Breathwork
Conscious Connected Breathing
Therapeutic Breathwork, or Conscious Connected Breathing is a practice developed to bring about deep change. By facilitating movement through the different kinds of repression that limit our ability to fully experience life; breathwork works to identify and integrate both the physical and psychic parts of ourselves. Modern trauma research confirms that repression lives in the body, on a deep level, sometimes hard to find; even in the most dedicated efforts to diagnose and treat.
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This style of Breathwork is akin to holotropic breathing; holotropic meaning “moving towards wholeness”. It is an active meditation, with the breath, that brings us into an expanded state of consciousness. In a cyclic, slightly-faster-than-normal-paced breathing pattern, we breathe to a set of curated musical accompaniment that supports and augments the experience.Therapeutic Breathwork is an effective and powerful tool for exploring ourselves; traversing the emotional, physical, and energetic bodies. This conscious practice allows what may be buried in the psyche, or embedded within the structure of the body, to arise and be processed in a safe and supportive container. It allows us to be in our bodies; held in a space of radical presence and Self-nurturing.
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Oftentimes we are left feeling lighter, spacious, grounded and aligned after the session. Breathwork is a powerful and accessible tool for those of us who struggle with anxiety, stress, depression, substance use, pain, grief, trauma, insomnia, and more. It is also a great tool for encountering the Self, ever-more intimately, while building self-love, agency, and empowerment. I’ve experienced Breathwork transform many lives, as it has my own.
I remind folks of three things in breathwork:
1. Always stay present with the breath. Observe the inhales and exhales.
2. Trust the process.
3. Surrender, surrender, surrender! Pain + Resistance = Suffering
Currently, I offer a sliding scale model.
60 min session $75-100
90 min session $125-150
If you need some ideas of where you fall in that range you can check out this piece by Alexis Cunningfolk http://www.wortsandcunning.com/blog/sliding-scale
If this scale is difficult for you during this time, let’s have a conversation about it. We can make it work.
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If you have been diagnosed with any SMI (serious mental illness), have traumatic brain injury, heart conditions or are pregnant please contact me prior to our first session to go over a breath style that will support you. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns please reach out.
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Please watch the breathwork introduction video below and reach out with any questions, comments, or concerns.​
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Mystic Mag included me with other leading breathwork facilitators in a great article on Breathwork and Trauma.
​https://www.mysticmag.com/online-therapy/experts-breathwork/
PREP & POST Session
This process can be slightly dehydrating, so drink some water before (not too much that you’ll have to pee during the session) and lots of water after. Wear something comfy, that you won't feel any restriction in.
Allow yourself some time post-session to slowly transition back into your world. If you can take the rest of the day to be with yourself, that’s great. I highly recommend to walk, bathe, eat nourishing food, connect with a friend, or find space alone, write, create art, whatever helps you to relax and integrate.