Frequently Asked Questions
Breathwork is a powerful, life-changing process of utilising the breath to facilitate personal and spiritual transformation. In our own personal journeys, we often suppress painful experiences, emotions, thought patterns, and restrict our breathing. These experiences get locked away in our body where they continue to influence us, even from outside the range of our awareness.
Breathwork is seen as a system for somatic healing, trauma release and increased performance.
The breath is unique because it is the only bodily process within our autonomic nervous system that we can consciously control. This means that by regulating our breath, we have a gateway to explore and understand our physiology much more deeply than we first thought. Most importantly in this day and age is learning to use your breath to deeply relax and switch off, even if just for a minute. To find space in your life, to find space between the breaths.
As you notice your breath now, what you are feeling is the remote control to your nervous system.
We take up to 22,000 breaths a day. Isn't it mind blowing that one of the main functions to keep us alive is never taught to us. Imagine a world of self regulating, breath aware human beings.
We find our breath plays a vital role in:
Self healing
Self awareness
Optimal health and well-being
Improving sleep
Reducing depression
Lowering stress and anxiety
Increasing performance
Increasing productivity
Breathwork is more than just deep breathing—it is a powerful practice backed by science that influences the nervous system, brain function, and overall well-being. By consciously controlling the breath, we can shift our physiological and emotional state, promoting relaxation, clarity, and transformation.
1. Balancing the Nervous System
Our breath directly impacts the autonomic nervous system, which regulates stress and relaxation responses.
Slow, deep breathing (such as diaphragmatic breathing) activates the parasympathetic nervous system (rest & digest mode), reducing stress, lowering heart rate, and promoting deep relaxation.
Rapid or controlled breath patterns (such as in transformational breathwork) can temporarily stimulate the sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight mode), releasing stored tension and emotional blockages.
2. Oxygen, CO2, and Brain Function
Breathwork enhances oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange, which plays a key role in cognitive function and mental clarity.
Controlled breathing techniques increase CO2 tolerance, which improves oxygen delivery to the brain and organs (Bohr Effect).
This can lead to enhanced focus, emotional balance, and a heightened state of awareness.
3. Emotional Release & Trauma Healing
Breathwork can unlock deep emotional patterns stored in the body. Studies suggest that specific breathing techniques can help:
Regulate stress hormones like cortisol, reducing anxiety and depression.
Release stagnant emotional energy, bringing profound insights and healing past traumas.
Stimulate the release of endorphins, promoting a sense of bliss and connection.
4. Altered States of Consciousness
Certain breathwork styles, such as Holotropic or Conscious Connected Breathing, can induce non-ordinary states of consciousness similar to deep meditation or psychedelic experiences.
These states allow for deep introspection, spiritual awakening, and enhanced creativity.
Scientific studies suggest that breath-induced states activate the default mode network (DMN) of the brain, which is linked to self-awareness and personal transformation.
5. Physical Health Benefits
Regular breathwork has been shown to:
✅ Lower blood pressure & reduce inflammation
✅ Improve lung capacity & respiratory function
✅ Strengthen the immune system
✅ Support better sleep & energy levels
Breathwork is a bridge between science and spirituality, offering both physiological and emotional benefits. By mastering the breath, we gain access to a profound tool for self-healing, transformation, and inner peace.
Frequently asked questions
Breathwork is a powerful, life-changing process of utilising the breath to facilitate personal and spiritual transformation. In our own personal journeys, we often suppress painful experiences, emotions, thought patterns, and restrict our breathing. These experiences get locked away in our body where they continue to influence us, even from outside the range of our awareness.
Breathwork is seen as a system for somatic healing, trauma release and increased performance.
The breath is unique because it is the only bodily process within our autonomic nervous system that we can consciously control. This means that by regulating our breath, we have a gateway to explore and understand our physiology much more deeply than we first thought. Most importantly in this day and age is learning to use your breath to deeply relax and switch off, even if just for a minute. To find space in your life, to find space between the breaths.
As you notice your breath now, what you are feeling is the remote control to your nervous system.
We take up to 22,000 breaths a day. Isn't it mind blowing that one of the main functions to keep us alive is never taught to us. Imagine a world of self regulating, breath aware human beings.
We find our breath plays a vital role in:
Self healing
Self awareness
Optimal health and well-being
Improving sleep
Reducing depression
Lowering stress and anxiety
Increasing performance
Increasing productivity
Breathwork is more than just deep breathing—it is a powerful practice backed by science that influences the nervous system, brain function, and overall well-being. By consciously controlling the breath, we can shift our physiological and emotional state, promoting relaxation, clarity, and transformation.
1. Balancing the Nervous System
Our breath directly impacts the autonomic nervous system, which regulates stress and relaxation responses.
Slow, deep breathing (such as diaphragmatic breathing) activates the parasympathetic nervous system (rest & digest mode), reducing stress, lowering heart rate, and promoting deep relaxation.
Rapid or controlled breath patterns (such as in transformational breathwork) can temporarily stimulate the sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight mode), releasing stored tension and emotional blockages.
2. Oxygen, CO2, and Brain Function
Breathwork enhances oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange, which plays a key role in cognitive function and mental clarity.
Controlled breathing techniques increase CO2 tolerance, which improves oxygen delivery to the brain and organs (Bohr Effect).
This can lead to enhanced focus, emotional balance, and a heightened state of awareness.
3. Emotional Release & Trauma Healing
Breathwork can unlock deep emotional patterns stored in the body. Studies suggest that specific breathing techniques can help:
Regulate stress hormones like cortisol, reducing anxiety and depression.
Release stagnant emotional energy, bringing profound insights and healing past traumas.
Stimulate the release of endorphins, promoting a sense of bliss and connection.
