Breathe Through the Chaos: Taming Your Thousand Elephants with Manal El-Ramly

What if the breath isn’t just a tool but the gateway to your truest self?

In this expansive episode of Breathwork Magic, Amanda Russo welcomes Manal, the founder of Maintain and a transformational guide in emotional healing and spiritual alignment. Together, they dive into a rich, inspiring dialogue about the breath as our most powerful access point to presence, peace, and personal growth.

Manal shares how Breathwork shifted from a practice to a way of being—and how it helped her access emotional clarity, spiritual alignment, and ease in the body. She introduces the Butterfly Breath, a fast-acting technique that instantly quiets the mind and calms the senses, and reveals how our relationship with breath reflects our willingness to surrender, grow, and truly be. This is an episode for anyone feeling disconnected from their body, mind, or purpose and ready to awaken to what’s already within.

🔹 Episode Highlights

[2:59] – The moment we’re born, we breathe ~ Manal reflects on the sacredness of that first inhale
[5:38] – The story behind “Maintain” and how her brand reflects inner attainment
[9:02] – Exploring the four-body model: physical, emotional, mental, and egoic
[16:34] – A live walkthrough of the Butterfly Breath technique for instant calm and clarity
[23:00] – How breathwork supports her cold plunges, acupuncture, and everyday awareness
[25:56] – What to say when someone claims they “don’t have time” to breathe
[33:03] – Confronting resistance, emotional buildup, and the metaphor of 1,000 elephants
[38:39] – Why some people avoid personal growth and what grumpy old men can teach us
[44:20] – Manal’s manifestation formula: know it, trust it, feel it, be it

🔹 Connect with Amanda Russo, The Breathing Goddess:

~ Sign Up for Virtual Mindful Mindset Mondays HERE

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🔹 Connect with Manal:

Manal's Website https://www.mattain.me/

Instagram @mattainbymanal

Manal on Insight Timer