Name: The Breath Lab
Start: 2026-09-28T01:45:00.000Z
End: 2026-09-28T03:30:00.000Z
Location: 7400 Woodlawn Avenue Northeast, Seattle, Washington

Seattle

Train your nervous system through breath.
Build resilience. Regulate stress. Expand capacity.
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We spend years training our muscles and minds—but very little time learning how to intentionally train our **nervous system**.

**The Breath Lab** is a premium, immersive breathing experience designed to help you build resilience, regulate stress, and expand your nervous system capacity through direct practice.

Led by **Chris Wurden**, Breath & Nervous System Specialist, this experience blends modern science with ancient breathing traditions—including the **Wim Hof Method, Oxygen Advantage, Buteyko Breathing, and The Language of Breath**—into one cohesive, trauma-informed practice.

🎧 Using **premium noise-canceling Bluetooth headsets** and carefully curated music, you’ll be guided inward through a structured journey that begins with grounding and coherence before progressing into deeper breathing practices, breath holds, and intentional nervous system training.

This experience isn’t about chasing intensity or dramatic emotional release. It’s about learning how to stay connected to yourself while meeting stress, stillness, discomfort, and challenge with greater awareness, resilience, and choice.

Whether you’re completely new to breathwork or have years of experience, you’ll leave with practical tools you can immediately apply to everyday life.



# **🎟️ RESERVE YOUR SPOT**

🌱 **Founding Early Bird** — **$45**
*First 10 tickets*

🫁 **Breath Lab Admission** — **$50**

👥 **Bring a Friend** — **$45 each**
Purchase two tickets together and **you both save $5.**

✨ **Only 35 spots available.**
Capacity is intentionally limited to create a personalized, high-quality experience.

Reserve your spot early before registration closes.

**THE SCHEDULE:**

6:45 PM — Doors Open
7:00 PM — Breath Lab Begins
8:30 PM — Close + Connection



# **🌿 WHAT YOU’LL EXPERIENCE**

🫁 Build resilience through breath

🧠 Learn practical tools to regulate stress and anxiety

🌊 Expand your nervous system capacity

💙 Cultivate deeper mind-body awareness

⚡ Learn how to stay calm under pressure

🛠️ Develop breathing practices you can use for life

🎧 Experience a fully immersive guided journey through premium Bluetooth headphones and curated music.



# **🎒 WHAT TO BRING**

🧘 Yoga mat *(limited mats available if needed)*

💧 Water bottle

👕 Comfortable clothing

🧥 Optional blanket or sweatshirt for the integration portion

🤍 An open mind and willingness to listen to your body



# **👤 ABOUT YOUR GUIDE**

Chris Wurden is a **Breath & Nervous System Specialist**, **Human Energy Systems Educator**, and experienced breathwork practitioner with more than a decade of personal and professional experience helping people develop greater resilience, self-regulation, and mind-body awareness.

After overcoming asthma, anxiety, panic, and chronic nervous system dysregulation through intentional breath training, Chris dedicated his career to understanding how the breath can transform physical, mental, and emotional well-being.

His work integrates the **Wim Hof Method, Oxygen Advantage, Buteyko Breathing, The Language of Breath**, and other evidence-informed approaches into a practical, trauma-informed system that emphasizes awareness, regulation, and lasting nervous system resilience.

Chris has **personally guided thousands of individuals** through breathwork experiences, workshops, retreats, and corporate wellness programs. He has trained and collaborated with leaders in the field including **Wim Hof, James Nestor, Jesse Coomer, and Chuck McGee III**, and serves on the **Global Wellness Institute’s Breath Initiative Board**, helping advance global standards in breath education.

### **🎓 Training & Certifications**

❄️ Wim Hof Method® Certified Instructor

🫁 Oxygen Advantage® Advanced Instructor

🌬️ Buteyko Breathing Method Practitioner

🧠 The Language of Breath® Certified Guide

🧘 Advanced Yoga Practices (RYS 200)

🎶 Yoga Nidra & Sound Meditation Practitioner



# **⚠️ IMPORTANT NOTE**

This experience may include **intense breathing patterns and breath holds**.

Participation is always optional. You are encouraged to move at your own pace, modify any practice, or rest whenever needed.

If you are pregnant, have significant medical or mental health conditions, or are unsure whether this experience is appropriate for you, please review the event waiver carefully and consult a qualified healthcare provider before participating.



# **🌬️ WHY THE BREATH LAB?**

Your breath is one of the few systems in your body that is both **automatic and voluntary**.