4. Altered States of Consciousness
Certain breathwork styles, such as Holotropic or Conscious Connected Breathing, can induce non-ordinary states of consciousness similar to deep meditation or psychedelic experiences.
These states allow for deep introspection, spiritual awakening, and enhanced creativity.
Scientific studies suggest that breath-induced states activate the default mode network (DMN) of the brain, which is linked to self-awareness and personal transformation.
5. Physical Health Benefits
Regular breathwork has been shown to:
✅ Lower blood pressure & reduce inflammation
✅ Improve lung capacity & respiratory function
✅ Strengthen the immune system
✅ Support better sleep & energy levels
Breathwork is a bridge between science and spirituality, offering both physiological and emotional benefits. By mastering the breath, we gain access to a profound tool for self-healing, transformation, and inner peace.
A breathwork practice is not recommended for anyone with
cardio vascular disease
glycoma
retinal detatchment
high blood pressure
pregnancy
thyroid condition
bipolar disorder
schizophrenia
epilepsy
aneurysm
IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THESE CONDITIONS OR AREN’T SURE ABOUT YOUR HEALTH, PLEASE CONTACT ME AND DISCUSS ALSO WITH YOUR MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL.
Breathwork can potentially have the side effects of physical sensations such as:
temperature change
dry mouth
cramping of the hands or feet, and
in some cases strong emotional release.
After an emotional experience, integration practices such as consultation with a personal therapist or a private 1:1 session could be helpful. Please contact me if you have any questions.
In the beginning you’ll be breathing slow breaths with calming music.
Then it transitions into more upregulated and faster breaths with holds in between.
At the end you’ll come back down to calming breaths, calm music, and sometimes a meditation.
Frequently asked questions
Breathwork is a powerful, life-changing process of utilising the breath to facilitate personal and spiritual transformation. In our own personal journeys, we often suppress painful experiences, emotions, thought patterns, and restrict our breathing. These experiences get locked away in our body where they continue to influence us, even from outside the range of our awareness.
Breathwork is seen as a system for somatic healing, trauma release and increased performance.
The breath is unique because it is the only bodily process within our autonomic nervous system that we can consciously control. This means that by regulating our breath, we have a gateway to explore and understand our physiology much more deeply than we first thought. Most importantly in this day and age is learning to use your breath to deeply relax and switch off, even if just for a minute. To find space in your life, to find space between the breaths.
As you notice your breath now, what you are feeling is the remote control to your nervous system.
We take up to 22,000 breaths a day. Isn't it mind blowing that one of the main functions to keep us alive is never taught to us. Imagine a world of self regulating, breath aware human beings.
We find our breath plays a vital role in:
Self healing
Self awareness
Optimal health and well-being
Improving sleep
Reducing depression
Lowering stress and anxiety
Increasing performance
Increasing productivity
Breathwork is more than just deep breathing—it is a powerful practice backed by science that influences the nervous system, brain function, and overall well-being. By consciously controlling the breath, we can shift our physiological and emotional state, promoting relaxation, clarity, and transformation.
1. Balancing the Nervous System
Our breath directly impacts the autonomic nervous system, which regulates stress and relaxation responses.
Slow, deep breathing (such as diaphragmatic breathing) activates the parasympathetic nervous system (rest & digest mode), reducing stress, lowering heart rate, and promoting deep relaxation.
Rapid or controlled breath patterns (such as in transformational breathwork) can temporarily stimulate the sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight mode), releasing stored tension and emotional blockages.
2. Oxygen, CO2, and Brain Function
Breathwork enhances oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange, which plays a key role in cognitive function and mental clarity.
Controlled breathing techniques increase CO2 tolerance, which improves oxygen delivery to the brain and organs (Bohr Effect).
This can lead to enhanced focus, emotional balance, and a heightened state of awareness.
3. Emotional Release & Trauma Healing
Breathwork can unlock deep emotional patterns stored in the body. Studies suggest that specific breathing techniques can help:
Regulate stress hormones like cortisol, reducing anxiety and depression.
Release stagnant emotional energy, bringing profound insights and healing past traumas.
Stimulate the release of endorphins, promoting a sense of bliss and connection.
4. Altered States of Consciousness
Certain breathwork styles, such as Holotropic or Conscious Connected Breathing, can induce non-ordinary states of consciousness similar to deep meditation or psychedelic experiences.
These states allow for deep introspection, spiritual awakening, and enhanced creativity.
Scientific studies suggest that breath-induced states activate the default mode network (DMN) of the brain, which is linked to self-awareness and personal transformation.
5. Physical Health Benefits
Regular breathwork has been shown to:
✅ Lower blood pressure & reduce inflammation
✅ Improve lung capacity & respiratory function
✅ Strengthen the immune system
✅ Support better sleep & energy levels
Breathwork is a bridge between science and spirituality, offering both physiological and emotional benefits. By mastering the breath, we gain access to a profound tool for self-healing, transformation, and inner peace.
A breathwork practice is not recommended for anyone with
cardio vascular disease
glycoma
retinal detatchment
high blood pressure
pregnancy
thyroid condition
bipolar disorder
schizophrenia
epilepsy
aneurysm
IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THESE CONDITIONS OR AREN’T SURE ABOUT YOUR HEALTH, PLEASE CONTACT ME AND DISCUSS ALSO WITH YOUR MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL.
Breathwork can potentially have the side effects of physical sensations such as:
temperature change
dry mouth
cramping of the hands or feet, and
in some cases strong emotional release.
After an emotional experience, integration practices such as consultation with a personal therapist or a private 1:1 session could be helpful. Please contact me if you have any questions.
In the beginning you’ll be breathing slow breaths with calming music.
Then it transitions into more upregulated and faster breaths with holds in between.
At the end you’ll come back down to calming breaths, calm music, and sometimes a meditation.