed with stricter tools.
📚 Mojtabai (2010) — Found that the majority of people diagnosed with an anxiety disorder by a clinician did NOT qualify when evaluated with structured diagnostic interviews.
False positives massively outnumber false negatives.
When fictional characters start receiving diagnoses
And real people start absorbing those diagnoses into their personalities
You’re no longer looking at mental health
You’re looking at a culture that pathologizes normal human variation

03/19/2026

The Dodo Effect 🦤: Almost every kind of talk therapy works the same.
Not because they’re all amazing… but because most of the benefit comes from:

💭 Expectation
🤝 Connection
📋 A sprinkle of structure

That’s it.

And yet here we are—scrolling through therapist bios like we’re casting a Marvel reboot.
“Maybe I just need the right one.”
Spoiler: You probably don’t.

What actually moves the needle?
Breathwork.
Non-ordinary states.
Embodied practices.
The stuff that doesn’t just make you talk about change—it makes you feel it.

And yes, I know someone’s itching to comment “You’re a midwit.”
Honestly? Probably true.

Drop your thoughts below. Or your favorite therapy acronym.
Or just call me a midwit. That’s fine too.










03/18/2026

Abusive parents - do not use my videos to justify actual harm. Apologize.
THis video is for the people who’s normal behaviour has been distorted by therapy culture.
In 1998, sociologists Karl Lüscher and Karl Pillemer introduced the idea of intergenerational ambivalence — the simple but powerful truth that family relationships often hold both positive and negative emotions at the same time
This is normal, not pathological
But therapy culture today is trying to erase that complexity
It’s what authors like Haidt and Lukianoff called safetyism — the belief that discomfort = harm
And it’s evolved into something more dangerous:
Therapeutic totalitarianism — a mindset that demands safety at all costs, even if it means rewriting reality or cutting off anyone who challenges it
If you're estranged from someone who now calls every frustration “trauma,”
If you’ve been ghosted in the name of “boundaries,”
You’re not alone
You're living through a cultural shift where nuance is canceled, and ambivalence is no longer allowed

📚 Lüscher & Pillemer (1998). Intergenerational Ambivalence. Journal of Marriage and Family

03/17/2026

Deep breathing isn’t just relaxing—it’s clinically proven to lower blood pressure. Try this for 5 minutes a day and feel the difference!
And check out the RUNGA 90-day intensive where you can get a free 2-week trial of these kinds of techniques by going to RUNGA.co/intensive

03/16/2026

Therapy culture is running wild and it's causing a lot of problems.
Therapy use has more than tripled in the last two decades.
Family estrangement has gone up right alongside it.
Coincidence? Or something deeper?

A 2025 study by Lawrence Patitis et al from Portsmouth University shows that the longer people are in therapy, the more negatively they remember their childhood.
And suddenly, the parent who tried their best becomes “toxic.”
The sibling becomes “unsafe.”
And the therapist says… set a boundary.
I am not saying all estrangement is unjustified.
But if therapy is pushing people to rewrite the past, we have to ask:
How is that working out for us?
👇 Let’s talk in the comments.
Have you seen this happen?
Yes this a repost but this a problem that needs more attention.
Since posting this RUNGA radio has released a podcast with the author of the study Lawrence Patihis.

03/16/2026

These phrases reflect a cultural shift where therapy language replaces communication and diagnosis replaces accountability.

Supported by research:
📚 Wakefield & Schmitz (2013)
60% of diagnosed major depression is subthreshold
📚 Mojtabai (2010)
Most clinician-diagnosed anxiety disorders do not meet DSM criteria
📚 McMillan et al. (2003)
Only 30% of primary-care PTSD diagnoses meet diagnostic standards
📚 Finkelhor et al. (2014–2020)
Child abuse, sexual abuse, and youth victimization have fallen 50–70%
📚 Loftus (2005) — Memory is reconstructive; people recall events that never happened
📚 Sharman & Scoboria (2021 replication) — False memories can be created through suggestion, emotion, and cultural narratives, and people report them with high confidence
When memory is fallible
And diagnosis is inflated
Therapy language becomes a weapon
And parents become the easiest target

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