Transforming BreathWORK Unpacked
For those who are planning to attend a Breathwork Session and you can't make the time to watch the Transformational Breathwork Unpacked Course below.
IGotchu!
5 minute breathing session to re-set your nervous system. Second one, Motivation and "Felt Sense" Visualization.
I highly recommend RJ Spina's book "Supercharged Self-Healing". Below are two meditations RJ put in this book that are powerful ways to direct Intelligent Energy for self healing. I put them to music and added a couple of things. Music is Remko Arentz from Album "Carriers of Sound" and Brad Johnsons Chakra Frequency Solfeggio Tone. For both meditations, sit comfortably with feet on the floor and hands gently resting palms up on your thighs. Eye cover and headphones would be excellent as well. 🙏❤️
For your safety and in order that you get the fullest experience possible before joining a Breathwork Session completing the above videos is HIGHLY ENCOURAGED. BUT.. I understand we all live in a very fast paced world! So I have made it easy with the information below. Please read below and then sign my Waiver. Click on the link to read and sign the waiver. Noone may attend without these. 😘🙏
I hope you will watch my course above when you have time! It’s super important that you understand what you are here to do. In the case you are overwhelmingly busy though, I also am including this here as a quick read to re-cap before you get started on your exciting journeys into transformation! I am so excited you are jumping into this amazing container of transformational breathwork!
Before we dive into the practical aspects of breathwork, I want to share a little bit about my personal journey and how the power of breath has profoundly impacted my life. All my life I have worked to clear my self from childhood trauma influences. I have found many modalities that helped. Yet after doing a treatment, I still felt frozen in my body. In January 2024 I tried out transformational breathwork and found it to be profoundly helpful in moving stuck energy out of my body and energy field. Through breath, I have found deep healing, reconnecting with my true self and inner peace. Breathwork offers a path to real freedom in the body, helping release trauma—whether inherited or personal—by clearing tension and bringing lasting peace. I found that my breath became a source of deep inner healing, allowing me to release pent-up emotions, old wounds, and traumas that had been holding me back for far too long. It is like a gentle but powerful force that helps me reconnect with my true self and find peace amidst all the chaos. It truly feels like magic. It took me long enough! But I am eternally grateful I found it. I find I do resist doing it. But once I get started that resistance melts away and I find my body and subconscious leaning in. This work has been so powerful that I decided to become a coach, sharing breathwork as a tool for processing emotions and experiences. I am embarking on this career as a breath coach because I want to empower people to tap into the incredible potential of what can happen when you get out of your head and down into your body.
The power of Somatic healing & Trauma release
One of the most powerful aspects of breathwork is its capacity for somatic healing and trauma release. Our bodies hold onto memories, emotions, and past experiences, and they get locked up in our muscles and tissues and then manifests in our life as tension, stress, anxiety, overwhelm, all the things so many of us struggle with day-to-day.
Generational & Ancestral Trauma
What most people don’t understand about trauma is its generational. Science has actually proven it’s handed down as many as 4 generations or more. Some of you may have had a relatively easy childhood but think about everything all your ancestors went through; all the war, famine, poverty, oppression, discrimination. It’s a lot. And now you carry it around in your DNA as cellular memory. Looked at through that lens it’s easy to start to connect the dots of why our world is going through so much drama at the moment. It’s just generations of unprocessed trauma at scale. But here’s the good news… through doing transformational breathwork we have the opportunity to break through these old inherited patterns… By leveraging our breath we can unlock all that trapped energy, allowing it to surface, be acknowledged, and ultimately be released. This isn’t just for us, it’s for future generations. See how big that is? Once you move beyond the limitations imposed by these past traumas and emotional baggage, is real freedom in your body. Total liberation. But here’s the tricky part…it takes work. it takes leaning into some discomfort. But I promise you on the other side of the struggle it’s going to be worth it. After all, it’s just deep breathing for a little over 45 minutes. If you can get through all the crazy challenges you’ve been through in your life, you can get through this no problem. So decide right now that when things start to get uncomfortable you’re going to lean in, not out. The more you breathe deep, and stay with it, the more you will unlock the hidden mysteries of your body and subconscious. This type of breathwork is not a relaxing thing (until afterwards). But this breathwork IS a beautiful thing for you to do for yourself, and after the deep breathing, you do definitely feel relaxed and blissed out.
