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In this episode, you'll learn:
How Rachel, a mother of three from Utah, went from feeling completely stuck in life and too scared to be vulnerable, to jumping into her first retreat terrified and coming out knowing herself on a deeper level than ever before
How Ryan, a breathwork facilitator, spent 15 months practicing breathwork and leading others through big breakthroughs without being able to reach that deep emotional release himself, until the final breathwork session of the retreat cracked him open completely
Why plant medicine can show you the room but breath is what allows you to actually live in it, and why the experiences that have stuck most deeply for both Rachel and Ryan came through the body and not through substances
What happens inside a retreat space when there is genuine permission to feel, why that is so rare in everyday life, and how that permission alone can be the thing that leads to real transformation
The hardest moments each of them faced at the retreat, including Rachel seeing her late father in a breathwork journey and realizing the love she had been searching for could only come from within herself
Why Ryan quit his daily inhaled steroid after 20 years of asthma and attributes the change entirely to the lung strength he built through consistent breathwork practice
What both Rachel and Ryan would say to anyone sitting on the fence about coming to the retreat, and why listening to your heart over the fear in your head is always the right move
About Jake Whan
Jake Whan is a spiritual leader, speaker, and breathwork facilitator devoted to restoring Christ Consciousness through embodied relationship with God. As the founder of Ascension University, he guides leaders and seekers into direct remembrance of their divine nature through nervous system coherence, breath, energy healing, and divine masculine leadership.
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