Humming Breath: A gentle breath practice that infuses breath with awareness, and ends using humming as a way to soothe and calm the breath and therefore the whole system like an internal lullaby.
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Dynamic breath for agitation/stagnation: 5 minutes to clear it out. A dynamic breath practice using dynamic movement of arms and a mudra (a specific hand gesture) in a breath practice that offers stagnation or agitation a pathway for release. Great when you need to shake things up to settle down in a short amount of time.
Rest into breath: A moment of your day to rest into the flow of your breath. This gentle awareness practice works in a subtle way to attune to presence through the ongoing rhythm of our own breathing, building familiarity and friendship with our breath so that it becomes a familiar refuge to return awareness to.
Modes of Perception: This practice plays with a few different techniques to enliven awareness of what is always already there anyway. We play with sound, breath, and awareness, imposing patterns (practices/techniques) to see what might be revealed when we create contexts that welcome a naturally arising, body wide presence. This practice offers a few different ways in, and each practice can also be used on its own as a micro practice when you have less time.
Slow it down - grounding breath: A gentle and powerful practice slowly encouraging our exhalation to grow in depth and spaciousness to help us feel grounded and cultivate a sense of inner coherence.
Breath of Fire: An invigorating practice, and a personal favourite to shift my mood or energy and get a sense of ‘clearing the slate’. A short, sharp exhale followed by a passive inhale and some gentle breath retentions in between breaths make for a quick, effective and potent practice. Not recommended if you are pregnant or menstruating or have any abdominal sensitivity.
Counting Breath: Admittedly a little funny, this breathing technique helps us to fully empty our lungs. We add some sound (counting) to our exhale and keep going until there is no exhale left. Then we drink in a full inhale. It is a quick way to keep carbon dioxide in our body for a little longer so that when the oxygen floods in with the inhalation it can be distributed efficiently.
Breathe to Recalibrate: Explore two variations of alternate nostril breathing to cultivate a sense of inner coherence and clarity as you recalibrate your nervous system in a short amount of time.
Self Regulate in 5: A short and potent 3 part breathing practice to soothe and nourish your nervous system.
Soothe & Integrate: A soothing practice of alternate nostril breathing to integrate and calm our nervous system.
Cellular Breathing: an exploration of internal and external respiration. Sink beneath the surface and be soothed from the inside out. Can be done seated or lying down.