Shutting down the sympathetic nervous system (stressed out brain) to return the body to a resting, healing state

Being able to connect to your intuition

Feeling more clarity throughout your day

Healing emotions/tension the body has stored over time

Being able to make decisions clearly

Being able to address patterns and triggers in your life with more grace, ease and confidence

Physiological changes you may or may not experience during breathwork:

Drop or increase in body temperature

Temporary muscle stiffness (tetany)

Ringing in the ears

Crying

Laughing

Changing pH levels of blood

Consistency is key to sustainable transformation! Developing a practice that you do daily with frequent reinforcements with a practitioner is key to building a different nervous system that can hold your changes you are creating.

The breathwork style I practice has been around since ancient times and was reintroduced to our modern society by David Elliott.

The work is done while lying down, eyes closed (or open, closed is preferred).

You will inhale once with your belly, once with your chest, then exhale deeply. That’s it!

Sounds easy enough, right? Well - this is an active meditation and the brain will do anything (I mean anything… finding something itchy, making you fidget, thinking of your email or laundry list, creating excuses like saying you’re too tired, or thinking its not working so may as well give up, etc etc) to try to get you to stop. The brain does this because it doesn’t want the stress part of the brain to shut off; it thinks it is protecting you from something. We spend about 90% of our day in that reactionary, subconscious part of our brain, by the way.

Once you push through this uncomfortable part and keep breathing, the feelings you will feel in your body can be quite unique and powerful.

First we’ll chat about some things in your life that feel stuck or icky. We’ll talk about any emotions you’re moving through, triggers you are dealing with, or even health ailments.

We will set an intention for your breathwork session (basically what you want to focus on healing or changing in your life).

Then, I’ll demonstrate the breathing technique so you know what to do (don’t worry, I’ll be there to remind you if you forget :)).

You’ll then get cozy with a blanket and an eye cover if you like. I’ll guide you to begin breathing for around 17 minutes (times can vary depending on our session).

During this time I may do some energetic clearing around you if I feel anything coming up. I may also burn palo santo, sage or use essential oils to aid the clearing process (I never touch you or do any of this without consent!).

Once you have completed the active breathing, I will guide you to begin breathing normally. You’ll lie there in your zen’d out state for about ten minutes to integrate anything that came up for you and to let your newly aligned body chilllllll out. I may pull a card for you during this time.

After, you can feel free to journal any insights you may have had during your session and we can talk about anything you would like to.

That’s it!