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The Autoimmune RESET
VJ Hamilton is a nutritionist, scientist, and autoimmune disease expert who founded The Autoimmunity Nutritionist Clinic, a Nutritional Therapy and Functional Medicine clinic specialising in autoimmune disease.
VJ combines her lived experience overcoming autoimmune disease symptoms with her knowledge of nutrition, health, biochemistry, and immunology to provide you with the most up-to-date research on autoimmune disease.
The Autoimmune RESET aims to provide you with the education and resources to empower you to take steps to transform your health and feel better than ever.
In each episode, VJ will share simple ways to uplevel your diet and lifestyle, key learnings from her own journey reversing autoimmune disease, and inspirational stories from those who have reset their autoimmune symptoms and are now thriving in life.
Health practitioners, mind and body experts, and scientists will be joining VJ as guests on the show, as well as those who have inspirational stories to share and are now thriving in everyday life!
And don't miss the short episodes every Friday, The Friday 5, in which VJ shares five healthy must-haves for you to explore over the weekend.
The Autoimmune RESET
Breathing Your Body Out of Survival Mode with Dan Brulé
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Many people focus on nutrition, supplements, and lifestyle changes to improve their health, but often overlook one of the most powerful healing tools available to them: their breath.
In this episode, I am joined by breathwork pioneer and bestselling author Dan Brulé, whose book Just Breathe has helped thousands of people understand the profound connection between breathing, stress, energy, and wellbeing. Dan has spent decades teaching breath mastery to everyone from elite athletes and military personnel to individuals navigating chronic illness, anxiety, pain, and fatigue.
Together, we explore how breathing patterns influence the nervous system, why so many people unknowingly live in a state of chronic survival mode, and how simple breath awareness practices can help regulate stress, improve resilience, and support healing.
We discuss:
- Dan's remarkable journey into breathwork and the experiences that shaped his life's work
- The connection between breathing, stress, and nervous system regulation
- Why chronic stress can contribute to inflammation and immune dysregulation
- Common breathing mistakes, including mouth breathing and shallow chest breathing
- The importance of diaphragmatic and nasal breathing
- How breathwork may help with pain, fatigue, anxiety, brain fog, and chronic health challenges
- The role of carbon dioxide in health and why many people are over-breathing
- A simple breathing assessment you can try at home
- The power of sighing and yawning for relaxation and nervous system regulation
- Practical ways to become more aware of your breathing throughout the day
- Why breath awareness is often the first step towards lasting change
Whether you're living with an autoimmune condition, chronic fatigue, stress, or simply looking for a practical way to improve your wellbeing, this conversation offers simple yet powerful tools that you can begin using immediately.
Resources
🌐 Dan's website: BreathMastery.com
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