Introverted Entrepreneur: The Inner Work of Leadership

#594: Harnessing Breath for Healing: A Conversation with Elijah Nisenboim

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Elijah Nissenboim demonstrates his Effigy Breath technique, breathing non-stop for an hour to reach an altered state and release trauma.

Breath is treated as essential. Denise opens with the idea that people who have survived a lot may need breath not only to exist, but to heal. The tone feels close and urgent. She introduces Elijah Nessenboim as a practitioner centered on breath, music, authenticity, and connection with self and others. From there, the conversation turns to access. Elijah says virtual breathwork became possible in a way he had not imagined after 30 years of visceral, intense practice. Online work changes the room. People can stay home, end the session immediately, and take more responsibility for their own breathing process. Still, presence has its own pull. When he returns to public work, he feels the force of people gathering again. Denise pushes on the hard part. How does someone receive breathwork or counseling if touch, visibility, or being with another person already feels difficult? The answer stays honest instead of tidy. Both formats count, but they ask for different effort and offer different kinds of connection. That need for connection keeps surfacing. Elijah names a hunger to interface with people after years shaped by fear and separation. Denise broadens that into a plain warning: healing is not a single program, purchase, or tidy box that fixes everything. The close keeps it simple. Healing is a choice, and breathwork may be one resource people had not considered before.

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Breath work, shared presence, and the tradeoffs of healing in person versus online.

Denise G. Lee frames the discussion around breath as a path toward healing after hardship, then brings in Elijah Nessenboim, founder of Effigy Breath, for a conversation that moves through trauma healing, authenticity, and the split between in-person and online work.

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Your laptop can connect you, but it cannot replace being in the room.

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