Breathing for leaders
The leaders we work with are good at what they do. What most of them haven't noticed is how much the way they breathe shapes how they perform.
Another level, not a fix.
Leaders don't need fixing. They need a way to train it.
How clearly you think at the end of a long day. How fast you recover between hard meetings. How you respond when the pressure rises. Breathing sits underneath all three.
Breathing is a behaviour. It's learned, it adapts to how you live, and it can be trained back. When you overbreathe under pressure, carbon dioxide in the blood drops, and the prefrontal cortex is one of the first places it shows: the part you rely on for the hard decisions.
- You stop before you react
- You hold focus when it's noisy
- You think clearly under pressure
- You tolerate discomfort without it running you
Two disciplines, one progression
ACT with Gabriella
One skill a week from Acceptance and Commitment Training: stopping, seeing thoughts as thoughts, meeting discomfort and acting on what matters.
Breathing with Johnny
The week's skill taken into the body at Hale Concept Studio in Stockholm, Regeringsgatan 78.
Daily practice
A few minutes of guided breathing tied to the week's theme, so the work continues between sessions.
You see the change on paper
Before week one and after week six, each leader does a private assessment with Johnny in the studio.
- Capnography: breathing behaviour at rest, under load and in recovery
- HRV: how the nervous system recovers and adapts
- A self-assessment of clarity, focus, recovery and handling pressure
Gabriella Svanberg
Licensed psychologist · Specialist in neuropsychologyGabriella leads the ACT work. The model at the core of the program is one she developed and evaluated in a research project at the Swedish National Board of Institutional Care, 2013 to 2015.
Johnny Oduya
Founder of Hale · Certified Breathing Behaviour AnalystJohnny leads the breathing work and the assessments. A former NHL player, he developed the Hale method and trains Hale's breath coaches.
Everything in the six weeks
- A private assessment with Johnny before week one and after week six: capnography, HRV and a self-assessment
- Six weekly ACT sessions with Gabriella, online
- Six weekly breathing sessions with Johnny at Hale Concept Studio
- The Hale App through the six weeks
- A lecture and breathwork session for the rest of your company, even if only one leader takes part. Everyone there gets a month of the app.
One by one, or together
It starts with a call: who takes part, which period suits you, and which way fits your team.
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Looking for breathwork for everyone, not just the leaders? See breathwork for teams.