Who We Are
We built the program we wished existed when we were on shift.
Breathwork//Tactics exists because two people from very different worlds — a nervous-system science communicator and a 22-year law enforcement veteran — kept having the same conversation: first responders are given world-class training for the threat, and almost nothing for what the threat does to their body afterward.
So we built it. Not a wellness seminar. Not a meditation app. An operational breathing system, tested with real departments, validated inside a real police academy curriculum, and taught by people who have actually stood in the rooms we train in.
Co-Founder
Jesse Coomer
Breathwork educator, author, and program architect of Breathwork//Tactics.
Jesse spent 15 years in front of college classrooms as an Assistant Professor of English at Vincennes University before turning his teaching career toward breath physiology full time. He's the founder of the Language of Breath School, author of The Language of Breath (North Atlantic Books) and A Practical Guide to Breathwork, and the voice behind The Breathwork Channel on YouTube, where he teaches nervous-system science to more than 29,000 subscribers.
From 2016–2022 he served as a Wim Hof Method instructor, including MC duties for events with more than 1,000 participants. In 2019, he was brought in to deliver breathwork and recovery training directly to U.S. Army Special Operations personnel. He's the founder and lead facilitator of the Performance and Recovery Summit for First Responders (2022, 2023, 2024) and built Breathwork//Tactics into the only breathwork-based curriculum ever accepted into the Indianapolis Police Academy training program.
Co-Founder
Jared McKee
U.S. Marine combat veteran and retired police chief with 22+ years of service.
Jared brings the credibility that can't be manufactured in a classroom: two decades on the job, culminating in a career as police chief, layered on top of combat service as a U.S. Marine. He has lived the exact stress-response cycle Breathwork//Tactics is built to regulate — the adrenaline dump, the aftermath, the shift home, the next call.
Jared co-designed the tactical framing of the B//T-OBS system, making sure every protocol survives contact with the realities of policing, fire response, and combat deployment — not just a classroom whiteboard.
Track Record
Credibility that comes from doing the work, not marketing around it.
Indianapolis Police Academy
Breathwork//Tactics is the only breathwork-based curriculum ever accepted into a U.S. police academy training program.
U.S. Army Special Operations
In 2019, Jesse delivered breathwork and recovery training directly to Army Special Operations personnel.
Center for Suicide Awareness
Formal partnership delivering dual Breathwork//Tactics and Mindfulness certification, and co-hosting the Mission: Reset retreat.
Performance & Recovery Summit
Founded and facilitated three consecutive years (2022–2024) of a multi-day summit for first-responder mental and physical health.
29,000+ Students
The Breathwork Channel teaches nervous-system science to a standing audience of subscribers every week.
Published Author
Author of The Language of Breath (North Atlantic Books) and A Practical Guide to Breathwork.