What is Breathwork?
"Deliberately shifting breathing patterns changes how the brain functions quickly and potently."
- Andrew Huberman, Neuroscientist at Stanford University
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Breathwork is a collection of breathing techniques that allow you to move between different nervous system states. It has been described as psychotherapy through the body rather than language.
What is the impact:
Physiological: it can lead to a more regulated nervous system (relief from stress and anxiety) and help with digestion
Psychological: it can make the unconscious conscious and lead to a better understanding of your own behavioural patterns, and empower you to change them
Altered states of consciousness: for some, it can lead to altered states of consciousness where memories surface, trauma or emotions are released, and some report “spiritual" experiences or a sense of oneness
Your role vs the facilitator’s role:
It is your session, and what arises comes from you
The facilitator is there to hold space and guide you through verbal cues and body touch and h
"The breath is the intersection of the body and mind."
- Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen Master
The only controlable system in the autonomic nervouse system is the respitory sytem: the breath.
Source: The Movement Paradigm
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