Breathwork is a powerful and ancient practice that uses breathing techniques to activate various body systems and catalyze healing and transformation. In this article, learn about the style of breathwork I offer: circular connected breath. Discover its benefits for energy, peace, sleep, and nourishing many aspects of life. Familiarize yourself with what you may experience during a session. Understand the key practice of surrender and trust. Get informed about conditions that may not play nice with breathwork’s potency, and the modified technique that better fits in those cases. Let's delve into the transformative and healing medicine of breathwork.
Exploring the Power of Circular Connected Breathwork: A Journey Within
Breathwork is an ancient practice rooted in the understanding of the profound connection between breath, physical, and energetic systems, serves as a powerful tool for transformation. In this blog post, I'll explore circular connected breath, a technique that opens channels, moves body energies and offers numerous positive effects.
Potential Benefits of Circular Connected Breathwork:
- Energetic Lightness: Experience a profound sense of lightness, releasing stagnant energy.
- Positive Mood Enhancement: Boost positivity, fostering overall well-being and joy.
- Deep Peace and Grounding: Connect with inner calm, grounding yourself in the present moment.
- Enhanced Relaxation: Indulge in deep relaxation, melting away tensions and promoting tranquility.
- Increased Vitality and Focus: Ignite a surge of vitality, enhancing energy levels and sharpening focus for increased productivity, presence.
- Sensual Pleasure and Body Connection: Cultivate an enriched connection with your body, accessing increased sensuality and heightened pleasure.
Arc of a Guided Breathwork Session:
- Begin with a grounding meditation, then I guide you into circular connected breath technique.
- Gradually intensify breath with supporting music, crescendoing to a climax for energetic release.
- You may experience temperature shifts, tingling, and strong emotions during the session.
Your Tools for Navigating the Breathwork Experience:
- Embrace a mindset of surrender and trust: find and follow your body’s flow without forcing it.
- Observe resistance and expansion as a compassionate and curious witness to your experience.
- Allow the body's natural release without needing to understand every sensation.
Adjusting Your Breath:
- Treat your body as an instrument; you control the depth of your immersion, not the content.
- Honor your body's cues; do not force the breath.
- Communicate with me for support if needed during the session.
When to Use a Modified Technique:
- Breathwork is powerful medicine but may not be suitable for everyone.
- Examples of some conditions requiring a modified technique include:
- Pregnancy
- Cardiovascular problems
- High or abnormal blood pressure
- History of aneurysms, epilepsy, seizures, psychosis, paranoia
- On prescription medications
- Severe psychiatric conditions such as bipolar
- Currently untreated mental health conditions
- Osteoporosis
- Recent surgery
- Glaucoma
- An active addiction
- Emotional or spiritual crisis
- Unsure whether you should use a modified technique? Consult with your healthcare provider(s), check in with me before the session, and err on the side of caution.
Ready to dive in?
Embarking on a breathwork journey requires openness, trust, and a willingness to let go. You choose your own adventure, going as deep as you know you’re ready to. As your guide, I’ll support you as you delve into your inner landscape through this potent practice. Remember, the healing and transformation often lies in the surrender to the breath, let it and your body lead you home.
If you're interested in breathwork, sign up for a free initial connection call with me and we can go from there. I also offer periodic open group breathwork sessions: to get notified of upcoming sessions just subscribe to my mailing list at the bottom of this page.
Hall Nicholson is a Human Dynamics Navigator dedicated to guiding clients through the beautiful mess of inner and outer human dynamics with trust and intimacy. Rooted in a deep trust in clients' innate healing intelligence, Hall specializes in softening internal struggles, fostering self-trust, and reconnecting with body and emotion. Hall supports clients in courageously exploring their own inner landscape, deepening their capacity for authenticity and intimacy.