The Yogi Lab

I never do reviews but this time I 100% felt the need to write about my experience at the Marcel Hof Method retreat @ The Istana. Going to this retreat changed my life. The power of connecting to my breath wasn't new to me, but somehow Marcel's methods of assisting me to connect with it worked! Breathwork, icebaths, moving my body all helped shift me into a deeper connection with my core - my breath. I met trauma that I'd held onto for decades. I didn't think this was possible... it is. I was drinking way too much alcohol, suffering from anxiety and a lack of self-worth. During the course that shifted each day to a place where I am at now. I am alcohol-free, cigarette free and my anxiety is managed via the breathing techniques Marcel taught me. My life is different. I value myself and it's changed everything. I smile more. I love more and life flows. All because I'm connecting with my breath. Thank you Marcel! And thank me for showing the fuck up - I feel my self-worth now.

There are certain experiences in life that change you forever. Experiences that, until you have them, you might think are only reserved for a special group of people in the mountains, or in ashrams. This is the sort of experience I had during Marcel Hof's Dopamine Activation Breathing course. On my fourth day of breathing, I suddenly felt my entire body vibrate from head to toe, I can only describe this as a surge of energy coursing through my meridians, so intense I could barely contain it. Luckily I didn't contain it. After another minute of vibrating uncontrollably I exploded into a heartgams. Yes, a heartgasm. It felt as though my heart had a full blown orgasm. Tears of gratitude flooded down my face and I erupted in laughter and joy. For the rest of that day I felt an unprecedented high as though I was floating, once the high wore off I felt an incredible sense of connection to people around me and realized that self-actualization comes in waves. The more you release, the more you can receive. This is the gift of the breath, and it's our birthright. I'm forever grateful to Marcel Hof for guiding me into a deeper communion with my breath.

Honestly... blown away! I've tried so many different techniques, meditation, yoga, Qi Gong, you name it, I've tried it. I can honestly say that NOTHING even comes to close in comparison to what I experienced in just 15 minutes of practicing the Dopamine Activation Breathing technique. It was as if years of pinned up stress, worry and anxiety were just lifted away. I've been grinding it out as an entrepreneur for nearly 15 years now, working 10-15 hour days, nights and weekends, and everything in between. I only wish I could have found breathwork and the work of Marcel when I was getting started! Having this tool would made the journey so much easier to navigate. I'm so grateful to have found it now. Better late than never. I can't THANK YOU enough Marcel Hof! I can honestly say you may have just helped me add another 10-20 years onto my life.

Gamer Changer - this whole breathwork experience revealed later to me I didn't even know existed. I feel lighter, less stressed and at ease with how life is. I am always super skeptical with anything claiming to have life changing beneifts, but this is something special. Everyone needs to experience breathwork in their life. Thank you Marcel Hof.