Breathwork can be a life-changing practice. In Alkhemical Breathwork we use primarily Conscious Connected Breathwork and Pranayama techniques, as well as somatic movement.
Research shows that breathing techniques can have a significant impact on our physical, spiritual and mental health, thanks to their purifying and energising effects.
Oxygen is what gives us life! It is what provides our organs with energy for all vital body functions to occur. Without that energy, these body functions can be significantly affected. Breathwork increases oxygen uptake and therefore also energy in the body.
With pranayama breathing we can learn to reset our nervous system, bringing calm and clarity to the mind, leading to a stability in our mental and energy bodies.
Breathwork can also be highly beneficial when we’ve experienced a shocking or traumatic event that has remained unprocessed. With Breathwork techniques we can provide space to the emotions and dynamics that manifest in us stemming from these experiences. Breathwork offers the mental, energetic or physical memory space to unravel. Deeper insights may arise and energy is freed up for any suppressed feelings to be expressed. This often comes with a feeling of empowerment and courage to be able to face those suppressed uncomfortable feelings and thoughts.
Breathwork is a valuable tool when it comes to shifting into living more from the universal consciousness. In other words, no longer identifying with body and mind, where our experiences are temporary and relative. Consciousness is absolute or universal. When we identify with concepts and labels that we put on ourselves, we create a sense of separation and of being incomplete, as we limit our experiences to the mind’s way of thinking.
To live more in that consciousness it would take bringing awareness to our experiences, and moving that awareness to go beyond the body and mind, tapping into the vast intelligence of the whole. We can cultivate living in that consciousness by mindfully slowing down, not doing, observing, relaxing and accepting life as it is, without resistance. When we allow ourselves to completely surrender we can begin to tune into this consciousness.
Are you called to reconnect with your life force through the breath?
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