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I run a psychedelic breath work group called BioMythic.com and we've worked with YC founders and teams and other Unicorn's like Bombas. Happy to offer a free v

by ada1981 1y ago

I run a psychedelic breath work group called BioMythic.com and we've worked with YC founders and teams and other Unicorn's like Bombas. Happy to offer a free virtual session for founders if there is interest here, as our work is always gifted.

tomhow 1y ago
People have been downvoting and flagging this but I've turned off flags, and we see no harm in sharing a product/service that's genuinely relevant to the topic. I know from personal experience it's hard to find good practitioners to help with this work so I think it's fine that people interested in the topic can connect with someone who can provide further information and offer a service that people may choose to try. That's always fine on HN if it's relevant to the topic.
- ada1981 1y ago
  Thanks. My work has been featured on national television with PBS as I was the first person to openly administer underground mdma on national TV. My relevant experience is here: http://earthpilot.ai/cv http://earthpilot.ai/cv That said, I agree that finding trusted people is a process and I’ve seen people really get messed up from bad practitioners in the psychedelic / transformational space. Anyhow, thanks for allowing the sharing of this.
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tern 1y ago
There's no generally good way to vet stuff like this. My recommendation: if you're interested and haven't done it before, find a friend (or friend of a friend) who has and ask them for a personal recommendation. If you want to take a low-woo course on it, here's one: https://www.nsmastery.com/ https://www.nsmastery.com/ (I know Jonny, but I'm not affiliated and I haven't taken his course.)
- noduerme 1y ago
  There should be some sort of, like, trusted bureau that gives a woo-level ranking to these things. Massage therapy boards and such are too busy unsuccessfully rooting out human trafficking on the other side of the self-help spectrum. As an aside, and in all seriousness, how well would this works for a self-medicated functional alcoholic who thinks breathing exercises involve rolling a cigarette first? Does one have to be one of the self-congratulatory "healthy" and swear off vices to benefit from this, or is it something you can do before you head off to the bar?
  - fragmede 1y ago
    What's the woo-issue? If you go on a $30,000 retreat to find yourself, first off, where'd you get $30 grand to do that with, but if you're going to spend that much on that, does it really matter what mystical energy the shaman believes in? So it's machine elves vs Gaia vs we're living in a simulation. It's not like there are numbers for this kind of thing. Before I went in, I scored 78 on the "how lost am I", and then at place A, for $30,000, and 1 month, I was only scoring 20 on the "how lost am I" scale, so $517 per point. Place B is $300 per point on the "how lost am I" scale, but takes more time.
  - colechristensen 1y ago
    >Does one have to be one of the self-congratulatory "healthy" and swear off vices to benefit from this, or is it something you can do before you head off to the bar? This is... well it's much more of a direct physical response so no you don't need to have any particular uh mental states or be self-convinced of some woo. Have you ever hyperventilated until you felt lightheadded? You can do this on purpose right now with no training or conditioning your thoughts or anything and there you go, you've got neurological effects from breathing. This technique is just advanced "hyperventilating until you feel lightheaded". If you've got a medical condition you might want to reconsider or be very careful about getting the right information before you try.
  - ada1981 1y ago
    Holographic breathwork was developed as a result of psychedelic prohibition by Stan Grof. He was having great luck with LSD for alcoholism and then prohibition stopped that research. Breathwork was developed as a way to induce the same states of conciousness and it’s proved to be effective. Basic idea is addictions are largely driven by unresolved trauma and breathwork / transpersonal practice is a way to allow the nervous system to release and shift into a healthier state where the desires to numb with substances diminishes.
ada1981 1y ago
http://biomythic.com http://biomythic.com Just leaving a clickable link since there is interest. Also my relevant work is here: http://earthpilot.ai/cv http://earthpilot.ai/cv
zealtrace 1y ago
