
The Ananda Podcast
Breathwork Saved My Life: Susan Benoit's Open-Heart Story
<p><b>Content note: This episode discusses suicide, self-harm, and medical trauma. Please listen with care.</b><br /></p><p>At 39, Susan Benoit had a stroke. Doctors found a tumour inside her heart and gave her eight months to live without open-heart surgery. She survived the surgery and then everything fell apart.<br /><br />The thing that finally pulled her out? Breathwork.</p><p>Susan is a breathwork and contrast therapy facilitator who now works with women, kids, and anyone navigating anxiety, panic attacks, and trauma. In this conversation she gets real about:</p>Why 80%+ of open-heart surgery patients fall...

