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Behavioral physiology” is a behavioral approach to understanding physiology, that physiology is fundamentally psychological in nature. It is about the principles that govern how physiology acquires and processes information, information about “itself” and information about its environment, and how it makes use of this information for self-regulation, homeostasis. In behavioral terms this processing constitutes what is known as “learning,” which includes the principles of attention, motivation, emotion, memory, sensation, perception, and reinforcement. Learning is a fundamental life process. It means physiological reconfiguration. In fact, all living things, including cells, learn. Physiological reconfiguration, learning, is a creative process giving rise to an intelligent evolvement of immediately useful new biological mechanisms, a kind of adaptation that does not rely on long-term genetic reengineering. It also speaks to emerging new principles beyond that of simple survival, ones that involve consciousness, experience, and meaning. The mission of the Institute is to assist healthcare practitioners, human service professionals, fitness coaches, peak performance trainers, breath workers, and educators learn about the powerful role of physiological learning in health and performance. How do you identify dysfunctional habits, their patterns, their triggers, the factors that sustain them, and their physical and psychological effects? Learning to replace dysfunctional habits with new more functional ones involves the application of the principles of phenomenological exploration, behavioral analysis, behavior modification, biofeedback, cognitive learning, and awareness training. These considerations constitute a self-regulation science that points to a “client-centered” learning paradigm,” a paradigm complementary to the “practitioner-centered treatment paradigm” for helping people improve health and performance Dysfunctional breathing is perhaps the most obvious and best example of how learned behaviors play a profoundly powerful role in health and performance. Thus, the Institute offers by webinar: lectures, workshops, courses, case conference, personal tutorial training, and a certification program, which address dysfunctional breathing, based on physiological learning and learning that mediates unhealthy physiological change.