Brian Lai
Breathwork & Human Performance Coach
Founder, Primal Breathwork
PrimalBW.com
Contact: brian@primalbw.com
About Brian
Brian Lai is a breathwork and human performance coach in Asia and the founder of Primal Breathwork. Originally from Australia, he helps individuals and organisations optimise their mental and physical state, build resilience, and perform at their best by combining modern science with time-tested practices from around the world.
His journey began as a personal search for recovery from anxiety, burnout, and mental health challenges, which led him to study meditation, breathwork, and human potential deeply. In 2016, Brian trained directly with Wim Hof and became Asia’s first certified instructor in the Wim Hof Method. Since then, he has continued learning from leading experts across modalities, including Dan Brulé, Patrick McKeown, XPT, Karl Dawson, Bob Proctor, as well as Buddhist monks, mystics, and saints of the East.
Brian has trained in multiple breathwork modalities, meditation, EFT, Matrix Reimprinting, and practical applications of the law of attraction, integrating these tools into a grounded, structured framework that helps people regulate their state, shift limiting beliefs, and create meaningful outcomes.
Expertise & Approach
Breathwork specialist
Optimising mental and physical state for peak performance
State regulation and resilience training
Shifting limiting beliefs and behavioural patterns
Trauma processing and past experience integration
Applying principles of the law of attraction as a practical, science-informed framework
Integrating breathwork with time-tested practices and modern performance science
Brian bridges practical science with ancient practices to create a grounded approach that fosters lasting change in both life and performance.
Clients & Reach
Brian has worked with:
Fortune 500 executives and corporate leaders
Olympians and professional athletes
Martial artists (including UFC, ONE Championship)
Traders, musicians, and creatives
Schools, Educational institutions, Government officials.
International workshops across Asia, Europe, and the Americas
Company & Organisation Collaborations
Collaborations & Features
Collaborated with: Wim Hof, James Nestor, Dan Brulé
Featured in: Bloomberg, VICE Media, South China Morning Post, Asian Boss Media, Bulletproof for BJJ, China Daily, TVB
YPO Pacific Rim retreat
Tatler's Generation-T summit
Jame's Nestor's Breath Retreat in Costa Rica 2023
IRIS Hong Kong's largest wellness festival
Beyond Breath retreat in Thailand
Men's group at James Nestor's Breath Retreat 2024
Lululemon Hong Kong influencer seminar
James Nestor's Breath Retreat 2024
Wim Hof Method seminar in Hong Kong 2017
James Nestor's Breath Retreat 2023
Wim Hof instructor training in between 2016 - 2017
PURE Yoga in Hong Kong 2018
Tatler's Generation T Summit
Lululemon Hong Kong Ambassador photoshoot
James Nestor's Breath Retreat 2024
Lululemon breathwork workshop
James Nestor's Breath Retreat 2023
Coaching wellness since 2016
Wim Hof Method workshop Hong Kong 2017
Wim Hof Method training 2016
Lululemon workshop
Hong Kong largest wellness festival 2018
Rosewood Hong Kong
James Nestor Breath Retreat 2024