The Breath Magenta

In this conversation we touch upon: Performance psychology in MMA and beyond. How martial arts can offer crucial life skills. Warrior Spirit: what it is, how to cultivate it and why it's important. What makes a great MMA fighter? The difference between doing and being. Why discipline is a necessary part of life. What is interception and can you train yourself in it? The 'poison of the peak...

Natasha De Grunwald is a seasoned Somatic Teacher with over four decades of dedication to health and wellness. Natasha emboldens individuals to reclaim their sensuality, magic and power and rewrite their life's story, using the wisdom of the body and the breath. She works with groups and individuals to heighten their joy, and increase their personal empowerment. Having overcome her own harrowi...

Sisonke Papu, a.k.a. KHNYSA meaning ‘the one who brings light’ is a name given to him by his ancestors when he accepted his spiritual calling to become an igqirha (the isiXhosa designation for someone who has been called by their ancestors to heal). Papu is a storyteller and multi-disciplinary artist from New Payne location in Mthatha, Eastern Cape South Africa, whose work explores spatial, emotio...

Tom Granger is bestselling breathwork author and a true innovator! Tom is on a mission to create engaging new ways to empower people to unlock the true potential of their breath and I was so excited to chat with him as I know he is a total breath nerd! His bestselling book "Draw Breath; The Art of Breathing" has been translated into 9 languages and has received multiple literary awards f...

David Jackson aka ‘Jacko’ is a Master Instructor with the Oxygen Advantage. A former professional rugby player, accredited UKSCA Strength & Conditioning coach, NASM performance enhancement & corrective exercise specialist on a mission to make breathwork a normal part of our everyday lives. In 2013 a traumatic brain injury and a seizure on the rugby pitch forced David to retire from profess...

Sara Barnes is the author of The Cold Fix.  Published in November 2022, Sara documents her journey through osteo-arthritis and ill health back to mobility and freedom through cold exposure.  Sara lives and work in the Lake District finding great peace in the wild outdoors of her home region in this most beautiful and watery part of the UK.  She has travelled far and wide seeking as...

Jenny Valentish is the author of acclaimed addiction publication Woman of Substances, often used in Universities as recommended reading in the study of women and addiction.  Jenny’s second book, Everything Harder Than Everyone Else: Why Some Of Us Push Our Bodies To Extremes is what caught my eye and brought Jenny to my awareness, more on that in this episode!   Jenny is a regular contri...

Lou Featherstone is a pioneer of my kind of self love revolution! Founder of the Zero F*cks Club, Lou is on a mission to help others grow old disgracefully. It was *such* a pleasure to interview this straight talking, sassy, super intelligent woman.  Lou and I speak about:  Her beloved travelling bus Susie and how Susie is key in her vision.  Life is the US and UK and how she came t...

This series highlights remarkable people who have remarkable stories, stories which highlight potential. The focus of this series is to share experience around how people have transformed their own challenges in life to bring themselves forward to be in service in the world.  Dana and Ashanna are the co-founders of Clarity Breathwork (linked below). In this interview they courageously share s...

Ryan Abbot is a world record holder (Summer 2022) for completing the Iron Man Triathlon entirely breathing through his nose.  For those who don't know, nose breathing during sports performance can be particularly challenging, and this is no small achievement! Iron man in itself is extremely challenging and is renowned for being one of the hardest triathlons in the world, but Ryan completed it...

This interview is part of The Breathwork Summit a free online event. For more information, please visit https://breathworksummit.com . This recording is a copyright of The Shift Network. All rights reserved. To discover more about Steph Magenta & Dr Rae Riedel's breathwork facilitator training please go to: https://integrative-breath.com Find Steph Magenta at https://stephmagenta.com or https:...

Join us as we discuss the current world situation as experienced by a female shaman in the Peruvian Rainforest.  Listen as we speak about the raging power of the feminine, as manifest in the jungle on a daily basis. Listen as we discuss the power of community, connection and what nature has to teach us. Join us and reflect upon why we are so detached from our relationship with death?  Fi...

Join me for a lively interview with Alexandre Tsuk of Breathing Cold Bali as we discuss all things health and breath!  https://breathingcold.com or https://www.instagram.com/breathingcoldbali/?hl=en https://stephmagenta.com or https://www.instagram.com/integrativebreath/?hl=en

Listen to the how and why I came to work with men only groups in my breathwork sessions.  Grateful thanks to Tim Vaughan and Chris Mike Moore for their Two Good Men Podcast.  For more information about my work, please visit my Facebook Business page for event details or my website which you can find here You can also find me on Instagram and Spotify where I share many awesome playlists f...

To discover more about Sarah Rose Bright's work, please go here http://www.sarahrosebright.co.uk To watch this episode on YouTube, please subscribe and go here: https://youtu.be/HiLRJ6YLRSY

Join me as I host leading lights in the field of sexual somatic work, as we discuss why sexuality is so often overlooked in other emobodied practices.  Thank you to Barbara Carrellas , Caffyn Jesse , Sarah Rose Bright , Dee Larsen , Katie Sarra and Kian De La Cour You can find more about all of the contributors on my YouTube channel where you can watch the discussion here: https://youtu.be/It...

Listen to Davina Mackail of the Ayni Foundation speak about how she experienced the breath when free diving, and how it linked into her personal history.  Discover more about Davina here: https://ayni.foundation For more about my work, please go here: http://stephmagenta.com

Chris Lüttichau of Northern Drum Shamanic School & Steph Magenta discuss the links between breath and shamanism To learn more about Chris's work and trainings, please go here: http://northerndrum.com To discover more about my shamanic work and breathwork, please go here: http://stephmagenta.com

A brief welcome from me to you - love Steph