Success Stories

What people say after

Real students. Verified before-and-after breath-hold data. One method.

The pattern

Over a thousand students. Breath-holds double, triple, sometimes quadruple within four weeks.

2–4×
Typical hold gain
Largest single gain
6:08
Longest student hold

Every figure below is a named student's measured before-and-after, recorded across a four-week program.

In their own words

First-cohort students of the BreathHoldWork® method. Quotes are verbatim; before-and-after times are measured.

"This is a very special course that goes far beyond 'breathwork.' Yes, you learn a lot about the breath but you will learn even more about your mind. At the start of the course, I was able to hold my breath for 1 minute. Within 4 weeks, I was able to hold my breath for 4 minutes and 20 seconds. And, I wasn't even able to attend every session."

Dr. Rangan Chatterjee1:00 → 4:20

"At the beginning of the program, my maximum breath-hold was 1:56 and in four weeks I had more than tripled to a 6:08 breath-hold. If I hadn't experienced it myself, I would think such a dramatic improvement was impossible. I learned to use stress and fear as points of growth, and how to remain calm under these conditions."

Keith Walkiewicz1:56 → 6:08 · breath rate 14 → 6/min

"This course is not about setting a max breath-hold record, this is an opportunity to look within yourself and surpass your own potential using breath-hold as a guided tool into a meditative experience. Pre-instruction, my breath-hold time was 25 seconds. I finished with a 2 min 55 seconds max breath-hold time on the last day of the course. My breath count per minute is now 3 breaths per minute at its slowest."

Anil GuptaYoga teacher · 0:25 → 2:55

"I've been doing breathwork (Wim Hof style) for a year. I have never been able to hold my breath for very long. In 8 sessions with Erwan, I more than quadrupled — QUADRUPLED!!! my time. He has a top to bottom system. If you do what he says, you'll get the results. You trust your teacher and then he teaches you how to trust yourself."

Janene Wadsworth0:40 → 3:30

"It was at the end of the third session that I had a distinct thought: 'I didn't pay enough for this course.' As Erwan told us, 'I teach tolerance,' and this tolerance is applicable to all areas of one's life. Erwan is an absolute master of his craft. I know I will now be a practitioner of breath-hold work for life."

Scott Roney1:40 → 5:02

"Tried Wim Hof method before as well but that didn't feel that natural at all and not comfortable to continue like the other students of the class said. There is so much knowledge, experience and wisdom Mr Le Corre teaches in the sessions that is worth way more than the price!"

Kevin Sang1:30 → 3:30

"I've been experimenting with breath-holding for about two years now — I read books, I watched youtube videos, tutorials of freedivers. I experienced profound benefits but I was somehow stuck in my practice and frustrated. After the first session, I thought signing up might have been a mistake because you were addressing beginners. The approach of trust and confidence changed everything for me."

Selim Ozdogan1:58 → 4:00

"I have been studying breathing techniques for the last 3 years and I have never encountered the type of content and training I was able to get from Erwan's course."

Andres Santamaria1:30 → 4:00

"As a yoga teacher and personal trainer I have spent many hours studying and practicing many different forms of pranayama, as well as Buteyko and other breathing techniques. I always thought it strange that I could be fit and healthy but struggled with breath holds of any kind. There was always something missing."

Natasha MitchellYoga teacher & trainer · 0:35 → 2:11

"Meditation on steroids without the woo; that is how I would describe it. It took my meditation practice, which had stagnated a little, to the next level. Better sleep, better mood, more laughter throughout the day, increased recovery from exercise, and best of all, profound relief from my food sensitivities that have plagued me for over a decade."

Drew Christian1:45 → 4:10

"What I enjoy the most is doing the breath-hold tables in my comfort zone. It simply makes me feel relaxed and strong at the same time. The self-suggestion that 'this time I can't stay relaxed' often appears and used to escalate stress and discomfort. Now I can turn it into a 'no problem' in seconds and replace it with a feeling of confidence. And this just translates into 'real world' situations."

Carsten Klaffke1:29 → 4:55

"I now feel like I have a path forward to regain the regulated and resilient mindset of a more natural human."

Olivia Cantwell0:48 → 4:15 · breath rate 21 → 11/min

"This is the single most effective course of action you can take to reclaim your resilience, strength, and ability to be fit to serve on this planet. I imagine someday these methodologies could be taught in elite-level athletic or military programs, and also in mental health fields."

Jonathan Frame2:30 → 5:37

"Choosing a mind-frame rather than letting your nervous system run amok. The power of trust, gratitude, patience, and compassion — these ideas are given new meaning and relevance when you can feel their effect while you are under the duress of a breath-hold. What's truly unique is the fact that you can quantify it all with a stopwatch. No bullshit. Just the truth."

Matt Hall1:09 → 3:46 · breath rate 11 → 7/min

"His guidance allowed me to get underneath my thoughts and into my bodily feelings. Something that has always escaped me in my attempts at meditation."

Tom Huteson

"I'm a Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine and have a very busy clinic. You've given me more knowledge and ways to embody it and I'm very appreciative of this as well."

Dr Kevin PrestonDoctor of TCM · 1:45 → 4:44

"Before starting the course, my baseline was 13 breaths per minute, and I could hold my breath for 61 seconds. After practicing for just over a month, I retested my progress. My breaths per minute dropped to 6, and I can now hold my breath for 2 minutes and 48 seconds."

Andy Salmela1:01 → 2:48 · Module 1 only

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