The collaboration
Copenhagen Health Week and Breatheology
Stig Severinsen teaches conscious breathing through Breatheology, his own platform, and he spends most of his time now coaching and speaking rather than setting records. He has set plenty. Four world freediving titles, a 20 minute breath hold in 2010, and Wim Hof’s under-ice record taken off him the same year.
The other half of the CV is why he is on our programme. A master’s in biology and a PhD in medicine from Aarhus University, which is how one method ends up with Olympic athletes and Navy SEALs on one side, and with veterans living with PTSD and people recovering from illness on the other.
If Stig sent you here, the rate on this page is yours.
- PhD in medicine, Aarhus University
- Four-time world champion freediver
- 20 minutes 10 seconds on one breath
- 10 Guinness World Records
- Fellow of the Explorer’s Club, New York
More about his work at breatheology.com.
See the ticketOn the Summit stage
The science of the breath hold
Most people stop long before their body needs them to.
Stig’s talk is about the gap between the urge to breathe and actually running out of oxygen, which is wider than most people assume. What the body does with a held breath, and what changes when you train it. That same training keeps turning up in elite sport, in military units and in recovery from illness.
He is a scientist before he is a record holder, so expect the physiology first. The records are a good story on their own, and he tells them.
On the Experience Stage
Then you try it yourself
The Experience Stage is where the weekend stops being something you watch. Stig leads a guided breath hold there, the whole room at once, and talks you through every part of it from the stage.
No water and no wetsuit, and no experience needed either. You sit down, you follow him, and you find out how long you can go. Most people surprise themselves.
You stay seated and you stop whenever you want to. And one rule from him that belongs here too: never practise breath holding in water on your own.
Come and try it3 and 4 October · Øksnehallen
He is there both days
Stig is with us across both Summit days, so one ticket covers everything he does. The talk and the breath hold sit on different stages at different hours, and the times land on the programme as it goes live.
Around him, Øksnehallen on Halmtorvet: stages running in parallel, an exhibition floor you can spend a day in, and a calmer room than most expos manage. That is deliberate. Quiet soundscapes, natural light, clean air, food that is actually good for you.
What your ticket includes
BOTH SUMMIT DAYS
- Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 October at Øksnehallen
- 80+ speakers and facilitators across Body, Mind, Soul and Society
THE EXPERIENCE STAGE
- Stig’s guided breath hold, plus the rest of the stage’s programme
- Sessions you take part in rather than watch, from breathwork through to recovery
THE EXHIBITION FLOOR
- 120+ partners and exhibitors on the floor
- Live demos and protocol zones, open both days
THE WHOLE WEEK
- Community events across Copenhagen, 28 September to 2 October
- Free for ticket holders, booked separately
TAKE A
BREATH
Enter the code Breatheology at checkout. The ticket stays at full price until you do. Euro amounts are approximate; payment is taken in Danish kroner.
Your discount code
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Type it into the discount field at checkout below and the price drops by 20%, whichever ticket you pick.
With the code, the Event Pass is DKK 636 instead of DKK 795, a saving of DKK 159. The same 20% comes off the other tickets in the shop above.
Questions? Write to info@cphhw.com.