Stress isn't going anywhere. Your response to it can change.
We teach leaders, educators, and first responders how to regulate stress, strengthen the nervous system, and perform with clarity under pressure. Come breathe with us and feel it for yourself — free, live, every Wednesday.
60 minutes · Cameras off · No experience needed
Are you here for yourself, or for your team?
Both roads start the same way — come breathe with us first. But here's where each one leads.
The Exhale Framework™
Our six-lesson course in breathwork and nervous system mastery. Self-paced, lifetime access, and five to ten minutes of practice a day — a skill you'll still be using in a year.
See the six lessons →Resilience & Self Care
On-site training for schools, leadership teams, and first responders. Experiential, science-based, and built for rooms where people arrive skeptical. Half-day, full-day, ongoing series, or a retreat near Grafton, NY.
See how it works →You can't think your way into calm.
Most of us were taught that composure comes from mindset and willpower. But your nervous system responds to breath before it responds to logic — which is why reasoning with yourself rarely works under real pressure.
Your heart rate, your stress hormones, your sleep, your digestion: you can't consciously operate any of it, with exactly one exception. Breathing is the only autonomic function you can take manual control of. That isn't a metaphor. It's anatomy, and it's trainable.
Who we've worked with.
We've taught this to people who were skeptical, exhausted, or both — and who were required to be there. Those rooms taught us more than any friendly one ever did.
- Executive leadership teams and founders
- Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO)
- Young Presidents' Organization (YPO)
- Police, fire, and EMS
- Critical Incident Stress Management teams
- Public school and charter network staff
What changed for them.
"It was the perfect team building exercise and everyone was talking about it for the rest of the evening. Certainly one of those rare professional experiences that I will remember for the rest of my career."
Alex C.Team offsite"I'm really grateful for all that Kathy and Michael have taught me. The clarity I've gained has truly altered the course of my life. I'm seeing real results rather than feeling like the wagons are only circling."
Amy S.Terranuma client"Michael and Kathy provided an amazing space and created an environment of trust and love. I would do this again without a doubt and I feel very safe recommending it to anyone."
Roberto L.Terranuma client"After just a few weeks of these sessions, I feel so much better able to handle my anxiety instead of getting hijacked by it. I'm better able to roll with the punches, make healthier choices, and feel more grounded in my daily life."
Linda H.Breathe and Be cohort · January 2026
Kathy and Michael.
A wife-and-husband team. We're not clinicians — we're parents, spouses and business partners who built this out of what actually works in the moment, not in theory and not on a retreat.
Michael trained in the Wim Hof Method with Wim Hof, in Oxygen Advantage with Patrick McKeown, and in XPT Performance Breathing with Laird Hamilton and Gabby Reece. Kathy spent fourteen years teaching in New York City public schools.
Don't let it take your exhale.
Come breathe with us. Sixty minutes, live, free, every Wednesday — and you'll feel the difference before the hour is over.
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