Who taught you how to breathe?
Did you have a lesson? Or was it just….automatic?
Do you ever think about your breath? Do you notice when it speeds or slows?
Or…..is it just on autopilot?
The truth is, our breath is one of the most underleveraged tools we have for healing and performance.
It directly impacts our nervous system, which informs our immune system on whether it will stay calm or go haywire. It’s arguably 50% of more of the information going to the immune system, which impacts everything from allergies/eczema, food sensitivities, energy and even cancer.
I always joke that I was tricked into trying ThetaBreathwork, the specific type of breathwork modality I facilitate for my clients, at a business retreat.
It’s not something I would have sought out, but it’s something I needed.
Maybe you’ve heard that 95% of our day is operating out of the subconscious mind and 5% from the logical or parent brain.
So why don’t we give our mind the opportunity to be heard instead of constantly reacting on its behalf?
If it’s creating all the thoughts, why don’t we get into the subconscious more?
Well, some people do.
There are evidence-backed stereotypes that Eastern cultures have lower stress levels and dis-ease whereas Western culture (the US especially) have higher stress rates, increasing the potential for all dis-ease and worse, robbing us of happiness and vitality.
In Eastern cultures, somatic practices (body based, bottom up approaches) like meditation, yoga and breathwork, are often part of daily life and culture.
In the Western world, we often approach our “problems” with a top down, thinking/logical approach.
But is that really serving us? Especially when the logical mind is really only in charge 5% of the time or just over 1 hour per day?
ThetaBreathwork is an integrative breathwork practice for multitaskers, those that can’t meditate and want ALL THE BENEFITS of meditation.It’s not an overstatement to say this PARTICULAR form of breathwork changed my life.
I have tried MANY other forms of breathwork and while it was nice, this particular form just hits different. It’s a combination of Theta healing, guided visualization and 2 breathing patterns meant to quickly move you into a parasympathetic (rest and digest) state.
Each session is totally different.
Sometimes I can’t “drop in” if it’s been a while since I’ve practiced.
And other times, especially in longer 30 min sessions, I’ve gotten the answers to big business ideas, sorted out my racing monkey mind, relieved headaches and tension and even seen myself in my mother’s womb. 😳
For someone that ran most of her life as a very logical, matter of fact achiever, I could hardly believe it myself.
