ABOUT

Vaughan Wickins

Certified Health and Wellness Consultant

Described by Dr Ben Sinclair MD
as "a leading gut health expert"
- near Reading, Berkshire

Founder of GUTWISE and OCEAN BREATHING

Creator Of OCEAN BREEZE™ & The OCEAN BREEZE™ 14 Day Challenge
Author of "GUTWISE: The Secret to Healing That Pain in the Arse"

"Your phone comes with a manual. Your car comes with a manual. Your body? Nothing. Just 'good luck, try not to panic.'"
- V. Wickins

I spent 10 years being treated for the wrong problem.

I spent years going from doctor to doctor to specialist.
It all started with haemorrhoids(hemorrhoids) not quite the hero's introduction I had in mind - but there you go.

In numbers, I've had 3 rounds of injections, 1 radio frequency procedure, 2 sigmoidoscopies, 1 colonoscopy, 1 rather interesting session with a biofeedback therapist, countless inspections and probings by a variety of doctors and specialists - and more banding than a 1980s rock festival.
(4 or 5 rounds of banding - I lost count)

Not one conversation in over 10 years properly addressed the cause.
The turning point came when I was rejected from donating plasma.
I Failed the heart rate test. I Failed the blood iron level test.
A low iron level can be caused by chronic bleeding.
I remember thinking: this has to stop !
I spent the next 3 years researching gut health and the gut microbiome properly. That frustration - and that research - eventually became
my book “GUTWISE – The Seret To Healing That Pain In The Arse”.

 

Somewhere in that research, I discovered that breathwork was the missing piece. Your diaphragm massages your gut, stimulates your vagus nerve, and activates rest and digest - all at once. That discovery led me to train under a 4x World Freediving Champion - Stig Severinsen and qualify as a certified breathwork instructor.

I now teach both, gut health and breathwork - because fixing one without the other is only half the answer. I joined Dr. Ben Sinclair MD on the Health Versus Wealth Podcast - featured as a leading gut health expert - to discuss exactly why gut health and breath work must be taught together.

Outside work: I’m a husband to my awesome wife Victoria and a father to 3 incredible children.
My family and my faith keep me grounded and on my toes.

My mission:

Gut health and Breathwork recognised as foundational pillars of wellness - in every doctor's conversation and every corporate wellness programme.

watch thIS 60-second explanation WHICH connects everything

This is the single most important idea behind everything I teach.

Once you understand it - the gut health and the breathwork make complete sense together.

Most people in modern life feel like they can’t switch off.

Not just tired. Wired. Stuck in go-go-go mode - even when they’re lying in bed at 11pm trying to sleep.

Here’s why.

Think of your autonomic nervous system as a brass tap. Two positions. On - stress, alert, fight. Off - rest, digest, repair.

Most of us have a tap that’s seized in the ON position. And no one ever taught us how to unseize it.

Here’s what I’ve learned: your gut and your breathwork are the 2 most powerful tools to reset that tap - naturally.

Not pills. Not willpower. Physiology.

That’s what I teach. And it’s why fixing one without the other is only half the answer.

 

Ready to reset yours? Join the 14-Day Ocean Breeze™ Challenge.

Wellness isn't 3 pillars. It's 7!

There is a wave of mental health challenge sweeping the world. Stress, anxiety, exhaustion, and disconnection are no longer edge cases - they are the mainstream experience.

Most of it comes down to one thing: we have lost the ability to regulate our own nervous system. We were never taught how. And the tools that work - your gut and your breath - are the two most underestimated in medicine.

Think of your autonomic nervous system as a brass tap - it has two positions:

ON - sympathetic - stress, fight, alert

OFF - parasympathetic - rest, digest, repair

Most people in modern life have a tap that is stuck in the 'ON' position. The body cannot self-regulate. It cannot rest, digest, or recover.

Breathwork unseizes the tap. Gut health restores the terrain. Both are needed.

Why 7 pillars?

The standard health conversation stops at three: sleep, nutrition, exercise. Those three matter enormously, but they are not the complete picture.

After years of research, a book, and training under world champion freedivers, I have mapped out what actually moves the needle for real people - not Olympic biohackers, not people with personal trainers and private chefs but people with full lives and full diaries.

  • Physical activity - the pillar science would bottle as a pill if it could

  • Nutrition - what you eat shapes your microbiome within 24 hours

  • Sleep - your gut produces the melatonin precursor that makes this possible

  • Mental wellbeing & rest - chronic stress is the invisible gut blocker

  • Breathing - the pillar nobody taught you and everyone needs

  • Elimination - the pillar nobody talks about. The one that started my journey.

  • Spiritual wellbeing - purpose, connection, and the long game

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It takes 7 pillars

Not because I invented them - but because I lived at the cost of missing 2.

The 7 Pillars aren't random. They work together. Miss one and the whole structure wobbles - like removing a Jenga block that looked safe. My two specialisms sit at pillars 5 and 6. The ones most people have never been taught.

Featured Products

The 14-Day Ocean Breeze™ Challenge

4 mins a day - 14 Days - coached in Ocean Breeze™ , an enhanced version of cyclic sighing, Stanford tested to outperform mindfulness.

Normal price: £89.99

Today: £69.99

GUTWISE - The Secret To Healing That Pain In The Arse

Bloating, IBS, constipation...
Your gut is talking to you.
GUTWISE shows you how to finally listen.

Normal price: £29.99

Today : £16.99

It's LIVE !

GUTWISE Course

Bloated, IBS , constipation stuck ? This course gives you a clear, science-backed roadmap to restore gut comfort, confidence and control.

Normal price: £79.99

£49.99

WORKSHOPS RUN WITH

Certified Health and Wellness Coach, specialising in Gut health and Breathwork. Author of the book "Gutwise :The Secret to Healing That Pain in the Arse"

Get in touch

Email: [email protected]

Reading, UK

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