Why Breathe?
Working with the breath we are able to access the root of the problem or symptom, and allow emotions and feelings to be acknowledged, felt in the body, and expressed. This allows trapped energy and tension to be released and for deep healing to occur.
Are there different types of Breathwork?
YES! Breathwork is so popular these days and there are so many different types out there. Most people hear the word BREATHWORK and they automatically default to Wim Hoff, Holotropic Breath, meditation practices, or yogic breathing such as Kundalini and Pranayama. And of course each of these has their own benefits and purposes. But it wasn’t until I found Integral Breath Therapy through my own practice, that I had that ah-hah moment, where everything suddenly made sense and clicked.
The breath is the meeting ground between the conscious and the unconscious…
When you breathe with conscious connected breath, you enter into an altered state, where you can go beneath the monkey mind and access the subconscious, allowing what is underneath to come to conscious awareness.
This isn’t just Breathwork…
In Integral Breath Therapy (IBT) you are working one on one with a trained facilitator who is there with you, supporting you through your process. With the breath, you are taken into an altered state which allows you to bypass the ‘monkey mind’ and enter into your subconscious, gaining access to tensions, blocks, and old thought patterns and beliefs which have been held there, allowing for transformation and release to occur on a cellular level.
Having a trained facilitator gives that safe space, that container, it offers up the space to let go, to surrender to the breath, and allow stored emotions and experiences to come up which you then work through with the facilitator, creating corrective experiences, support, witnessing and a loving, non judgemental space.
The breath is the meeting ground between the conscious and the unconscious…
When you breathe with conscious connected breath, you enter into an altered state, where you can go beneath the monkey mind and access the subconscious, allowing what is underneath to come to conscious awareness.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF BREATH THERAPY?
What You’ll Experience:
– A calm mind and relaxed body
– Freedom from emotional stagnation
– Clarity, presence, and renewed energy
– Reconnection with your creativity and sensuality
– The confidence to be yourself
Physical Benefits
Promotes relaxation and improves natural sleep patterns
Increases energy levels & boosts immune system.
Reduces inflammation and muscle tensions.
Burns and eliminates toxins from the bloodstream and releases toxins stored in the tissues of the body.
Cleanses your body of toxins, which indirectly helps reduce inflammation
Lowers blood pressure and increases circulation.
Emotional Benefits
Supports emotional stability and regulation
Facilitates release of limiting thoughts and childhood patterns
Allows old emotions, memories, and traumas to be released safely
Increases intimacy and connection in relationships
Enhances libido and sensual awareness
Supports addiction recovery and breaking emotional patterns
Expands consciousness /awareness for a deeper knowledge and understanding of self
Feelings of increased openness, love, peace, gratitude, clarity & connection.
Psychological Benefits
Supports the creation of new neuro-pathways in the brain.
Supports nervous system regulation and mental stability
Increases mental clarity, creativity, and focus.
Reduces symptoms of anxiety and depression.
Enhances cognitive function and decision-making abilities.
Improves concentration and mindful awareness
IBT goes to the root…
To those core beliefs, and transforms them at the cellular level. It’s these core beliefs that have built up our programming, the lens we see the world through. Going to the root is crucial to creating a future that is different from the past; it’s creating lasting change.
This is about empowering you…
There are a lot of modalities out there these days that can bring everything up to the surface and leave you there to deal with it alone. In IBT a huge component of the work is the corrective experience.
We believe in your innate inner healer. You already have everything in you that you need. We offer tools and open up spaces for you to re-connect to your resources, your strengths and your essence., to begin to trust your body again, to trust your emotions, to trust your mind, and connect to your spirit, your essence.
IBT is a process of deep listening. The facilitator allows space for spontinaity, for what needs to emerge, and works with you through this co-creation.
So, what is Integral Breath Therapy?
Integral Breath Therapy (IBT)
– Is a powerful somatic tool which supports the essential brain changes necessary for integration and sustained healing.
– Transforms unprocessed emotions at a cellular level.
– Supports individuals in connecting to their innate inner healer and re-connecting to their resources, strengths, and essence.
– Addresses the impact of holding and tensing in response to stress or danger and how this can create body armouring that restricts movement and energy flow, impeding breathing and creating blockages that hold memories or emotions.
– Aims to allow the body to complete the fight-or-flight cycle, creating space for tensions to soften and disperse, and releasing trauma or emotion in a safe space guided by a facilitator.
– Is designed to enhance psychological, emotional, spiritual, and physical well-being.
Who is IBT for?
Integral Breath Therapy is for you if you are struggling with:
Depression and/or anxiety, self-confidence, grief and loss, a general sense of feeling stuck or flat, feeling as though you are in a repeating pattern, fear of being seen, relationship issues, anger management, weight and body concerns, chronic tension, and insomnia or sleep issues.
