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Beyond The Pain

Beyond The Pain

Can Breathwork Help Chronic Pain? Releasing Stored Emotions with Jon Paul Crimi

Sep 14, 2026 · 1h 12m

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About this episode

Can changing the way you breathe help you release stored emotions, regulate your nervous system and experience less pain? Breathing is something we do automatically, yet intentional breathwork may influence our physical, mental and emotional state in powerful ways. In this episode of Beyond The Pain, Leigh speaks with breathwork instructor Jon Paul Crimi about his unexpected introduction to breathwork, the profound experience that changed the direction of his life and why he now describes the practice as an “emotional gym”. Jon Paul explains that breathwork is an umbrella term covering many different techniques—from calming practices such as box breathing to more intense forms of conscious…