5 Important facts about Breathwork

There's so much information out there on the internet and social media about breathwork. Let me share with you the 5 most important facts about breathwork worth taking in on your journey:

💭There’s 𝐧𝐨 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤-𝐟𝐢𝐱

There's no quick-fix to whatever you change you’re longing for. Self-compassion and acceptance of your current state is always key in any process and will help you in supporting yourself to more freedom in the body and mind. ⁣
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💭The aim is 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬

We don't want to aim for cathartic releases in breathwork sessions, as social media sometimes seems to portray it: The aim is to meet you, your body and nervous system wherever you are right now. Feeling into the body and your breathing pattern, and gently with the right guidance in touch and words, support you to more freedom. If that involves an emotional release, wonderful, but we don’t mark it as the accomplishment of the session. Also knowing that the session works on a deeper subconscious level, even after the session. ⁣
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💭 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭

we tune in to which theme needs attention and do coaching beforehand, but we let ourselves be surprised by what comes up in the moment. We trust. There’s some mystery and magic involved in the journey. ⁣
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💭 Breathwork is not for everyone- or every situation

If you’re experiencing heightened states of stress, and you’re doing all the calming breathwork exercises, but they bring you the opposite of calm, no worries, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐨𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠. And in this way start building more safety in the body. Once the nervous system experiences more safety, you can return back to breathing exercises again.⁣ Breathwork is actually a high level modality- and it's there's no one size fits all.
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💭 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐝.

Balancing between Breath awareness & conscious breathing: the Yin & Yang aspects of this practice. There is a time to paddle your canoe, and there is a time to put your oars in the boat and let the river take you. ⁣
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