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Breathwork
Breathwork is working consciously with our breath to achieve certain outcomes, whether that be helping to heal anxiety, stress and trauma, to find more creative energy or to align more deeply with who you are.
"Breath is the most precise pharmaceutical you can give yourself"
Professor Ian Robertson, Neuroscientist
BREATHWORK - What is it, what are the three different types, and how can they help me? ​​​​​​​​​​
There are essentially 3 different categories of Breathwork
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Mindful Breath Awareness - Mindfulness studies have shown the power of this as meditation to support present moment awareness
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Regulating and Functional Breathwork - often used to calm the system and create healthy breathing
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Working with the Conscious Connected Breath - Breathwork as Deeper Therapy to heal deeper issues and a spiritual practice (called by various names, sometimes Integrative or Transformational Breathwork, or Rebirthing Breathwork)
I like to work with clients in any and all of these categories, bringing what the client needs in any given moment. In my video above, I unpack this a bit more.
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My new App and my 1 hour Breathe Class focus mainly on the first two categories, to support Nervous System Regulation. Generally I work with the Conscious Connected Breath in one to one or group sessions, although I always bring in all 3 categories to groups and one to one work to support integration and regulation as needed. The Breathe class below gives you a taster of all 3 types of Breathwork:
What is the best way ahead for me?
Please get in touch to discuss what might be your best starting point. You can also contact Deborah to book an Introduction to Breathwork to learn some Breathwork adapted to your specific needs, or you can book onto one of Deborah's sessions (online or in person) below to get a feel for the work:
Breathwork in the News
Breathwork appears in the news regularly. Why? Because as something we all can do, but have repressed, it's a powerful way to allow natural health and vitality to restore itself once we "heal the breath". "Free your breath, free your life" is not an understatement. It's a way to feel good, naturally.
Click on of the picture below to link to the article.
Qualifications
I am a graduate Breathwork Practitioner of the AIR School Of Breathwork, taught by Brigitte Martin-Powell and Doug Sawyer.
The AIR Diploma fulfils the pre-requisites for professional membership of the British Rebirthing Society (BRS) and the Global Professional Breathwork Alliance (GPBA).
I continue to work regularly with my teachers, and others for supervision and deepening of my own client work. Brigitte and Doug's approach is a truly loving, and compassionate one, and I always aim to bring this love and acceptance to my own client sessions.
In 2023 I qualified as a breathwork trainer, and now train breathwork practitioners with the Breathing Journey's Breathwork School, founded by John Paul Mason, AIR's first graduate. Find out more about our 400 hour GPBA accredited Breathwork Practitioner training HERE
I am a Professional Member of the IBF,
"Uniting and Inspiring People through
Conscious Breathing"
I am also a Practitioner Member of the British Rebirth Society (BRS)