Breathwork is one of the most powerful tools in biohacking, yet most people only experience the surface level techniques. When you use it the right way, breathwork can upgrade your brain, strengthen your nervous system, improve sleep, and open awareness states that amplify longevity and human performance. This episode features Ishan Shivanand, a globally celebrated yogic scholar, mental health researcher, and bestselling author who was raised in the monasteries of India under Mahasiddha Avdhoot Shivanand. He carries one of the world’s oldest Shiv Yogi lineages and created the clinically validated Yoga of Immortals method, which has helped millions reverse anxiety, depression, insomnia, burnout, and trauma. Together, Host Dave Asprey and Ishan reveal how lineage level breath practices shape consciousness, neuroplasticity, and emotional resilience. Watch this episode on YouTube for the full video experience: https://www.youtube.com/@DaveAspreyBPR Host Dave Asprey and Ishan explore the full arc of ancient yogic training, from how breathwork directs prana through the body to how chanting alters brain states, emotional regulation, and nervous system function. They break down the role of visualization in building neuroplasticity, the symbolism and physics of sacred sound, and the science of moving awareness through the spine. The conversation moves into rarely discussed topics including the yogic art of choosing one’s death, how advanced practitioners leave the body, the meaning of immortality in spiritual traditions, and how dharma shapes whether long life becomes a blessing or a burden. You will hear how ancient monks trained through martial arts, mantra repetition, sacred geometry, gold symbolism, alchemy, and the cultivation of higher states of consciousness, and how these practices compare to modern biohacking tools like fasting, ketosis, nootropics, supplements, sleep optimization, functional medicine, and mitochondrial support. This episode shows you how Eastern mystical training and Western performance science intersect and how these teachings fit naturally within the Smarter Not Harder framework. This conversation also covers plant medicine, psychedelics, and the difference between ancient ceremonial use and modern recreational misuse. You will hear how lineage based training uses breath, awareness, and mantra to alter redox balance, regulate the autonomic nervous system, strengthen energy production, and shape brain optimization at the deepest levels. You’ll Learn: • Why breathwork changes brain states faster than basic meditation and how it drives neuroplasticity • How chanting affects the vagus nerve, emotional regulation, and nervous system balance • How visualization strengthens nerve pathways, trauma resolution, and sleep optimization • The meaning behind sacred sound, vibration, and the origins of consciousness in ancient lineage training • Why monks train with martial arts, mantra repetition, and sacred geometry to enhance awareness • How yogic philosophy approaches immortality, choosing one’s death, and leaving the body consciously • Why dharma shapes whether long life becomes a blessing or a curse • How plant medicine differs when used ceremonially versus recreationally • How to integrate these teachings into your own longevity, performance, and human potential strategy Dave Asprey is a four-time New York Times bestselling author, founder of Bulletproof Coffee, and the father of biohacking. 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Keywords: advanced breathwork techniques, prana movement training, mantra induced trance states, sacred sound vibration science, visualization neuroplasticity practice, yogic spinal awareness training, autonomic nervous system regulation, ancient Himalayan lineage meditation, art of conscious death practice, yogic immortality teachings, dharma based longevity strategy, astral body leaving techniques, yogic alchemy and transformation, sacred geometry meditation, pranic channel activation, ceremonial plant medicine use, trauma release breathwork, nervous system coherence chanting, biohacking consciousness optimization, mitochondrial and prana synergy Thank you to our sponsors! -Generation Lab | Go to http://generationlab.com/, use code Dave20 for $20 off, and see what your body’s really doing behind the surface. -Our Place | Head to https://fromourplace.com/ and use the code DAVE for 10% off your order. -BodyHealth | Go to https://bodyhealth.com/ and use code DAVE20 to save 20% off your first order of PerfectAmino. 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What You’ll Learn in This Episode: • How “zombie cells” (senescent cells) sabotage your hair from the inside out • The science behind the OS-01 peptide and how it reverses visible hair thinning • Why thinning hair isn’t just genetic—and what else is driving it • How stress, hormones, and aging collide to trigger follicle dysfunction • What your scalp microbiome has to do with regrowth and hair density • How to stack red light, peptides, and topicals for real, measurable results.
Excellent points on the veganism debate. I only wish vegans were open to facts when discussing these things.
Hey Dave. Tell Tracy that his book is probably being shadow banned in Amazon. When you search for, it auto corrects to "Tracy Chapin" every time so it not something random. It shows something completly unrelated. Maybe his lawyers should look into this.
