Breathwork - Inner Peace

Breathe, expand and reconnect with yourself! This powerful breathwork practice includes a mouth breathing technique that may not be suitable for some health conditions such as untreated cardiovascular and blood pressure conditions, epilepsy, recent surgery, and mental health conditions. If you have contraindicated conditions or would like a more relaxing experience, breathe gently through your nose for this part. Always listen to your body and do what is right for you. Sometimes less is more.

Transcript

Welcome to your breathing practice.

Taking the time to set yourself up fully so you can be really comfortable and not disturbed.

Maybe you'd like to move your body a little bit before you come into stillness.

A little shake,

A little tap,

A wiggle,

A shuffle.

Whatever you need to feel really comfortable in your body and prepared for this breath session.

We create this sacred space.

A space to breathe a container that is safe,

That is sacred,

That is held.

And tuning in now to how you're feeling.

What is happening in your body today in this moment?

Notice if there are any thoughts present floating in and floating out.

Pay attention to how you're feeling emotionally.

Being okay with whatever is present for you here now.

The invitation is to connect with your inner resource.

This can be a part of your body that feels safe and at ease.

As you tune into your body,

You might notice there is somewhere in your body that is a point of connection that you can come back to at any point through this practice or at any time.

And you need to feel a sense of ease and safety.

Feeling of resilience and strength.

Your inner resource might not be in your body,

It might be an image in your mind,

A place in nature.

It could be anything really.

Something that you can lean into whenever you need.

Coming now into the center point of your chest,

Your heart space.

And sending your breath in here,

Breathing in with an emphasis in the center of your chest,

Allowing the rib cage to really open as you breathe slowly,

Softly,

Easily here.

And as you focus your awareness and your attention on this part of your body,

You're invited to set an intention for yourself for this breath session.

Why are you breathing?

What would you like to experience?

What would you like to know,

Feel,

Let go of?

What are you calling in?

Take it a minute or so to feel into your intention.

When you found it,

Really hold it in your mind and imagine your breath is fueling the flames,

Amplifying the energy of your intention.

Feeling your intention in your body,

Really alive for you in this moment.

It's totally fine if nothing came to you.

It's all perfect.

And with your next exhalation,

Allowing your intention to soften away,

To fall away as we prepare to breathe.

And know that through this journey,

This is your process.

You have full agency.

You can dial your journey up by breathing a little faster,

A little bigger.

You can dial it down by slowing it down and sometimes breathing through the nose if we're doing mouth breath can really soothe the system.

It's like pulling the parachute cord and inviting the body to come into a calm,

Quiet space.

So know you can do this at any point.

And know also that as I guide you through this process,

I'll bring words in,

A gift language to the journey,

You can tune out and do your own thing.

You don't need to listen,

Might not resonate with you.

And likewise,

I'll be offering and inviting different breath patterns.

But if you like the one that you're doing and want to stay with it,

Do that.

Or if you want to try something else,

Or if you simply want to lay still and be and not even do any of the breath techniques,

You're so welcome to.

Really listen to and honour yourself in this process.

As you let all of those words go now,

Come into breathing,

Beginning to lengthen and deepen your breath in through the nose and out through the nose.

Finding a gentle rhythm.

And then we adjust the dial a little for this breathing.

And the inhalation is quite active,

It's quite open and dynamic and the exhalation falls away and softens out.

And there's no pause between the top of the in breath and the bottom of the out breath.

Like it circles around.

Explore now the depth and the rhythm for you with this breath,

It might sound a little bit like this.

With the out breath blurring and blending to the in breath,

In breath melting to the out breath.

Inducing up that inhalation,

Making it more active.

And letting the out breath fall away,

Simply soften.

Breathe in this way for a couple of minutes.

So taking the time to set up with your rhythm,

The cadence of your breath.

See how it feels,

Explore a little bit here.

We're at the beginning of the journey,

Doesn't need to be too intense to begin with,

Nice to start slow and easy into the breath as we commence with our journey.

And feeling how the body breathes itself in this way,

It's a reciprocal relationship with the breath coming in,

Going out.

Feeding,

Fueling the body,

Releasing,

Letting go,

This magic,

Mysterious breath.

Finding three more breaths in this pattern now.

Really letting go on the out breath.

And then when you've finished your third breath,

Restoring your breathing to its natural rhythm.

And notice how it feels,

How do you feel,

What's happening in your body?

Our next breath pattern is the dragon breath,

Which is two in through the nose and a sigh or a ha out through the mouth.

It might sound a little like this.

Commencing with this breath now,

Again,

This activity on that inhalation,

Belly,

Chest,

And then letting go with the out breath,

Forcing or pushing,

It melts away and takes care of itself.

You might explore making more sound with your out breath.

See how that feels.

It's such a powerful place to release through when we breathe out,

We make sound.

It's going to be very healing,

Very cathartic.

Great letting go tool to use the exhalation and sound.

Let some things go.

Finding your rhythm with this breath,

The medicine of this breath.

Two more minutes here.

There's more stimulating or activating.

It's a little fiery,

This dragon breath.

You can dial it up,

You can dial it down,

Have a play.

