Breathwork employs conscious connected breathing (relaxed exhales and no pauses), to allow unprocessed stresses (that one’s physiology hasn’t yet discharged or integrated) to rise to the surface of consciousness for acknowledgement. With guidance, support and a sense of safety, a person is able to address them with corrective experiences while learning from and integrating them.

Those experiencing tension, acute or chronic stress, difficulty breathing ease-fully, chronic pain, feeling like they are ‘stuck’ in old patterns or belief systems, anxiety, and depression. This work is meant to detoxify and improve respiratory function, recognize and resolve limited beliefs, increase capacity for aliveness and pleasure, resolve suppressed and repressed emotions, deepen insight while increasing self-love and acceptance, compassion, joy and trust.

In Breathwork, clients lie on a comfortable mat and are coached into conscious connected breathing. They are guided and supported using sensitive touch (with permission) and related affirmations, recorded music and somatic inquiry. During the session, unconscious material (i.e. tension, emotions) may rise to the surface for integration and transformation. Your Breathwork Facilitator is there every step of the way to support, co-regulate and guide you through the process. Gentler modifications are offered for those experiencing sensitivities such as anxiety and recovering from trauma.

Breathwork is informed by nervous system and trauma research, various conscious breathwork practices and a variety of somatic therapies. For more info about conscious breathwork in general, visit International Breathwork Foundation