Before breathwork I wasn't sure how to move emotion. I wasn't sure what to do when I felt anxious, sad, overwhelmed or numb, and I seemed to just sit in those emotions, watching them compound upon one another.
I kept hearing " you need to feel it to heal it," but I just seemed to FEEL it. Over and over, with no end in sight.
My emotions weren't always super intense, but often something was a bit off. You know when you'd love to cry, but the tears aren't there yet? Or you have an anxious vibe that doesn't seem connected to anything, yet you can't shake it?
These are the kinds of states that breathwork can help you to work through and release. Along with the deeper, heavier emotions. The ones that stop you in your tracks and keep you from doing your true Work in the world.
I love breathwork because we don't always have to get into the spinning story of the mind; we can simply work with the body and breath, and allow emotions, sounds and movements to bubble up, move through, and BE GONE.
It took me a couple of tries with breathwork to really get it. I worried that I was getting it wrong, that suddenly I didn't know how to breathe. I was freaked out by the idea of making noise or being "weird."
Then, on my third round of breathwork: everything changed. I felt waves and ripples of energy move through me. I cried, yelled into a pillow, and laughed, not knowing the reason, and not needing to know. Afterward I felt lighter, free from stuck emotion, and had direct access to an inspiration that felt divine.
I use breathwork whenever I'm feeling stuck. I might do 10 minutes to feel a little freer in my body and mind; I'll do an hour to go deep and shake loose of something heavy.
Breathwork is a simple tool that involves manipulation of the breath pattern and speed. Breathing using this method helps you to access your body, and therefore the unconscious mind.
Having someone guide your breathwork session makes a world of difference. In these sessions we'll go slow, we'll get resourced, and we'll breathe together to make lasting changing in our lives.