Breathwork · Cold · Nervous system
Māris Žunda
Coach, breathwork and cold exposure trainer. Founder of Rūdīšanās skola in Latvia and Positive Stress Academy. Based in Andalusia, leading groups in Latvia and Spain.
Breathwork · Cold · Nervous system
Coach, breathwork and cold exposure trainer. Founder of Rūdīšanās skola in Latvia and Positive Stress Academy. Based in Andalusia, leading groups in Latvia and Spain.
In short
Māris Žunda is a coach and breathwork and cold exposure trainer from Latvia, now based in Andalusia. He founded Rūdīšanās skola in 2015 and Positive Stress Academy, where he trains new instructors.
Over 10 years more than 5,000 people have joined his trainings, camps and challenges. He combines integrative breathwork, the Wim Hof Method, hypnosis and coaching to help people regulate stress and change old patterns.
Breath · Cold · Calm
Biography
I work where body and mind meet: breathing, cold, nervous system regulation and the subconscious patterns that keep people stuck.
It started in 2015 with a small cold exposure group and the Wim Hof Method in Poland. Today I work one to one with clients, lead groups and retreats in Latvia and Spain, and train new instructors through Positive Stress Academy.
Before this I managed IT projects and teams. That background still shapes my work: every program has a beginning, an end and a result you can feel and measure.
I am not a medical doctor and do not offer medical treatment or psychological diagnosis.
What Māris does
Since 2015
Latvia's school of cold exposure and breathwork. Camps, ice baths, challenges and online programs: weekly practice (RITMS), a 90 day guided transformation (PĀREJA) and full courses on the Wim Hof Method and breath therapy.
International
Training for future breathwork and stress resilience instructors, with support until they lead their own groups.
One to one
Individual work with emotional and subconscious patterns, inside a coaching frame.
Events
Retreats in Spain and the Alps. Organiser of the Baltic biohacking conferences (2018 to 2020) and STOP STRESS 2022.
Training and certifications
Advanced Instructor, Innerfire (Netherlands), training since 2017. Health Intelligence, Biohacking, Breathwork, Thermogenesis.
Integrative Breath Therapy, InBreath Institute (Germany, GPBA accredited), 400 hours, 2024. Oxygen Advantage instructor, Patrick McKeown, 2018.
Master Hypnotherapist, American Academy of Hypnosis (USA), 2024.
The Art & Science of Coaching, ICF accredited, 128 hours, Erickson Coaching International, 2016. High Performance Team Coaching, 2017.
Health Coach, lifestyle change program, 827 hours, PreventAge / YOM, 2021 to 2022. Sports specialist (fitness), 2017. Professional sauna master, 2014.
MBA, RTU Riga Business School with University at Buffalo (USA) and University of Ottawa (Canada), 2011.
Languages: Latvian, English, Russian. Original certificates available on request.
At RAH Marbella