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INTEGRATIVE
BREATHWORK Today we have
found that the practices of these
ancient people create optimal conditions for experiencing greater
health and
wellbeing – physically, emotionally and spiritually.
The explosion of hatha yoga across the In the 1970’s
Leonard Orr ‘pioneered’ a breathing
process he called ReBirthing. Working
with different patterns of breath he
was able to guide participants through an altered state where they had
an
opportunity to re-experience their birth.
The underlying psychology/philosophy was that birth
is a trauma and that
we are all significantly traumatized during the process. Re-Birthing is
a way
to heal that original trauma contained in our cellular memory. According to the yogi’s (and others) our
cellular memory creates suffering in our lives.
Breathwork is a way to purify, soothe, and heal
cellular memory. It goes beyond the couch,
beyond talk
therapy, beyond religion, culture, and socio-economic status. Breath
Connects
Us All. Stanislov Grof continued to explore the possibilities of
breathwork and began to
train others in
his methodology called Holotropic Breathing. (http://www.holisticmed.com/inner/breath/holotropic.html#history) In addition, I’d like to refer you
to the
work of Alexander Lowen in his book on Bioenergetics, groundbreaking
work on
the mind/body continuum. My own
experience with breathwork began when I
learned Lamaze breathing techniques for Natural Childbirth in 1969. I became fascinated at the process. Since
beginning my yoga teacher training in 1999, I have researched,
participated and
facilitated hundreds of others in various forms of breathwork. I am humbled and awed by the process. It
amazes me that something as simple as breathing can have such profound
effects
on our state of being. Essentially
Integrative Breathwork can be thought
of as a healing process that engages the mind, body and spirit to
cleanse away
toxic patterns of being. Shedding the old thereby supports and
facilitates new,
healthy fulfilling goals and conscious choices. By creating a mild,
non-ordinary state of consciousness integrative breathwork illuminates
all the
different aspects of who you are. Practiced within a safe therapeutic
setting
and with proper guidance, breathwork carries us into whatever dimension
of
consciousness we need to visit in order to heal or broaden.
If you’d
like more information or to schedule an appointment please contact
me. I will be happy to provide you with
referrals & additional resources. From
time to time I offer workshops that include an experience of
Integrative Breathwork. Please visit the schedule page to see if
one is coming up. |
