Summary
Alex Ferrari interviews Niraj Naik fresh from the Next Level Soul Ascension Conference where Niraj led a breathwork ceremony for over 200 people. The conversation explores how SOMA Breath can induce near-death experience-like states naturally through breathwork, without substances. Niraj shares his origin story from pharmacist to breathwork master, his experience at the Ascension Conference alongside channels, psychic mediums, and other practitioners. The episode dives into the transformative potential of breathwork for shifting limiting beliefs and creating new realities. Niraj discusses how his personal health crisis with ulcerative colitis led him to discover ancient pranayama techniques, and how combining these with music and modern neuroscience has created a system that produces profound altered states of consciousness. He emphasizes the importance of shifting from a scarcity mindset to seeing the universe as supportive and abundant.
Key Points
- SOMA Breath can induce near-death experience-like states naturally through controlled breathwork
- Niraj led a breathwork ceremony for 200+ people at the Ascension Conference with profound results
- He went from running 2000-person raves to becoming a pharmacist after losing his music business
- Seven years of depression as a pharmacist led to ulcerative colitis and a health crisis
- A Tony Robbins event inspired him to start getting pharmacy patients off drugs through diet changes
- His healthy shopping list service at Asda/Walmart was shelved, triggering his own health collapse
- Healing through pranayama and breathwork gave him the story and conviction to build SOMA Breath
- Shifting from scarcity beliefs to seeing abundance transformed his trajectory
Key Moments
Breathwork ceremony induces near-death experience states
Niraj describes leading a breathwork ceremony for 200+ people at the Ascension Conference, where participants experienced profound altered states resembling near-death experiences through breath control alone.
"So that's what I did. I became a I mean, I studied to be a pharmacist, but I on the side built my DJ dream as well. Good for you, and I ended up running like some pretty big raves in the UK for about three years nine when I was nineteen, this is like nineteen ninety eight to about two thousand and two three and we had like a two thousand people rave like every month packed that was every month. So it was an amazing experience. But you can imagine it was Headonistica's help. I was wild, imagine yeah. And I went from a legal drug dealer to legal drug dealer basically in a space of like a few months because I had an amazing business, but it all fell apart, like I just got in with the wrong people and."
From pharmacist to breathwork master through personal crisis
Niraj shares how seven years of depression as a pharmacist, combined with developing ulcerative colitis, became the catalyst for discovering breathwork and creating SOMA Breath.
"Very so when they come to a b thrower to hang out, Yes, absolutely, yeah. So I I had to let go of my disbelief. I had to, like, I had no hope, no other choice, you know that the only hope left was this. So I started to try it as very simple breathing techniques from Primeyama, and it made such a shift instant It was like instant pain relief, like instant stress relief. And I was like, wait a minute, I just did this breathing pattern and it made me feel better than most of the medications I've taken. This is crazy. So within a few months I just went fully down the rabbit hole. I studied as much as I possibly could went really deep into the ivedic world as well. And then what I realized was, so there was this book that came my way called The Power of Your Subconscious Mind by doctor Joseph Murphy. It was a really good book. He's a pharmacist, but he was also a Christian scientist and study like you know, tantra and yoga and all these ancient Eastern philosophies. So he married the two together and he came up this concept of scientific prayers, which is the use of these special mantras that you use, like my favorite affirmation is you are I am whole, perfect, strong, loving, harmonious and happy to say that over and over again in a translate state, and like magic happens, right. So I started to get really into the power of this conscious mind. And I realized that with the breath, with certain rhythms, right, you can create into very the trance states. And then I realized that music can be an amazing tool to facilitate the whole process."
Shifting from scarcity mindset to abundance through breathwork
Niraj discusses how breathwork helps shift limiting beliefs about scarcity, safety, and isolation, opening the practitioner to see the world as full of opportunity, love, and inspiration.
"You know. I used to see the world as hostile, no god like, atheist, like everything's out to get me. I'm on my own, like you know, and there's no hope. Money is bad. I had all these beliefs, this BS system, and I just think when you shift that and you start to see the world with opportunity, love, incredible people, inspiration, and there's a universe that wants you to be happy and healthy and succeed. And when you if you can shift those is the world becomes a phenomenally beautiful, incredible, exciting adventure. And that's why I hope to pass on to everybody."
