I have been practising breathwork for quite a long time now. Sometimes, it is easier than meditating, as you need to focus on your very specific breath. It also has so many physical, emotional, and spiritual benefits, depending on what kind of breathwork you are practising.
If you are new to breathwork and want to delve a bit deeper, read my article: What Is Breathwork? Breathing Techniques and Benefits, where I explain different practices.
I like to practise different techniques, difficulties, and lengths depending on when I want to practice breathwork and what kind of outcome I expect.
To make the practice easier, I have compiled a list of the best breathwork YouTube channels to guide you.
1. Wim Hof
2.76 M Subscribers
Kinds of Breathwork: Wim Hof method
Wim Hof is known for breathwork, cold exposure, and meditation. His breathwork method focuses on fast breaths with prolonged holds.
I love this 11-minute, slower-paced Wim Hof Method breathing video, which starts with a 30-second hold and builds up to a 90-second breath hold. It is very suitable for beginners or anyone who prefers more gentle guidance. It is my go-to breathe YouTube video when I want quick practice with amazing results.
2. Othership: Sauna, Ice Baths + Breathwork
38.9K Subscribers
Kinds of Breathwork: relaxing, guided breathwork
This is a great channel for various kinds of breathwork, from nervous system reset to energy and feeling fantastic, anxiety, deep relaxation, and more. You can find videos with three-minute to one-hour breathwork experiences. If you are new to breathwork, you will also find explanation videos on what breathwork is and how to do it properly. All videos are created with calming, soft nature visuals and very calming voices.
3. Michael Bijker – Life Awareness Project
83.9 K Subscribers
Kinds of Breathwork: Breathwork, Pranayama, Meditation & QiGong
@yogalap is a very spiritual and educational channel where you can find breathwork as well as education about breathwork. I would recommend checking out Michael Bijker’s older videos, which are older than four years.
If you are looking to deepen your breathwork knowledge, you can buy multiple courses on the Yogalap website. What I love is that you can choose how much you want to pay for the course, starting at 10 euros.
4. Breathe With Sandy
160K Subscribers
Kinds of Breathwork: all kinds of breathwork with a modern spin
Follow this breathwork YouTube channel for weekly guided exercises with a 21st-century twist on ancient breathing techniques. Sandy incorporates different breathwork techniques and also produces the music for his videos. His breathwork videos are always filmed in beautiful nature settings and are 5 to 30 minutes long. If you want a deeper experience and longer breathwork and meditation sessions, you can join Sandy on Patreon.
5. The Buteyko Method
53k Subscribers
Kinds of Breathwork: Buteyko Breathing
You can expect very relaxing breathwork that is very close to meditation and supported with gong, which should keep a rhythm. It’s for people who appreciate a lot of guidance in breathwork and don’t get distracted by listening to someone constantly talking. Most of the videos are graphics instead of real-person videos.
6. Breathwork Beats
87.5k Subscribers
Kinds of Breathwork: breath of fire, alkaline breathing, DMT breathing, Wim Hof breathing, power breathing.
Really cool beats and graphics. This channel feels like a breathwork party that will get you energized for the day. You will be practising a breath of fire, alkaline breathing, and many more breathing techniques. It is suitable for beginners and more advanced.
With 154 videos on their channel at the moment, I can not wait to try many of them.
7. The School of Breath
51.2 k Subscribers
Kinds of Breathwork: ancient breathing techniques like Tummo Breathing, Breathwork & Pranayama
This breathwork YouTube channel explores the ancient secrets and techniques of breathing. Expect spiritual explanations and gong sounds to guide you through the weekly breathwork videos. If you are interested in expanding your meditation and breathwork knowledge, you can also buy their individual courses for 29.99 or join a monthly or yearly subscription.
8. Pocket Breath Coach – Luke Horton
469k Subscribers
Kinds of Breathwork: stress-releasing, Slow Rhythmic Breathing
1.5k videos that help you calm down while listening to simple sounds and following a circle on the screen, helping you to focus on breath without any distractions. From 5 minutes to a one-hour session, you can choose what you need. Also available as a subscription with no ads or as an app.
9. Hands-On Meditation
82.5k Subscribers
Kinds of Breathwork: simple guided breathwork
A great channel for beginners to learn breathwork techniques, as it is very easy to follow. Check out the playlist section for different breathwork from Wim Hof, box breathing, and 4-7-8 calm breathing.
What I love is starting my wind-down practice with breathwork and transitioning to meditation. Breathwork calms my brain, and it makes it easier to settle into deep meditation without too many thoughts distracting me. You can try Yoga Nidra and meditation practices from the articles listed below:
From my experience of practising different kinds of breathwork, I want to point out one thing that is very important. Practising breathwork on your own and learning how to regulate your nervous system is very important for our long-term health, and having a few practises that you can easily do at home is great. But if you want a bit more in-depth experience, I would strongly recommend finding a workshop or retreat where you can learn and practise with more people and go way deeper. I had some amazing experiences in silent retreats and 4-hour breathwork workshops that would be impossible to create at home. I would definitely recommend in-person breathwork as it can be life-changing.
To summarize,
Breathwork can be a very powerful practice to calm or make your nervous system more alert, depending on what you need at the particular moment. Sometimes simple box breathing is exactly what you need, but sometimes deeper practise is what is best.
Here are the best breathwork YouTube Channels I compiled over the years and use for breathwork practices regularly, and they will help you go deeper into the breathwork practice and reap all the benefits.
If you have your favourite breathwork YouTube channels that I have not mentioned, or maybe you like to use a breathwork app?
Let me know in the comments.
Silvija Meilunaite, PN1-NC, CSMC, is a certified nutrition coach and menopause coaching specialist writing from personal experience of perimenopause. She covers midlife health, hormone-supportive nutrition, and non-toxic living with a research-driven approach, helping women over 40 feel informed, strong, and healthy.