I may be misreading, but it sounds like you’re offering this to people that work together? I have trouble seeing how someone, particularly a vulnerable individual, can freely consent given the combination of group dynamics and their livelihood being involved. I find it concerning you list experience providing psychotherapy in clinical practice on your CV. These terms are strongly associated with someone who has specific training, a license, and is answerable to an ethics board. It may give a mistaken impression to someone who is considering working with you.
- tomhow 1y ago
  I can believe you're well-intentioned, but we don't need comments like this on HN. The guidelines [1] address this style of commenting in different ways: Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. Don't be curmudgeonly. Thoughtful criticism is fine, but please don't be rigidly or generically negative. Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith. I know it feels important to protect vulnerable people from being harmed by frauds, and related concerns. But we can safely assume that HN readers are reasonably competent and discerning adults, who can make up their own mind about these things. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - latexr 1y ago
    I have nothing but respect for the work of moderating HN, I have no doubt it’s incredibly difficult. I also wonder if you’d be getting downvoted if more people realised who you are (as a non-mod who occasionally cites the rules and tries to be respectful while doing so, I know it isn’t a popular stance). All that said, I too disagree with this point: > But we can safely assume that HN readers are reasonably competent and discerning adults, who can make up their own mind about these things. On the contrary, we can safely assume HN readers include teens and younger. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4653053 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4653053 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22883469 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22883469 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5947260 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5947260 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14137926 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14137926 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34059645 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34059645 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=135494 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=135494 I simply opened the HN search, did not change any defaults, and searched “I am” then 14 and 12. I didn’t even click through the second page of each. Those posts are old (they were ordered by popularity by default) but the point stands. Even regarding adults I must disagree. Bad actors often actively try to hide their actions, so finding and reporting what could be harmful is useful and a service to the community. We all have our blind spots and are gullible in certain areas, or may just be having a lazy day and not doing due diligence. The HN community is in no way immune to human faults and biases. I’m just one data point but I didn’t find your parent post disrespectful or unreasonably negative, and their questions were valid. It didn’t feel like a post deserving of rebuff.
latexr 1y ago
> Happy to offer a free virtual session for founders Why specifically for founders? Founders of what? Tech founders specifically? Again, why single those out? > our work is always gifted. From your website: > This is the type of experience is usually reserved for my year long ALCHEMY clients. The Alchemists happily pay thousands a month to access these tools and my time So is it always gifted, or does it usually cost thousands a month?
- ada1981 1y ago
  Hey thanks for asking. BioMythic is something we’ve always gifted to the community as a way for folks to gain group access to some of the same tools that our 1:1 coaching clients get access to in our Alchemy program (which is also waitlisted / full as of now). We work with all sorts of folks, including founders who both seem to be a large part of the YC community and who often face incredibly challenging mental and emotional obstacles that are unique. I’ve personally overcome and healed using these tools and would like to help prevent other people from the time and pain I went through, and to prevent us losing any more creative visionaries. I hope that clarifies things.
betterhealth12 1y ago
Hey - would love to connect about this, I am going to be in a group of founders where others might be interested as well so could even organize a group session. Please get in touch.
- ada1981 1y ago
  a@175g.com

