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Rhythmic Breathing Intermediate Level

by Susannah Kenton

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Type
guided
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Meditation
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Following on from Rhythmic Breathing for Beginners, this Intermediate track includes breath holds of 30’, 45’, 60’, and 1 min 30. The practice floods your cells with healing oxygen and improves your ability to handle stress. Practitioners report benefits for anxiety and depression, as well as for immune and cardiovascular health. This type of breath practice is often coupled with cold therapy to optimize the health rewards.

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Transcript

Welcome to this guided breathing practice inspired by the Wim Hof method.

Before we get into the rounds of breathing,

Just take a nice smooth breath in.

And let it go.

Just settling in and making yourself comfortable either seated or lying down.

And let's begin.

Taking nice full breaths.

Allowing the breath to travel right down into your belly.

Letting your belly expand with the in breath and settle back down again on the out breath.

And you can either follow the guided breath track or breathe in your own rhythm.

It really doesn't matter.

You can even try breathing in through your nose and out through your mouth if you like.

Now preparing for your first breath hold.

Taking a nice breath in and letting it out fully and hold for 30 seconds.

Almost done.

Take a deep breath in.

Holding for 15 seconds.

And let it go.

And just letting your breath come back to normal for a moment.

And now beginning round two.

And maybe you notice on this round that your breaths are becoming fuller.

Relaxing the muscles in your shoulders,

Your chest.

Relaxing your ribs.

Making space so that the breath flows easily in and out unhindered.

Coming up to the second breath hold.

Taking a nice full breath in.

And let it go.

Holding for 45 seconds.

Just relaxing and trusting the process.

Almost done.

In 5,

4,

3,

2,

And 1.

Take a deep breath in.

And hold for 15 seconds.

And breathe out.

And now let's do the third round.

And letting your breath permeate even deeper into your body.

Pouring out old and stagnant energy.

Using thought forms and beliefs that don't serve you.

Ready for the one minute breath hold.

So take in one more in breath.

And release it.

Breath hold.

Relaxing and going deeper.

Trusting your body and trusting the process.

Perhaps you feel a sense of lightness or tingling.

Maybe a feeling of spaciousness or freedom.

15 seconds left.

5 seconds left.

And take a breath.

And hold for 15 seconds.

And let it go.

Ready for the fourth and final round.

Allowing that oxygenated blood to move to wherever in your body it's most needed.

Bringing deep healing to your cells.

Helping you to feel more resilient and more lit from within.

And flooding your brain with feel good hormones.

And now we're preparing for the one minute 30 breath hold.

So take in one more in breath.

And release it.

Breath hold.

Boosting your immune strength every time you practice.

Bringing your body's systems into balance.

Activating your body's own blueprint for epic health and well-being.

And if you need to breath sooner that's fine.

You're doing well.

15 seconds left.

In 5,

4,

3,

2,

And 1.

Deep breath in and hold for 15 seconds.

And let it go.

Just allowing your breath to return to its normal rhythm.

Acknowledging yourself for taking this time to do your breath practice.

And as Wim would say,

All the power,

All the love.

Take a breath in and hold for 15 seconds.

Thank you.

You

Meet your Teacher

Susannah KentonChristchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

4.9 (386)

Recent Reviews

Steve

October 18, 2025

Great practice, didn't quite make the last round but early days

Sara

October 9, 2025

One of the best breathwork sessions I’ve ever participated in. Thank you

Carlos

May 16, 2025

Great peaceful breath work meditation. I would be very happy if you'd consider recording a longer, more challenging one. I do this one twice and it's still somewhat easy Many thanks!

Michele

April 15, 2025

This is a lovely guided practice. Thank you for sharing it.

Jay

February 28, 2025

I used to take ten deep bresths upon awakening to quell ruminating. SK s practice was vastly better Thank you!!!

Becky

February 6, 2025

Wonderful! Breath track, music and gentle instructions 😌Thank you for keeping it simple. 💜

Don

January 8, 2025

Well structured and designed love ❤️ the energy and space you are creating 🙏🏼

Heidi

November 25, 2024

When I do a breath practice I usually do it first thing in the morning. Today I did it in the early evening, which was remarkably good as well. Thank you🌷

Ginger

February 9, 2024

I’ll be doing this again. Simple, quick and effective. Thank you!

jesse

January 30, 2024

I’m a greatful humble Christian actor singer with kindness courage and a purpose to heal and inspire people amen and so it is

Anna

January 2, 2024

Absolutely loved this practice and will come back to it

Kirsty

December 1, 2023

Absolutely wonderful! A perfect balance (for me) of challenging without causing too much discomfort. Thank you

Dhan

September 1, 2023

Amazing, invigorating, empowrring and balancing practice ! Namaste 🙏🏼💚☮️

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