Welcome to Rosies Podcast’s
By Rosie McMahon The Shannon Estuary Way Retreat and Academy
Welcome to Rosies Podcast’s May 05, 2023
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Yoga Nidra
Upcoming Breathwork Coach Training
Our Unique Breathwork Coach training is Breathwork and Pranayama ( Yogic breathwork ) and much much more will empower you to teach breathwork safely and confidently with your existing clients or new classes in group settings or one to one You will learn :
- Breathwork Techniques, Unlocking the Benefits of Conscious Breathing for Improved Wellbeing
- powerful tools that can help people transform their lives.
- It’s a practice that involves conscious breathing, and it has been used for thousands of years to promote physical, mental, and emotional well-being.
- In our training, we’ll explore the benefits of breathwork, how it works, and some techniques you can use to get trained as a breathwork Coach.
The Benefits of Breathwork
Breathwork can have a profound impact on one’s life. It can help reduce stress and anxiety, improve the immune system, increase energy levels, and improve an overall sense of well-being.
Imagine what you can do as a trained breathwork coach in your practice with your clients, for yourself, and helping others improve their health and wellbeing
Here are some of the most significant benefits of breathwork:
- Reduced Stress and Anxiety: When you practice breathwork, you can lower your heart rate, which can help reduce stress and anxiety.
- Improved Immune System: By practicing breathwork, you can increase the oxygen in your body, which can help boost your immune system and promote healing.
- Increased Energy Levels: When you breathe deeply, you can increase the amount of oxygen in your body, which can help boost your energy levels.
- Improved Sleep Quality: By practicing breathwork, you can help regulate your nervous system, which can improve your sleep quality.
- Higher Consciousness: Inducing a dream-like experience, or what’s usually referred to as an altered state of consciousness (ASCs).
- Trauma-Informed: access parts of your psyche that can’t be reached under normal conditions. ( many people who practice breathwork agree that the technique has allowed them to access deeper levels of consciousness and heal naturally from past trauma.)
How Does Breathwork Work?
- Breathwork involves conscious breathing, which means paying attention to your breath and intentionally altering it to achieve specific goals.
- There are many different types of breathwork, but they all share the same basic principles.
One of the most popular forms of breathwork is called “pranayama,” which is a Sanskrit term that means “breath control.”In Pranayama you focus on different breathing patterns, which can help you achieve specific goals, such as reducing stress or increasing energy.
Breathwork Techniques
There are many different techniques you can use to practice breathwork. Here are some of the most popular:
- Box Breathing: This technique involves inhaling for a count of four, holding your breath for a count of four, exhaling for a count of four, and holding your breath for a count of four.
- Conscious breathing: This technique involves consciously breathing in and out through the nose and holding the breath momentarily we will also look at oxygen advantage, training nose breathing, and mouth taping ( ill give you recommended boos to read more )
- Alternate Nostril Breathing: This technique involves using your fingers to alternate between blocking one nostril and breathing in and out through the other.
- Ujjayi Breath: This technique involves breathing in through your nose and exhaling through your mouth while making a “ha” sound.
- Holotropic Breathwork: This Technique involves accelerated breathing and background breath beat music to help you increase self-awareness and cope with past traumas.
- Mula bandha Breathwork: This technique uses the mula bandhas ( core Locks in Yoga ) to draw the energy up there all the chakras to the third eye