The Breather #17: Mistakes to Avoid in Breathwork
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April 2nd 2023
Hi fellow breather and somanaut,
I want to share with you the most common mistakes I see many breathers make.
Not just beginners, but seasoned breathers as well.
They are part of the reason clients come to work with me and it’s the stuff I go deep on.
Getting them right will transform your practice and as a result your nervous system and how you experience life.
Unfortunately, many breathers don’t familiarize themselves with the intricacies of the power of the breath. Along the lines of “how hard can it be to breathe?”.
Because of that, they don’t reap the full benefits of a breathing practice or - even more tragic - they give up too early.
Also, just because someone shares information on the breath or teaches breathwork, doesn’t mean they have studied the full picture and current science that is out there.
Breathwork as a field is literally the wild west and new research is coming out constantly.
There is so much conflicting and also amateur breathwork knowledge floating around, let’s make sure we spread the right information.
We have to remember: When we work with the breath, we are directly influencing our nervous system.
With a lot of power comes a lot of responsibility.
👉 Here are the 6 mistakes I see many people make in their breathwork practice
(especially mistakes #2, #3 and #4 = 🙈)
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Resources I highly recommend you check out:
🐝 The secret health benefits of humming. I love myself a good hum. It's one of the most effective ways to shift into ventral vagal (relaxation) mode and it's very helpful when struggling with anxiety and panic attacks.
👥 I talked to Prince Harry about trauma and therapy. Here’s what he got right about seeking help. Trauma expert Gabor Maté writes about his live conversation with Prince Harry and what stops many of us from seeking therapy. I watched the conversation live a couple weeks ago and really enjoyed it.
🌿 How we learn to regulate ourselves. And why so many adults struggle to self-regulate and lack resilience.
🌘 How to reach into the unconscious. Your body IS the unconscious, which is why top-down modalities are so limited. Here is the solution.
💭 Just a single thought is capable of changing the breathing pattern. Uff, so true. This is also a great Insta account on all things breathwork for kids.
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You can also find some of the latest replays on my feed
🫁 In this week's instagram livestream we explored a sequence going from coherence breathing to triangle breathing to box breathing.
[🪐 UPDATES FROM MY UNIVERSE]
🪬 I've been having weekly 2-hour bodywork sessions with a fantastic practitioner and she's been going deep into my diaphragm, which is really opening my breath even more. #recommended
👥 Just finished up another round of 5 small group coaching sessions with our teacher training students as part of the program. I really love my job. (By the way, applications for our next round open May 9th 🇩🇪)
🎥 Getting ready to make more YouTube videos and podcast episodes again. Stay tuned.
☕️ 3 months of no caffeine and the effects of having a less adrenalized body are becoming more and more obvious. My PMS has improved like crazy. My digestion is so good. My skin is glowing.
✍🏼 Writing on a piece on how I healed my mental, emotional and physical health issues over the last 11 years. (I hope to turn it into a video actually.) It's quite moving to look back at my journey and realize I have overcome challenges I often thought I would be stuck with forever.
Life in our hometown in Portugal
Leaving you with a little quote:
“Healing happens when you’re triggered and you’re able to move through the pain, the pattern, the story and walk your way to a different ending.”
– Vienna Pharaon
Keep feeling, keep breathing, stay awesome!
#letsgetregulated
Conni 🐋
Founder of Breathwork Alchemy
PS:
When you're ready, here is how I can help you:
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Conni Biesalski - Somatic Coach | Breathwork & Meditation Teacher
Oxygen Advantage | Buteyko Method | Neurodynamic Breathwork
Somatic Experiencing©
Founder of Breathwork Alchemy & Co-Founder of Intesoma Breathwork Teacher Training
Regulate your nervous system, process your emotions, and come home to your body.
