Case Study
Client
W. Klein
Year
2024
Klein came to me after experiencing extreme, repeat panic attacks that landed her in the hospital.
Klein has been taking care of her ill spouse. Over the past year, she’s been learning the ins and outs of their bills and how their house runs in preparation for her husband’s passing.
During this time, she repeatedly ended up in the hospital due to frequent panic attacks.
We started 6-week one on one corrective breathing program to lower her anxiety and put an end to the panic attacks.
How It Went
"I haven’t had anxiety in weeks"
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Lower overall anxiety and stop the panic attacks
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Intake and breathing assessment: highly detailed medical history review, daily routines review.
I found the dysfunctional breathing patterns through the assessment.
6 Weeks of one on one meetings where we reviewed how the previous week went, obstacles, and gave her homework to do for that week.
Each week we broke down a bad breathing habit and rebuilt a new breathing habit along with mindset shifts building one on top of each other. Taking an extra week to focus on one when she needed it.
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Within the first week Klein found when her dysfunctional breathing patterns kicked into high gear- holding her breath, breathing into her chest, short and shallow breaths. Those were her stressors.
By the end of week 2, she was disrupting those breathing patterns and resetting.
By week 3 she was feeling a difference and noticing that she was feeling calmer.
Week 4 she was breaking a down old, unhealthy mindset and turning her thoughts from negative to positive and realizing she couldn’t control what she was stressing over so she let it go.
By week 5 she was having averaging more calm days than anxious ones.
Week 6, she graduated! I gave her a couple more things to work on on her own.
We had a check-in call two week later. She had barely felt anxious since graduating.
Case Study
Client
T. Becker
Year
2023-Preset
Beck came to me as she was in the beginning of perimenopause. The mood swings, anxiety, and sensations were ruining her life.
We started out with a focus on nutrition and exercise. Focusing on foods to help balance her hormones out and lower inflammation.
We slowly worked on mindfulness and adding breathing exercises to help control the mood swings and getting overwhelmed, anxious, stressed, and reactive.
How It Went
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Emotional regulation
Exercise and lose fat
Lower overall anxiety and stress levels
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Intake and breathing assessment: highly detailed medical history review, daily routines review, fitness assessment
I found the dysfunctional breathing patterns through the assessment, including low tolerance to CO2.
Started with a 2 day per week workout schedule (virtually and on her own) and worked her way up to 3 days plus walking every day.
Mindfulness and body scan check-ins twice per day & resetting breath to prevent stress buildup throughout the day.
Breathing exercises to increase CO2 tolerance to lower anxiety levels.
Changing her breathing technique from short, shallow, into her chest to slow breaths in and out of her nose, deep into her diaphragm.
When you start to reset the nervous system, all else can heal.
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You can also read her testimony below.
Beck has made huge strides. She was somewhat of an all or nothing perfectionist. She now knows how to listen to her body and understands it’s okay to take a week off of working out if needed and then get back into it.
When she’s on a work trip or vacation she still likes to get a workout in when there’s a gym and most importantly, when she wants to on vacation.
She’s been able to handle stressful situations better by controlling her breath, stepping away, and resetting herself vs reacting in the moment.
"I have been working with Laura for over a year and can't even begin to explain the results I feel, both mentally and physically. After a year of literal hell and unbalanced hormones due to perimenopause I connected with her.
Hormone imbalance can be an extremely scary, tricky ride and losing so much of control of your normal crazy. I literally thought I was dying everyday with crippling anxiety that affected my personal and work life. Through patience and consistent accountability.
Laura got me to a place where I can feel myself again and even better than before. It's not an overnight process and through small bite sized habit changes, personalized workouts that fit my insanely busy lifestyle, and most importantly breathing and relaxation techniques to restore my sanity and reset my nervous system I am a much better version of myself and for my family.
Her approach comes from the utmost caring place and her programs are curated specifically for your needs. Every woman needs a Laura in their life, from the bottom of my heart thank you for getting me back to me, xoxo."
— T. Beck
Case Study
Client
A. Wilhelm
Year
2024
Wilhelm is very fit and healthy as a personal trainer and nutrition coach. She’s also aware of changes happening inside her body and when something is off.
She came to me for a breathing assessment. She was recovering from a sickness that left her coughing and wheezing. She also wanted to lower her resting heart rate again and her anxiety levels.
We did the breathing assessment and she did a program I created for her completely on her own, checking in with me to give me updates.
How It Went
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Recover from illness
Lower her resting heart rate to where it was pre sickness
Lower her anxiety levels.
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Intake and breathing assessment: highly detailed medical history review, daily routines review, fitness assessment
I found the dysfunctional breathing patterns through the assessment, including low tolerance to CO2.
I had her switch from chest breathing to deep diaphragm breathing.
She worked on building her tolerance to CO2 levels.
Whilm worked on putting her body into recovery in-between workout sets and post workout by intentionally slowing her breathing down using the gear system I taught her.
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Whilm started feeling a difference within the first week.
Within 2 months she was able to get her resting heart rate down by 4 bpm dropping from 49 to 45.
Her number one contributor to her recovery every day from life was her breathwork.
Her respiratory rate is at 15.4 from 15.8 and it’s continuing to drop.
Her sleep is improving. When she wakes in the middle of the night, she’s able to use the breathwork techniques I taught her to get back to sleep.
Her anxiety (especially through the holiday season) was cut in half.
"My resting heart rate is at its lowest! I’m also sleeping better and my recovery has improved since making the breathing changes"
— A. Wilhelm