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What you'll get:
- Confirmation that this is a good fit
- Introduction to Breathwork
- Alignment on Goals
- Smiles and laughs
What is Breathwork?
Breathwork is the practice of using intentional, controlled breathing exercises to positively affect your physical, mental, and emotional state. As a mindfulness tool, practicing breathwork can be a wonderful aid in re-centering in the present moment. There are many types of breathwork which serve different purposes and offer unique physical and mental health benefits (we will touch on these below).
What Are the Benefits of Breathwork?
Breathwork has a wide range of mental and physical benefits. When practiced regularly, these are just some of the things that breathwork can help with:
- Reducing stress, anxiety, and anger by initiating the body’s relaxation response
- Activating the parasympathetic nervous system, which takes us out of fight-or-flight
- Fostering an increased mind-body connection
- Regulating stress hormones like cortisol
- Improving blood flow and oxygenation of blood — which boosts both energy and immune function
- Increasing sense of presence, self-awareness, self-acceptance, and inner peace
- Emotion and trauma release
- Increasing theta and delta brain waves, which correspond to states of receptivity, insight, intuition, and deeper sleep
- Reducing inflammation and pain
Breathwork Contraindications:
- Cardiovascular disease (angina, previous heart attacks, or strokes)
- Detached retina
- Glaucoma
- Aneurysm in brain or abdomen
- Kidney disease
- Severe Asthma
- Epilepsy
- Any other medical, physical or psychiatric condition which would impair or affect the ability to involve in deep physical and emotional release.