When you learn how to intentionally work with it, you gain direct access to your nervous system—improving how you respond to stress, recover from challenge, and show up in everyday life.

**Come experience what’s possible when you learn to train your nervous system through breath.**

Chris Wurden is a certified breathwork guide and nervous system specialist who blends science-backed breathing methods with trauma-informed practice to help people build resilience, regulation, and embodied presence.

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Essential Breathworks is committed to providing trauma-informed, evidence-informed wellness experiences that prioritize participant choice, nervous system safety, and personal responsibility.

Essential Breathworks

Participant Waiver & Release of Liability

By registering for or participating in any Essential Breathworks LLC class, workshop, event, retreat, coaching session, corporate program, or other experience (collectively referred to as the “Experience”) facilitated by Chris Wurden or an authorized Essential Breathworks facilitator, I acknowledge and agree to the following:

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Assumption of Risk

I understand that the Experience may include breathing practices, meditation, mindfulness, movement, sound, cold exposure, heat exposure, relaxation techniques, nervous system training, and other wellness practices.

I understand that these activities may involve physical exertion, emotional responses, temporary altered states of awareness, and physiological changes including—but not limited to—dizziness, tingling, lightheadedness, muscle cramping, emotional release, changes in heart rate or breathing, fatigue, nausea, or fainting.

I voluntarily choose to participate and accept full responsibility for my physical, mental, and emotional well-being before, during, and after the Experience.

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Health Acknowledgment & Contraindications

I understand that some Essential Breathworks Experiences may involve more physically or emotionally demanding practices than others.

I confirm that I have either consulted with my healthcare provider or do not currently have any medical or psychological condition that would make participation unsafe.

This includes, but is not limited to:

* Cardiovascular disease or uncontrolled high blood pressure
* History of stroke, aneurysm, or seizures
* Pregnancy (for certain practices)
* Severe or unmanaged respiratory conditions
* Recent surgery or significant injury
* Active psychosis, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or other serious psychiatric conditions

Certain Experiences may not be appropriate for individuals experiencing severe panic disorder, frequent dissociation, or breath-triggered PTSD.

If I have any questions regarding my health or ability to participate, I agree to consult a qualified healthcare provider before attending.

I understand that participation is always voluntary. I am in control of my breath, my body, and my level of intensity, and I may pause, modify, or stop participating at any time.

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Participant Responsibility

I agree to participate responsibly and to immediately notify the facilitator if I experience significant discomfort, dizziness, pain, or any other concerning symptoms.

I understand that I am responsible for making decisions that support my own safety throughout the Experience.

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No Medical Advice

I understand that Essential Breathworks Experiences are intended for educational and wellness purposes only.

They are not medical treatment, psychotherapy, psychological counseling, physical therapy, or a substitute for professional medical or mental health care.

Neither Chris Wurden nor Essential Breathworks LLC is acting as a physician, psychologist, therapist, or licensed healthcare provider through these Experiences.

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Release of Liability

In consideration for being permitted to participate, I voluntarily release, waive, and forever discharge Essential Breathworks LLC, Chris Wurden, all Essential Breathworks facilitators, event organizers, volunteers, venue owners, property owners, contractors, employees, sponsors, collaborating organizations, and affiliated partners from any and all claims, liabilities, demands, damages, losses, expenses, or causes of action arising from or relating to my participation in the Experience, including those resulting from ordinary negligence, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

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Media Release

Unless I notify the event organizer before the Experience begins, I grant permission for photographs, video recordings, and audio recordings taken during the Experience to be used by Essential Breathworks LLC for educational, promotional, marketing, website, print, and social media purposes without compensation.

Reasonable efforts will be made to honor requests from participants who prefer not to appear in photographs or video.

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Personal Property

I understand that I am responsible for my own personal belongings during the Experience. Essential Breathworks LLC and its affiliates are not responsible for lost, stolen, or damaged property.

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Participant Agreement

By registering for or participating in an Essential Breathworks Experience, I acknowledge that:

* I have carefully read and understand this waiver.
* I voluntarily agree to its terms.
* I understand the nature of the activities and the potential risks involved.
* I assume responsibility for my participation.
* I understand that I am waiving certain legal rights, including the right to pursue certain claims against the released parties, to the fullest extent permitted by law.

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About this event

Train your nervous system through breath.
Build resilience. Regulate stress. Expand capacity.

Cancellation policy

The Breath Lab

About this event

Train your nervous system through breath. Build resilience. Regulate stress. Expand capacity.

Cancellation policy

Train your nervous system through breath.
Build resilience. Regulate stress. Expand capacity.