From Awakening to Volatility: The Emotional Threshold Shift in Intensive Breathwork Practice — The Annihilation of Emotional Buffering
SSRN Electronic Journal 2026 HealerRiz Riz
Breathwork is widely promoted as a regulatory practice capable of calming the nervous system, releasing trauma and restoring emotional balance. While its therapeutic potential is well documented in experiential contexts, the long-term effects of repeated high intensity practice remain insufficiently examined. This paper explores the hypothesis that sustained autonomic activation and repeated...