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In the development of cybersecurity of satellite European systems, an important stage is regularly tested https://orbitaltoday.com/2023/04/26/satellite-hackers-seize-control-of-esa-satellite/ What disadvantages in modern satellites can be useful to spies and enemy hackers?
If you are looking to burn calories then less time equals less calories. So if that's your goal then this wouldn't be beneficial, correct?
Hi Dave, You mentioned in this podcast that you do NOT recommend psyllium as prebiotic fiber - at the same time on other podcasts you're promoting uprisingfood.com which has psyllium as one of their main ingredients. I'm a bit confused. Could you please help me to clarify this? Should I avoid uprisingfood.com products as they have psyllium in it? Thx.
I'm just wondering: if the infrared sauna heats the person up from the inside: 1. Then Why does a "cabin" needed to be built around it, why cannot it be just a wall panel, like the JOOVV 3.0 Red Light Therapy devices? 2. And if the "cabin" is indeed needless for the infrared Sauna, then why JOOVV or SUNLIGHTEN - or any other similar company don't build a device /wall panel which offers 2 in 1: both Red Light Therapy AND infrared sauna in one single device / single session? Would this be too difficult/expensive to build? Or would there be health risks to have infrared sauna and red light therapy session together, at the same time?
re: low T as a function of training intensity and recovery Highly recommend mark sisson's book primal endurance. Brad Kearns case presented in that book is right in line with this guy's experience.
watch soft white underbelly. tell them and the host of that show what you said in the peer's podcast about therapy. give them money to better their lives since you don't think they need some help. really disappointed in you Dave. you let me down. I will no longer praise you.
what you said about the therapy is so wrong and proves you are an not really a sufferer like you say. I followed you for years...years... not now. you have no idea what me and others have been through. You were fat and picked on, but what about a full trauma childhood, leaving you really mentally crippled. I liked you but now not so sure. you think anyone that had a awful upbringing or horrible experience can do it themselves. slight insult.
what you just said about the therapy is so wrong and proves you are an idiot. I followed you for yers...years... I am out. you have no idea what me and others have been through. wow. you are not in touch. thank you for showing me what type of person you are. I liked you but now no. you think anyone that had a awful upbringing or horrible experience can eR a carrot or spend your kind of money sitting in a tube of water and they get better. shame on you. someone last week said terrible things about you but I defended you but now what you Saud in the episode is an total insult.
really enjoyed this one. it continues to amaze me how otherwise intelligent well-informed people like the guest can remain so ignorant about this virus and the vaccine. I.e I e. overestimating the risk and uninformed about how useless and dangerous the vax has proven to be. not to mention completely uninformed about a middle or alternate path to addressing the public health issue. heaven forbid public health officials should encourage testing for vitamin d, inflammation and blood sugar regulation. or that they would advocate supplementation and holistic approaches to preparing oneself to win against the virus. heaven forbid they should advocate prophylactic treatment for those at high risk of exposure or infection. no way should this intelligent individual advocate for prophylactic use of proven effective early treatments
this is the first time someone has explained why memory palaces are useful in our day and age. time to clean off the vines.
That is so ualll conversation, i have a teen doughter, She had anorexia and i was trying teach her to make peace whit food with high fat diet is good for the brain and she used to feel less hunger less stressed . Learn with Dr Daniel Amen and i thought that was the best for her.. When she was at psychiatric clinic, they criticize my method i was begging for them not to give her white bread and sugary food becouse she gets into stress becouse od the craving, she also wants too, she keeping saying that she want to do fat diet and fell better this way, they dinied gave to her white flour and sugar and its not good for any those kids, They used every Tuesday teachs kids how to do candys and cakes... They didint exercised and sun shower only thru the window I was lost.. Sad.. puting my kid in sharks mouth.. Was in the best lisbon hospital at Portugal.. We are so far away.. Thank god that i found you and Peter Attia, Jason Fung Mark Hyman, Ben Bikman... 🙏
So precious.. Thanks 🙏💪
So interesting and nice topic, and very fun becouse last February I had 7 day fast on the beginning of the month and i also had 2 times 48 hours in the end of the month I did 5 day fast total I did 15 days without food i lost 5 kilos, and my period 😕 then I realize that I went to far.. Damm I felt so good.. So hard to me to lose weight, and my inflammation was not there anymore, Rsrsrs thanks one more time Dave 🙏