tomhow 1y ago

People have been downvoting and flagging this but I've turned off flags, and we see no harm in sharing a product/service that's genuinely relevant to the topic. I know from personal experience it's hard to find good practitioners to help with this work so I think it's fine that people interested in the topic can connect with someone who can provide further information and offer a service that people may choose to try. That's always fine on HN if it's relevant to the topic.

ada1981 1y ago
Thanks. My work has been featured on national television with PBS as I was the first person to openly administer underground mdma on national TV. My relevant experience is here: http://earthpilot.ai/cv http://earthpilot.ai/cv That said, I agree that finding trusted people is a process and I’ve seen people really get messed up from bad practitioners in the psychedelic / transformational space. Anyhow, thanks for allowing the sharing of this.
- deleted 1y ago
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tern 1y ago

There's no generally good way to vet stuff like this. My recommendation: if you're interested and haven't done it before, find a friend (or friend of a friend) who has and ask them for a personal recommendation. If you want to take a low-woo course on it, here's one: https://www.nsmastery.com/ https://www.nsmastery.com/ (I know Jonny, but I'm not affiliated and I haven't taken his course.)

noduerme 1y ago
There should be some sort of, like, trusted bureau that gives a woo-level ranking to these things. Massage therapy boards and such are too busy unsuccessfully rooting out human trafficking on the other side of the self-help spectrum. As an aside, and in all seriousness, how well would this works for a self-medicated functional alcoholic who thinks breathing exercises involve rolling a cigarette first? Does one have to be one of the self-congratulatory "healthy" and swear off vices to benefit from this, or is it something you can do before you head off to the bar?
- fragmede 1y ago
  What's the woo-issue? If you go on a $30,000 retreat to find yourself, first off, where'd you get $30 grand to do that with, but if you're going to spend that much on that, does it really matter what mystical energy the shaman believes in? So it's machine elves vs Gaia vs we're living in a simulation. It's not like there are numbers for this kind of thing. Before I went in, I scored 78 on the "how lost am I", and then at place A, for $30,000, and 1 month, I was only scoring 20 on the "how lost am I" scale, so $517 per point. Place B is $300 per point on the "how lost am I" scale, but takes more time.
- colechristensen 1y ago
  >Does one have to be one of the self-congratulatory "healthy" and swear off vices to benefit from this, or is it something you can do before you head off to the bar? This is... well it's much more of a direct physical response so no you don't need to have any particular uh mental states or be self-convinced of some woo. Have you ever hyperventilated until you felt lightheadded? You can do this on purpose right now with no training or conditioning your thoughts or anything and there you go, you've got neurological effects from breathing. This technique is just advanced "hyperventilating until you feel lightheaded". If you've got a medical condition you might want to reconsider or be very careful about getting the right information before you try.
- ada1981 1y ago
  Holographic breathwork was developed as a result of psychedelic prohibition by Stan Grof. He was having great luck with LSD for alcoholism and then prohibition stopped that research. Breathwork was developed as a way to induce the same states of conciousness and it’s proved to be effective. Basic idea is addictions are largely driven by unresolved trauma and breathwork / transpersonal practice is a way to allow the nervous system to release and shift into a healthier state where the desires to numb with substances diminishes.

ada1981 1y ago

http://biomythic.com http://biomythic.com Just leaving a clickable link since there is interest. Also my relevant work is here: http://earthpilot.ai/cv http://earthpilot.ai/cv

zealtrace 1y ago

I may be misreading, but it sounds like you’re offering this to people that work together? I have trouble seeing how someone, particularly a vulnerable individual, can freely consent given the combination of group dynamics and their livelihood being involved. I find it concerning you list experience providing psychotherapy in clinical practice on your CV. These terms are strongly associated with someone who has specific training, a license, and is answerable to an ethics board. It may give a mistaken impression to someone who is considering working with you.

tomhow 1y ago
I can believe you're well-intentioned, but we don't need comments like this on HN. The guidelines [1] address this style of commenting in different ways: Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. Don't be curmudgeonly. Thoughtful criticism is fine, but please don't be rigidly or generically negative. Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith. I know it feels important to protect vulnerable people from being harmed by frauds, and related concerns. But we can safely assume that HN readers are reasonably competent and discerning adults, who can make up their own mind about these things. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- latexr 1y ago
  I have nothing but respect for the work of moderating HN, I have no doubt it’s incredibly difficult. I also wonder if you’d be getting downvoted if more people realised who you are (as a non-mod who occasionally cites the rules and tries to be respectful while doing so, I know it isn’t a popular stance). All that said, I too disagree with this point: > But we can safely assume that HN readers are reasonably competent and discerning adults, who can make up their own mind about these things. On the contrary, we can safely assume HN readers include teens and younger. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4653053 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4653053 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22883469 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22883469 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5947260 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5947260 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14137926 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14137926 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34059645 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34059645 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=135494 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=135494 I simply opened the HN search, did not change any defaults, and searched “I am” then 14 and 12. I didn’t even click through the second page of each. Those posts are old (they were ordered by popularity by default) but the point stands. Even regarding adults I must disagree. Bad actors often actively try to hide their actions, so finding and reporting what could be harmful is useful and a service to the community. We all have our blind spots and are gullible in certain areas, or may just be having a lazy day and not doing due diligence. The HN community is in no way immune to human faults and biases. I’m just one data point but I didn’t find your parent post disrespectful or unreasonably negative, and their questions were valid. It didn’t feel like a post deserving of rebuff.

latexr 1y ago

> Happy to offer a free virtual session for founders Why specifically for founders? Founders of what? Tech founders specifically? Again, why single those out? > our work is always gifted. From your website: > This is the type of experience is usually reserved for my year long ALCHEMY clients. The Alchemists happily pay thousands a month to access these tools and my time So is it always gifted, or does it usually cost thousands a month?

ada1981 1y ago
Hey thanks for asking. BioMythic is something we’ve always gifted to the community as a way for folks to gain group access to some of the same tools that our 1:1 coaching clients get access to in our Alchemy program (which is also waitlisted / full as of now). We work with all sorts of folks, including founders who both seem to be a large part of the YC community and who often face incredibly challenging mental and emotional obstacles that are unique. I’ve personally overcome and healed using these tools and would like to help prevent other people from the time and pain I went through, and to prevent us losing any more creative visionaries. I hope that clarifies things.

betterhealth12 1y ago

Hey - would love to connect about this, I am going to be in a group of founders where others might be interested as well so could even organize a group session. Please get in touch.

ada1981 1y ago
a@175g.com