Active Breathwork Practice For Embodiment

This breathwork practice begins with a few minutes of grounding and arrival, allowing you to settle into your body and create a sense of safety before we transition into 10 minutes of active breathwork. The technique is a two-part breath: first inhaling deeply into the belly, then taking a second sip of air into the chest, followed by a full exhale out the mouth. This embodied practice is designed to help move and transform stored emotions and feelings through the body. The breath pattern is intentionally up-regulating rather than down-regulating, meaning it stimulates the nervous system and can activate physical, mental, and emotional states. Please do not practice if you are currently pregnant or have a history of severe asthma or epilepsy, high blood pressure, or heart or lung complications.

Transcript

Hello. Welcome in. Today we're going to be doing a little breathing work together. So find yourself in a space that you can ground down within. A space to call back your energy from earlier today, Whatever you were doing just before this moment. And so finding a place of stillness, Allowing yourself to just arrive. So that might look like moving the body, Wringing out the wrists, The neck, Breathing into the shoulders, Breathing into the back of the body, And breathing into the feet. And so we'll begin by just noticing the sits bones or the point of connection at which whatever is holding you begins to extend like a cord of light or four roots from a tree system, Moving deep within and down to the center and the core of earth. And from this space beginning to bring up and run earth energy through your roots, Up through your being, Grounding and connecting in with mother earth. And this might be a color, A frequency, As though this is a stem drinking up the water, Nourishing, Hydrating through your being. And now gently opening up to the top of your head, Bringing your awareness to this point. And beginning to rise the cord above you, Your ascension cord up into the cosmos, The sky, Into source light, Source energy. I'm pulling down, Calling in down and through this golden ray of light moving through you, Passing through down into the earth. And so we'll begin breathing together by honoring the breath. We acknowledge that the body continuously breathes throughout the day without our conscious awareness needing to focus. And by bringing the awareness to focus in on the breath, We reconnect with the magical innate intelligence from within and we co-create something greater. And so today's session is going to be a two-part breathing cycle. And so what that means and what that would sound like is breathing into the belly and then breathing a second breath into the chest and then out the mouth. And so beginning to notice yourself in the breath, Starting to breathe into the belly, Into the chest, And out the mouth. And just continuing with this slow pattern as you breathe down and in, Breathing up and out. And moving at this slow pace and cadence, Breathing in, Breathing up and out. And breathing into the belly, Breathing into the chest, And out the mouth with a sigh. Into the belly, Into the chest, And out. And again, Into the belly, Into the chest, And out. And so continuing at your own pace, Allowing the breath to move you and however it's wanting to go today. You're doing great. And just continuing this pattern. Breathing in the belly, Into the chest, Out the mouth. Breathing in, Breathing up, And out. We're going to start to play with the speed and if this feels right to you, Starting to mirror my pace by breathing in, Up, Out, In, Up, Out, In, Up, Out, In, Up, Out, In, Up, Out, In, Up, Out, In, Up, Out, And starting to slow it down. Breathing in, Breathing up, And breathing out. Breathing in, Breathing up, Breathing out. Breathing in, Breathing up, Breathing out. Breathing in, Breathing up, And breathing out. Breathing up, Breathing out. A few more just like that. You're doing great. And last one here. And allowing this next breath to be one long breath, Holding at the top, And out the mouth with a sigh. Another one just like that. Hold, And out the mouth with a sigh. Ah. And another. Hold, And let it all go. And just taking a moment as you come back into your being, Integrating back the breath into its natural, Normal pace, And just notice what it feels like to be inside this earthly body. Perhaps offering a breath of gratitude on the next inhale for the spirit of this breath, The spirit of this practice, And sending out any gratitude to any person, Place, Or thing that you feel called to in this moment. And before getting up and moving on through the rest of the day, Just allowing yourself to come back into the space and room you're in, Noticing the sounds, The smells, And starting to begin to flutter the eyes open, Perhaps bringing an inviting and gentle movement, And taking a moment to journal through, Writing down anything or any words that might come up to help integrate and ground this practice here today. Thank you so much for joining me.