What is Breathwork?

During breathwork you intentionally change your breathing pattern. There are many forms of breathwork therapy that involve breathing in a conscious and systematic way. Many people find breathwork promotes deep relaxation or leaves them feeling energized.

Breathwork supports so many of the challenges everyone experiences. It reduces stress, creates feelings of openness, love, peace, gratitude, clarity, communication, and connection. Breathwork also helps release trauma or mental, physical, and emotional blocks, as well as anxiety, depression, fear, grief, and anger.

Breathwork, while a form of meditation, is done for healing and transformation. Meditation is more about present moment awareness and rooted in relaxation, and mental clarity.  While daily meditation can be transformative, breathwork is the fastest modality I have found to push through barriers, open up, and heal.

No. Though the breathing is rapid, you are NOT hyperventilating. The breath is done in a controlled way. If this is something that makes you feel uneasy, it is best to do your breathwork with a facilitator you feel safe with and who will guide you through the resistance. As I tell all of my clients, you are in control. This is your breath! It is up to you how deep or shallow you want to take the breath and how intense or subtle you would like the experience to be. The breath is the tool, not the ‘work’ itself.

You’ll be in ‘active breathing’, as described above, for 20-35 minutes depending on the length of the session. Trust me, this will feel like 5 minutes once it’s over. Then we move back to normal breath and integration. This is where I personally feel as though all the magic happens. Your body is open and expanded, you are connected to your highest self and an open channel for information, messages or just feelings of bliss. You will be tender and open following the session. I always recommend to go easy and be kind to yourself for the days following the session.