About Me
My name is Mitch Fox and I am here to share my personal journey with you. This isn’t something I learned in a course. It’s what got me through some of the hardest chapters of my life.
Noomawhat?
Noomatics (/noo-MAT-iks/) combines pneuma (/NOO-muh/), the Greek word for breath or spirit, with somatics (/so-MAT-iks/), the study and practice of sensing the body from within. It uses the breath to reconnect you to the body so you stop overthinking and start feeling.
2011 and 245 lbs
Before the Coach
Before I was a breathwork coach or a Jiu-Jitsu athlete, I was a numb and overwhelmed father. I drank. I smoked weed. I played video games to escape a life I didn’t know how to deal with. All I knew were unhealthy coping mechanisms.
I got married too young without a clue who I was or what I needed. I didn’t know my gifts. I didn’t know how easily people could use me to get their needs met. I was a people pleaser with no emotional skills and no ability to regulate myself. I was naive and emotionally frozen. That made me an easy target for people who wanted control. They helped break me down just enough that I eventually had to rebuild.
245 lbs to 165 lbs
The Shift Began Here
Things started shifting in 2012. I was unhealthy and overweight. I had a job I didn’t like, but I was grateful to have one. A few years earlier, I had lost my job right after buying a house and getting my ex-wife pregnant. I was 24 and buried in responsibility I wasn’t ready for. All I felt was consistent fear and anxiety.
That year I started listening to Joe Rogan and decided to try Jiu-Jitsu. I dropped from 245 to 165 by changing my diet using tools I learned from Dave Asprey. I did long juicing fasts. I was still drinking and smoking, but I felt healthier and thought I had figured it out. I hadn’t.
2020 After filing for divorce
Divorce and Collapse
My marriage kept breaking down. We kept having more kids even though I didn’t feel ready. I finally knew I had to end the marriage, but I was scared. My ex made it clear she would take everything. She had a lawyer on speed dial from her job at the courthouse. I was afraid I would lose my kids if I filed.
I decided to try this strange breathwork practice called Breathwork Detox and unbeknownst to me, something shifted. After a year of self-work, I finally did it. I filed for divorce right before COVID. That was the darkest period of my life. I spiraled into depression and drinking. Until that point, I didn’t understand how dark shit could get. I contemplated leaving this planet before my time.
2022 after a cold plunge in NH
Plant Medicine and Cold
Years later I met a Shaman who gave me a large dose of plant medicine. That experience flipped a switch in me. I saw what alcohol was doing to my body, my mind, and my life. I knew I had to stop or I wouldn’t make it.
Shortly after, I was remarried with five kids in a chaotic blended family. I quit drinking, but the anxiety didn’t go away. The breathwork I was doing wasn’t helping and I felt like I was unraveling. That’s when I started cold plunging. It became my new addiction and means of safety. I did it every day and it worked. My nervous system started to recover and I knew I was onto something.
Tilted pelvis in 2024
The Body Keeps the Score
As I kept healing, I earned my black belt in Jiu-Jitsu. But 12 years of hard training had left my body a mess. My hips were locked, my knees kept popping out, and at times my back would seize and hips would get stuck titled leaving me barely able to walk. I tried everything, but my nervous system wouldn’t let go. Trauma is stored in the hips, and mine were beyond tight.
I rediscovered Breathwork Detox and one session changed everything. My nervous system softened. I cried like a baby after being blocked from emotion for years. I knew I had to learn it. Not just for me, but for my kids too. They were carrying pain from the divorce and they needed tools I never had growing up. I knew deep in my being that this was what I was looking for.
Listening to the Body
Breathwork taught me to listen to my body in a way I never had before. It was subtle, but it was always trying to speak to me. Pain, emotion, memories were stuck in places I had ignored for years.
Breathwork didn’t ask for explanations. It gave me release. I didn’t need to know the exact story to let it go. I just had to breathe and feel. The more I practiced, the more I let go. My anger faded. My anxiety softened. I stopped needing to cope. I could be present and stay calm in hard moments.
Continuing the Journey
Healing didn’t stop when I found breathwork. That was just the beginning. I’ve rebuilt my life from the inside out, and today, I’m a husband, father, coach, and guide for others on this path.
This work isn’t just about breath. It’s about creating a life where you feel safe, strong, and connected within yourself and with the people you love.
I’m still learning. Still growing. Still showing up.
And I’m here to walk with you as you do the same.
Lets Work!
If something in you knows it’s time, take the next step. This helps us both feel into whether the work is aligned and worth going deep.