Breathwork
Without breath,
we are, without life.
It often goes unnoticed, all throughout our entire lives.
It’s not often we stop to acknowledge that, without breath, we are without life.
As we take our first breath, the foundation of how we expect to breath for the rest of our lives is formed. Though, throughout our lives, our breathing patterns are subject to change, on an almost daily basis. Though sometimes intentional, mostly involuntary.
When our breath is disrupted in an impactful and prolonged way, (mostly during a traumatic event where our fight or flight response is triggered) it will eventually cause our baseline breath to reconfigure to a new, altered breathing pattern.
Altered breathing patterns can have long term effects on our health. I have personal experience with this, before I was finally diagnosed with an accelerated breathing condition. The cause of an array of other previously undiagnosable conditions.
Breathwork allows us to intercept the mind on a subconscious level, allowing the possibility to release the cause of incorrect breathing patterns, reset them and allow the body to return to homeostasis.
It sounds a bit confusing.
Although there are many Breathwork modalities, we practice a connected circular breath.
Opening and expanding the airways, stimulating our nervous systems and allowing a unique opportunity to bridge a connection to our subconscious mind.
As humans, we have the ability to adapt to our surroundings.
To deal with trauma, this often looks like suppressing emotions and wounds, to function through life.
We know now, through advances in science along with more research, that the chemical release in response to our emotions, is in fact stored in our maya fascia (connective tissue) and held onto, possibly for the duration of our lives, most often causing chronic issues.
Breathwork is one of the very few practices, that can harness and encourage our body’s natural ability to heal itself. Accessing the subconscious, allowing us to tap into our stored emotions and release them.