SBTK helps you calm your nervous system through simple practices of breath, supported by sound and movement. Smart breath techniques emanate from India and China thousands of years ago. Even back then, the respiratory system was recognized not only as a provider of air, but as a tool to bring balance to other parts of the body. Similar to the gut, the respiration system reminds us that our magnificent bodies provide spare tires for emergencies. The Sound Breath Toolkit includ

Recently, I went to a No Kings demonstration. As I approached the rally, the 1969 Rolling Stone’s (Jagger & Richards) hit, You Can’t Always Get What You Want , echoed in my ear… “ I went down to the demonstration, to get my fair share of abuse ..." 57 years later, this lyric stands strong. My third No Kings demonstration in eight months, and today as I’m walking in a crowd of mostly baby boomers, carrying hand-made signs, I’m thinking, didn’t we already do this? There was

In preparing my upcoming book, I endeavored to explore the autonomic nervous system as integral to the increasingly bigger waves of stress and anxiety forming within our culture. What I discovered was that sound and primarily breath were strong remedies, principally through the tonification of the vagal nerve ( aka the vagus nerve). My go-to guy for just about everything sound is Dr. Tomatis. When looking at the vagus nerve, I realized that Steven Porges and his Polyvagal

At an Asheville concert, a rap group lifted the crowd in a way classical pieces didn’t. It reminded me that rhythm isn’t intellectual—it’s embodied. In anxious times, predictable beats ground us, entrain us, and help the nervous system settle. Music matters now because it connects, calms, and brings communities back into themselves.