What if I told you that you have access to a powerful inner pharmacy, a holistic apothecary with natural aids for your most common ailments?

Feeling anxious? There's a solution for that. Triggered by traffic, your boss, or a frustrating relationship? There's a remedy for that too.

What about brain fog and fatigue?

Your pharmacy has got you covered and it all starts with your breath.

In this week's episode of Made to Thrive, we're joined by Mateo Pistono.

Mateo is a writer, meditation teacher, and conscious breathing coach. Join us and learn how to breathe how you want to feel.

Welcome to Made to Thrive. I'm your host, New York Times bestselling author Chris Carr, and it's my mission to help you feel better, live bolder, and create a more meaningful life. Let's get started,

my friend. So welcome, Mateo. I am so excited to interview you and to know you and to talk about your incredible work. Thank you, Chris. It's great to be on your podcast and great to meet you.

It's lovely.

First of all, I love the title of your book, Breathe How You Want to Feel.

And the subtitle is Your Breathing Toolkit for Better Health, Restorative Sleep and Deeper Connection.

And I believe that this book really can show you how to access a whole inner pharmacy

that most of us don't even know we have.

It's like breath RX.

So first of all, thank you for writing this.

And you come to this with so much experience as a writer, as a meditation teacher.

You've traveled to places like Nepal and Tibet where you've lived for long periods of time.

Yeah, yeah.

I'd love for you to explain the concept behind your book and how these different breathing techniques can help us feel different ways, which quite honestly, I never really connected those dots.

Right.

Well, yes, the genesis of the book was, I've been teaching meditation for maybe over 15 years now.

I've been studying meditation for 30 or so years.

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