You might like to move your body,

Move your animal body with this breath.

Knowing that you are powerful,

You're using your breath to power up your body,

To explore and invoke different states.

It's magic stuff.

Keep the breath now,

Not long.

Taking three more powerful dragon breaths,

Amplifying that in breath,

Softening letting go through your out breath.

Coming back into a relaxed,

Natural breath now.

A light,

Slow,

Deep breath.

Feeling what you feel,

Notice what you notice.

It's all okay.

We begin now with our most dynamic breathing pattern,

Which is in through the mouth and out through the mouth in a conscious connected cycle.

You can feel the air travelling over the throat,

There's really a raspy quality to it.

Like a bellows,

Everything opens wide and then the letting go that happens naturally and the exhalation softens.

No pushing,

No forcing.

This breath will take us into the peak of our journey now,

So the speed,

The rhythm of it,

That is up to you.

You're not here to hyperventilate and push things.

And you're also invited to be dynamic with this pattern,

Explore your edge and replace your safety,

Knowing that you are resourced and there is space to explore,

To grow,

To power into.

You have everything that you need in you.

Now the breath to take you where you need to go,

Where you can go.

Welcoming whatever arises,

Any movement,

Sound,

Emotions,

Whatever is coming up for you.

Or perhaps it's stillness or nothingness.

Your journey is different and it's okay,

It's all welcome here and you are welcome here.

With your powerful,

Beautiful,

Healing breath.

It's our own song that will heal us and we were never broken.

Keep breathing now.

And open.

Soften,

Let go.

Allowing the energy to build,

Dynamic energy,

Activating energy.

Consciously in your body,

Breathing into your feet,

Breathing into your legs,

Breathing into your torso,

Your arms,

Your hands,

Your head,

Breathing into the whole of your body.

And allowing the body to simply be breathed.

And we have a little more time here,

Time to play,

To explore,

To be curious.

Whatever arises.

You are so held,

You are so slow.

Listen to yourself in this process.

Listen to yourself.

Deeply.

What would you like to be known right now?

What would you like to be loved?

What would you like to be loved?

Three more breaths now.

Letting go,

Coming into natural aware breath,

Gentle light breath.

Being for a moment here.

It is with you,

It is the communion of your life,

It is in power.

Feel it,

Feel the color.

Feel the color.

Witnessing your experience from the inside,

Feeling what is happening.

Like a snow globe has been shaken up a little perhaps.

Let all the snow,

The sparkles settle around and within.

As you come into a light,

Slow,

Deep breath.

Nothing to do,

Nowhere to go.

Just here.

Take the gentle movement of the tide,

The ocean coming in and going out.

The last breathing pattern is a soothing calming pattern.

Breathing in for a count of about five and breathing out for a count of about five or six,

Might be a little longer.

Very slow,

Deep,

Open breath.

And a long,

Releasing exhalation.

Still deliberate,

Still takes a little energy to do this breath.

Letting your nervous system know,

It is time to soothe,

Time to calm down.

So you recalibrate the body once more.

Take three more of these very deep,

Long breaths.

And letting go back to your natural breathing rhythm,

A light,

Slow,

Deep breath.

You might take these next few minutes to just be with yourself,

Be with whatever your experience was,

Supporting integration and assimilation.

And tune back into your original intention and see how that feels for you now,

Recalling any insights or anything that came up for you through the journey.

So you can bring it all back home.

Really feeling into your body now,

Feeling into sense of grounding through your feet,

Through the bones in your feet,

The soles of your feet.

Feeling into your legs,

Strong legs,

Grounded legs,

Feeling a sense of your pelvis,

Your lower belly,

Lower back,

Moving up to your ribs,

Your upper back,

Shoulders.

Really making some movement here,

Feeling your arms and your fingers and the palms of your hands,

Perhaps gently moving your neck to look side to side.

Coming right back into this moment,

If you haven't already,

It could be time to open your eyes and to look around the space.

What do you notice?

The flavour of your environment,

The textures,

The colours.

And feeling and hearing the sounds,

Different layers of sounds within and without.

If you feel it's time to come into completion now with this practice,

Let's take three breaths together,

Breathing in deeply,

Breathing out.

Breathing in,

Breathing out,

Breathing in and breathing out.

Ensuring that you take very good care of yourself after this practice,

Doing things that are grounding,

Perhaps you might like to journal or do some art or movement or connect with nature.

Eat some grounding foods or make sure you drink lots of water to support your body.

Thank you so much for practicing and working with the magic of breath.

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Reviews

Very relaxing ☺️

I feel at peace. Thank you...

“As within, so without, as above, so below, as the universe, so the soul.”

That was amazing. Thanks for all the reminders about staying with my experience, what was right in the moment for each practice. Dragon breath my favourite, really helped having gone through (and still am) experiencing back to back stressful situations. I will definitely return to this.

Felt tingly & energized afterward. Thank you 🙏🏼

Very relaxing

Lovely. Calming and energizing. Felt supported by your voice and the sounds. Thank you.

The background music was ethereal, I got pulled deep into the meditation right from the beginning. Very very relaxing !