How Breathwork Can Help You

What I love about Breathwork, is that it always feels gentle, even when massive shifts are occurring.
Sometimes they are tiny adjustments and sometimes large.
It doesn’t matter.
It is always a movement towards yourself - nothing more or less than what you are ready for.

Physical

Strengthens our respiratory system
Increases oxygen intake & absorption throughout the body
Revitalises and fuels body cells improving energy levels, cellular regeneration
Activates the Parasympathetic Nervous System (AKA 'rest & digest')
Stimulates blood and lymphatic circulation & detoxification
Produces endorphins and neuropeptides.
Balances the flow of energy through the body
Releases tension & promotes relaxation
Strengthens immune system
Influences the glandular systems that control the hormonal systems bringing new life and vitalisation of cells thereby fostering youthfulness
Improves digestion and metabolism, thereby burning fat
Slows down heart rate and lowers blood pressure
Increases fitness and improves sports performance
Improves well-being for many conditions & ailments: stress, asthma, headaches, heart problems, digestive disorders, chronic pain, low energy, psychosomatic illnesses, anaerobic diseases, & many others.
Activates self-healing

Mental + Emotional

Creates the conditions of safety to correct suboptimal breathing patterns
Reduces habits of worry, anxiety and fear
Increases resilience and self-awareness
Enhances the awareness of self-sabotaging patterns
Releases the neuropeptides that holds past traumas, dramas and limiting beliefs within the body
Relieves depressive & dense 'negative' emotions
Increases serotonin, promoting mood & sleep
Improves self-esteem
Signals the brain to slow down
Increases life enjoyment

Spiritual

Deepens meditation
Expands awareness of who we really are
Allows fuller expression of love & joy
Strengthens our connection with spirit
Fosters confidence & spiritual gifts