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Breathwork for Every Day
You've heard the buzz about breathwork. Everyone from your yoga teacher to your favourite wellness influencer seems to be raving about its benefits. Less stress, better sleep, improved focus – the list goes on and on. But with so many different techniques and practices out there, it's easy to feel a bit overwhelmed. Where do you even start?
The good news is, you don't need to retreat to a mountaintop or master complex breathing patterns to experience the power of breathwork. Simple, accessible techniques can be seamlessly woven into your everyday life, offering support and balance amidst the hustle and bustle.
Neuroception and Breathwork
Neuroception, an idea rooted in Stephen Porges' Polyvagal Theory, offers a framework for understanding how our nervous system unconsciously assesses safety and threat in our environment, shaping our physiological and behavioural responses. The interplay between our nervous system and our perception of the world has huge implications for how we experience the world and how we respond to breathwork practices.
Breath Awareness: the Foundation of All Breathwork
The train's crowded, the air feels heavy, and your mind is racing. It's just another stressful morning commute. You notice you are holding your breath. You take a deep breath. In, and out. You feel the air fill your lungs, your chest expanding and then falling. The world seems to slow down for a moment. Your thoughts settle, and a sense of calm washes over you. You've just tapped into the power of breath awareness.
Myths and Truths about Breathwork
Breathwork classes and workshops seem to be popping up everywhere lately. From trendy city studios to peaceful online retreats, it feels like everyone's talking about the power of conscious breathing. And with this newfound popularity come some pretty big promises – less stress, healed trauma, even a deeper spiritual connection. It's exciting to see breathwork getting attention, but it's important to be realistic too. Some of these claims might be a little too good to be true, and it can be hard to know what to believe, especially when you are first starting off.
Everyone Starts at the Same Place
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
Jennifer Kitzman
For the past several months, I have been toggling between two roles: student and teacher. I have been a student in a year long Breathwork Facilitator training program and at the same time, I have been a Teacher Trainer for S Factor, a feminine movement practice I have been involved with for over ten years.
Breathwork and the Nervous System
Your nervous system is a vast communication network within your body, responsible for everything you feel, think, and do. It's divided into two main parts: the central nervous system (your brain and spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous system (all the nerves that branch out from your brain and spinal cord). The autonomic nervous system (ANS) is a key part of this peripheral system, and it's the one in charge of all the automatic functions you don't have to think about
10 Life-Changing Benefits of Breathwork You Didn't Know About
At Breathing Space, we have a bit of an obsession with the breath. Breathwork, the practice of conscious and controlled breathing, offers an easy to access gateway to a world of benefits and transformations.
While stress reduction and improved sleep are well-known advantages, breathwork has a plethora of other surprising and powerful effects on our physical, emotional, and even spiritual well-being. Let's explore ten of these life-changing benefits that might just leave you breathless:
How to Prepare for Your First Breathwork Retreat: A Beginner's Guide
Your first breathwork retreat is an exciting opportunity for profound self-discovery and healing. It's a chance to connect with the power of your own breath, release what no longer serves you, and step into your full potential. We understand that stepping into a new experience can bring up a mix of emotions. That's perfectly natural. This guide is here to gently support you, offering practical tips and insights to help you prepare so you can fully embrace the transformative journey ahead.