Your Breathing Needs
Dear Breather,
How is your breath today?
Becoming a confident breather means developing your somatic awareness, a heightened consciousness of how your body is feeling.
This helps you recognize when you are out of balance, stressed or low on energy and then check in with yourself to see what your needs are and how your breath can support you in the process.
Somatic awareness is important in order to choose the right Breathwork technique for you in any given moment or on any given day - rather than just going for the default method or following some protocol that you've seen on Instagram.
For example, many people opt for Wim Hof breathing as their default practice every morning without reflecting on their choice and tuning into their bodies first.
Your nervous system and how it is conditioned is unique - and thus your choice of breathing pattern needs to be based on its uniqueness, your state and needs on any given day.
This was one of the reasons why we started 30 Days of Breathwork (to which more than 100 people signed up!).
Your breath is like a remote control and our job is to learn how to use its buttons and how you can use it best to support your nervous system.
My invitation to you:
Keep experimenting, stay curious and don't stop learning about your breath!
There is a whole breath world out there and within you waiting to be discovered :)
RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
The author of this article used resonance breathing and HRV training in a 10-week experiment to deal with his anxiety. It inspired me so much that I bought the book he mentioned and started the same daily Breathwork program of 20 minutes of resonance frequency breathing twice a day.
In this video, I talk about the difference between Breathwork and Pranayama. It seems like there is still a lot of confusion going around, so I felt like it was time to clear things up a bit.
I discovered a new simple breathing pacer app called Breathing Awesome. It allows you to set different breathing patterns and play a Spotify playlist at the same time. I'm using it for my daily practice right now.
BREATHE WITH ME
Join me tomorrow:
Breathwork for Self-Exploration and Inner Healing - Sunday Feb 28
This deep Breathwork session is an active meditation using conscious connected breathing that facilitates emotional release, transformative inner healing, deep insights, and self-exploration. After a sharing circle and intro talk, I will guide you through a 60-minute Breathwork journey that will enable you to clear out mental, emotional and physical blockages.
⚡️ I have 3 spots left for this 2-hour workshop.
Happy breathing :)
Conni. 🐋
PS:
You can always respond to my emails with any questions you have around Breathwork and the breath :) Just hit reply!