My guest today, Benjamin Berry, is a Wim Hof trained breath work instructor who has had a variety of roles in emergency response and rescue operations. In today's episode, Benny shares not one but two incredible stories of transformation and growth.

The first story is of his own personal health journey and his challenges with pain, that led him to embodiment and breathwork, and just some outcomes that will just blow you away. 

We talk about the amazing physiological, mental, and emotional benefits of this work and more than that, the unquantifiable and intrinsic benefits that we just FEEL doing this work. 

Like many things in life this work opened Benny up to seeing the world in a different way, and he shares that “we can’t heal the physical body until we heal all of the other parts of the body first”.

The second story he shares is of his experience during the floods here in Northern NSW in February and March this year. During this time Benny found himself right in the middle of rescue efforts, leaning on his former background in this area, and he kind of became the reluctant face of the civilian-led rescue operations in the media. He shares what happened during this time, how his message was skewed by much of the media, and how this ultimately led to an outflowing of generosity from across the country shortly after.

The through line between these two stories is returning to ourselves. From the incredible healing benefits of the breath and our ability to look after ourselves, we can also create community that looks after one another. And this is exactly what Benny does in his work.

We recorded this conversation in Newrybar hall on Bundjalung land right after one of Benny’s ‘Conscious Club’ breath and ice sessions. I was freezing and still shivering for much of this conversation, and I enjoyed every bit of it nonetheless, and I know you will too.