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What is Breathwork?



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Breathwork is rhythmic breathing in and out through the mouth that helps you get out of your head and into the body.  It can be traced back to ancient civilizations but is becoming more popular due to its natural healing abilities.  It can help to release emotions that have been tucked away from our brain as a way to try to protect us.  By allowing the body to release these stored emotions through the breathing, healing is set in motion, even if you may not see the immediate results, the body starts to heal itself.


Each session is a guided journey through your subconscious. Maven Breathwork sessions will use either a personally curated playlist or themed playlist based on the session intention.  Some say it feels similar to a guided hypnosis in which you feel in control.  As this practice is done with you and your own breath, each session will give you exactly what you need in that moment.  Your body WANTS to heal. It wants to come back to its true self, which is whole, pure, worthy, and perfect.


While the active breath is not a relaxing, effortless or necessarily an easy endeavor, the results can bring wild understanding, clarity, truth, tranquility and peace to your life.  Not only does breathwork have mental benefits but numerous physical health benefits as well. According to WebMD, breathwork has the ability to support with;

Decreasing High Blood Pressure

Releasing Toxins

Alkalizing Blood PH

Anti-inflammatory

Deeper Sleep

Reduction of PTSD

Stronger Respiratory Function

Strengthening Immune System

Releasing Stress Hormones

Helping with Addiction


Another source through Othership states even more benefits which are;

Improves circulation

Increase Muscle Tone

Improves Focus

Supports Digestion

Reduce Cortisol levels

These are just a couple of the wildly abundant resources out there speaking to the benefits of breathwork.


It is absolutely a practice.  One session will not solve every bit of trauma, stress or illness that you experience in your life, but it can be a transformative experience and a step towards repairing.  It's just like day one of a new diet or your first ever yoga class.  You won’t immediately lose you those 10 pounds and you may not be able to go right into a hand stand.  You will see and feel there is something there, you will start the movement forward.  It is then up to you to continue the work.


Breathwork has the ability to open doors to where attention needs to go in order to elevate and restore.  Since our brains have been conditioned to return to what is comfortable and safe they seldom are looking for expansion and growth.  Anything that may seem the least bit intimidating, such as facing a fear, going into difficult feelings, moving towards your passions and dreams, healing relationships, confronting stagnancy, your brain will want to avoid.  Breathwork gets you out of your own way, moving past thought and into the body to help clear the fear in order to get to the root of what you really want and show how possible it actually is.


With this, breathwork then can have a significant effect on bringing clarity to a prospective project, goal, or desire.  It is waking up new areas of the brain and body that you may not have known you had access to.  It can make you feel safe around money, abundance, and success.  It can inspire ideas and next steps.  Truly the outcomes are limitless because much of the practice has to do with the intention, commitment and openness you bring to it.


My personal experience of breathwork has been the most life-changing, rewarding, healing, inspirational and transformational experience I have ever encountered.  Since each session is different for every person, the best way to really understand it, as with anything in life,  is to try it for yourself.


The most meaningful things in life happen when you dare to try something new, venturing into the unknown. Life begins with the breath and ends when we no longer have it. We breathe every single day unconsciously. What if we honed in on that power? What if we used it as a means to expand into all that we are meant to be?


If you have any questions about breathwork, please do not hesitate to email them to mavenbreathwork@gmail.com. I am always learning more and more about this extraordinary practice and want to introduce it to as many humans as I possibly can. If you are interested in a free introductory class and more information on the type of breathwork that is used by Maven Breathwork, please go to revelationbreathwork.com. This is who I was personally trained through. I highly, highly recommend their life-changing training course and truly anything that they offer.


-Emily


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For safety reasons, make sure to always check with your health care provider to practice this type of breathing if you have or have a history of;

Cardiovascular disease

Angina

Asthma

Heart attack

High blood pressure

Glaucoma

Retinal detachment

Osteoporosis

Recent Injury or surgery

Any conditions for which you take regular medications

History of panic attacks, psychosis

Severe mental illnesses

Seizure disorders

Family history of aneurisms

You can practice the breathing with these, just make sure to check with your health care provider first.

If you are pregnant this will not be a time to practice the active breath, but you are more than welcome to do regular nose breathing and get the meditative benefits from the sessions.


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This disclaimer ensures that the reader comprehends that while this blog can offer guidance, it shouldn't replace professional advice like that from a doctor or therapist. I am not a doctor or therapist.

 
 
 

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