Overcoming Blocks or Fears
Here’s one thing that happens sometimes. We may decide that we’re going to lean in and go deep, but we’ve all got these blocks that live inside of our bodies. These blocks present themselves as shallow breathing. If you find yourself breathing shallow this is going to be a nice meditation, at best. So, if you feel that happening, then that means you need to flex your will and override the shallow breath by coming back to nice deep, full breaths.
Depth Over Speed
It’s not about the speed of your breath in any given session. It’s about the depth. Even a nice slow, deep, full breath is enough to activate your system and unlock a powerful experience. So, just focus on taking big full deep breaths from start to finish. The deeper you breathe, and maybe just a little faster, the more opportunity you give your body to release and just remember one very important thing.
The Importance of Feeling Safe
You are safe. Breathwork has been deemed a safe practice by the scientific community. As long as you are fit to practice, and we’re going to go over the contraindications in a minute, then the worst thing that can happen is you faint, which is quite rare. Even if you were to faint, laying down on your back is the safest place for that to happen. But don’t worry, like I mentioned this is very rare, and as long as you don’t push yourself past your limits then there’s absolutely nothing that can go wrong. So just make sure to keep coming back to that felt sense of safety in your body.
Self-Modulation
One very important thing to remember is you are the captain of your own experience. You’re in full control. You have the ability to go deeper if you want, by breathing deeper, or slowing it down by taking what’s called a “Reset Breath.” If you start to feel like it’s too much at any point, simply close your mouth and start breathing through your nose. This is going to reset your system back to a parasympathetic rest and relax state in just a few breaths and then when you feel ready you can come back in. You’re in FULL control. Just remember that. And just remember your mantra is, I'm safe. I'm safe. I'm safe. Because this isn't like ayahuasca. It's not like psychedelics. When you're in one of those plant medicine trips there's no off button. If it's going sideways, you got to ride it out. In breath work, if things start to feel a little bit tricky on the inside, you can pull yourself out. It's called self-modulation. Close your mouth, breathe in through your nose nice, slow, deep breaths into your belly. Activate that calm parasympathetic rest and digest. And then you come can back in when you feel safe. If you feel like you can really get into it, you go a little bit deeper, a little bit faster. Really drop in and go for it. But for whatever reason, if you feel like you're losing connection with that felt sense of safety, slow it down, pull yourself out, and come back in when you're ready.
Physical, Mental, & Emotional Preparedness
Let me walk you through a few elements of this experience so you can feel safe and ready no matter what comes up. There’s a physical, mental and emotional aspect to somatic breathwork.
Feeling Safe
Breathwork has been recognized as a safe practice, and as long as you’re in good health, it’s a risk-free experience. If you feel any discomfort, take a “reset breath” by breathing in through your nose. Return to a calm state and join back in when you feel ready. Self-Modulation: You’re always in control. If things feel too intense, simply take a few slower, gentler breaths to reset. This “self-modulation” technique lets you adjust the intensity of your experience, moving in and out as needed. If things feel overwhelming, you can even close your mouth and breathe through your nose to calm your system before diving back in when you’re ready.
Contraindications
I have gone into these in great depth in my course but to re-cap here - please take note if you have any of the following:
1. Cardiovascular related health issues? Low or high blood pressure? Hypertension?
2. Anyone pregnant? Doing this breathwork when pregnant is dangerous. Please breathe through your
nose. Pregnant women have had releases even just LISTENING to the journey and breathing
normally.
3. Asthma? Please have your inhaler with you in case you need it.
4. History of epilepsy or seizures?
5. Just got out of a recent surgery.
6. On any heavy-duty medications?
7. Have any diagnosed mental health issues? (i.e. schizophrenia, bipolar, etc.)
If yes to any of these, you can still get a LOT out of this type of breathwork. Essentially, what you're going to be doing is, instead of breathing in through your mouth, you can breathe in nice and slow, gentle breath through your nose. You want to feel into when you feel safe, if you feel safe enough to breathe a little bit deeper, a little bit fuller, it's okay. But if you have any of those health conditions, please just go really light and very gentle and listen to the intelligence of your body. Breathe in a slower, gentler way through your nose, and tune in to your body’s needs. If you get the signal that it’s ok to breathe through your mouth, trust your bodies’ intelligence. But pay attention to warning signs, and if need be, return to breathing through your nose.
Technique Instructions EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!
First thing you want to make sure you’re laying down flat or in a super comfortable reclined posture. A yoga mat, sofa, or even your bed is completely fine. Make sure you don’t have a big pillow behind your head, a small one is OK. Place one hand on your belly and one hand on your chest. The first breath is going to be a nice big full breath and you’re going to pull it down into your belly, down into your lower diaphragm - and really make sure you can feel your belly expand. This is how you know you’re breathing deep enough, you then pull the breath into your upper chest, and feel your chest flare out a bit. Then the exhale is just a relaxation, release and let go without force. Once you get into it, it should feel less like two parts and more like a wave. If for whatever reason breathing down into your belly OR into your upper chest feels challenging or uncomfortable - you can just focus on taking nice big full deep breaths in and let the breath go wherever it wants naturally. In transformational breathwork we breathe in through our mouth , (unless you fall under one of the contraindications) which allows for more oxygen intake and faster activation, but if mouth breathing feels very uncomfortable you can always shift to breathing in through your nose. Don’t overcomplicate or overthink the technique! No one is going to do it perfectly! Just do your best. Remember the most important thing is taking in nice big DEEP breaths on every inhale and relaxing and letting it fall away on every exhale. You can start nice and slow in the beginning but keep it deep, and then as the musical intensity builds up you can breathe a little bit faster and a little bit deeper. Just remember you’re in full control and you’re safe.
The Scream
A very important part of this experience is you’re going to build up the energy and then do a guided big breath hold followed by a massive somatic release loud scream. Sometimes two screams in a session! This releases a huge amount of pent-up energy from the body, like an “atom bomb” of energy being released from the body. Trust me—you don’t want to skip this part. It’s insanely powerful so really lean into the scream when it comes! It’s an incredibly freeing experience, so lean into it and let yourself go. In a group session we’re going to raise the roof! In some sessions, we’ll also use a breath hold and release with a sigh instead of a scream, and you’ll be guided through it. For those in an online session, if you’re not in an environment where you can scream, then just have a pillow nearby and when the scream comes just scream into a pillow.
Final Preparation
Internet Connection
Unfortunately, even though I have Starlink Internet, sometimes the signal drops for a few seconds, if this happens, just keep breathing until the sound comes back in. After the session ends, we will linger together for optional sharing. For those on a Zoom call, if you are still in your process please continue to process. No need to come back at all.
Integration
Remember to pay attention to your body, dreams, and feelings over the next few days after a session. You may also get a little cold or sore throat or feel achy. If this happens, pamper yourself and celebrate! The lymph system is the buffer between the body and the subconscious. It means you are releasing and integrating the release of harmful energy patterns! It’s your body’s way of clearing out what’s no longer needed. Get a massage, take a bath, rest, meditate, talk with a friend, go for a gentle walk in nature; anything you can do to process, pamper, and acknowledge yourself!
What to bring
A water bottle and if you tend to run cold, a blanket. I have thin blankets which, for some, may not be enough.
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Sending love from above through my heart to yours! As we say in our breathwork tribe, “I’ll see you on the other side”. ❤️
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