BREATHWORK for MOOD, ENERGY & FEELING BETTER (30 min)
These practices are mostly intermediate range breath work practices designed from the practice of pranayama (in yoga prana = energy / ayama = to extend or stop the breath. They range from vigorous Kundalini practices to calmer Iyengar breath practices. Breath-work is an effective tool to expediting the end goal of most practices: a change in mood, a lift in spirits and a feeling of expansiveness. Please be mindful so to not push yourself or force anything that doesn't feel good. Beginners, pregnant students, injuries etc. please be cautious and search for the beginners classes and speak with your doctor first.
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May 10: Advanced Practice: Adrenaline to Dopamine (33 min)
Today's practice is advanced and not suitable for beginners or those jumping back without practice for many months. We do two longs sets of "kaphalabhati" and several rounds of a Wim Hof variant with spinal movement.
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May 8: Two-Min Neuroscience Lesson + Diaphragmatic Breath (35 min)
Today begins with a two-minute lecture on the neuroscience of your diaphragm and into a deeper invitation to shift during our diaphragmatic breath set + breath of fire. Ending with three short sets of bellows.
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May 7: Pillars of Mental Health & Radical Positivity: Advanced Breath (30 min)
The invitation in this advanced practice is "how can we invite in positivity and optimism? "How can be on the brighter side of consciousness?" This is not suitable for newcomers or beginners. We do a long set of breath of fire to prepare for longer variations of Tummo breath/Wim Hof.
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May 6: Navigating Challenge & Resistance (Breathwork) 32 min
We begin with focus on your heart - and its relationship to the anatomy of your diaphragm and the theme of resistance. The invitation is "can we turn towards resistance vs running away from it?" My____ is a gift. My "anxiety/tension fill in the blank" as a gift.
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May 5: Traditional Pranayama Set (31 min)
Today's breathwork is suitable for beginners/moderate practitioners. We do three sets of KP breath, three sets of bellows (20, 40, 80) and end with "sitali" cooling breath.
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May 2: Advanced Dopamine-Serotonin Breathwork (37 min)
This practice is not suitable for beginners or those who haven't practiced breathwork for a long time. It is an intense series of adrenaline-enhancing practices with the visualization of green/blue purification of mind/brain connection.
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May 1: Soothing, Calm Breath for Catastrophic Thinking (30 min)
Today is a calming/down-regulating, soothing breathwork for "catastrophic thinking" - if you are in a state of fight or flight "is EVERY thought I have 1000% true?"
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Apr 30: Advanced Bellows/Bhastrika (33 min)
This is an advanced practice not suitable for beginners. We do three long sets of bellows breath - which is invigorating, intense - we end with a downregulating "Bhrama Mudra"
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Apr 29: Elevation Kriya Breathwork (30 min)
Today's practice is designed to elevate with the invitation of "what do you want to amplify through your body?" This is one of my staple faves.
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Apr 25: Advanced Breathwork for Resilience (30 min)
Today's practice is an advanced breathwork practice (not suitable for beginners) with longer sets of kp breath, bellows and WimHof.
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April 24: Full Spectrum Active Breathwork (30 min)
We begin mellow and get more intense, ending with uplifting "activating" breathwork.
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Apr 17: Alleviate Stress & PTSD: Moderate/Beginner Breathwork (32 min)
This is a beginner/moderate breathwork friendly practice. This is Sudarshan Kriya - with the invitation of noticing thoughts in your mind and how they vitiate or support you. Breath is way to access mindfulness - being aware of being aware - and offers an invitation of seeing...other ways - and q...
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Apr 15: Beginner/Moderate Traditional Breathwork (30 min)
This is moderate and beginner friendly. We do shorter sets of kaphalabhati, bellows and Nadi shodana.
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Apr 11: Mood-Changer Advanced Breath (33 min)
This is an advanced breathwork practice that includes a longer set of "ego eradicator" breath + Wim Hof variations with spinal flex and rotation + longer holds. This is not suitable for beginners.
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Apr 10: Gentle Breath Practice (30 min)
This is a gentle breathwork practice. We do a cooling breath type with spinal flexion and extension, "honey bee breath" as well as intentional breath and movement in the neck, jaw and shoulders.
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Apr 9: Breath for Releasing Fear & Increasing Ease (36 min)
This is for those of you trapped in fear, overwhelm, tension, hopelessness, depression and catastrophic thinking. This is an advanced practice and not suitable for raw beginners who haven't done any breathwork. The intention is to marry your brain body back together to get angst out of way in ord...
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Apr 6: "Broadcast" & Manifest (Advanced Breath) 30 min
I reference the throat region "purification" of the throat, the area from which we are broadcasting information via our voice & inner voice.
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Apr 3: Moderate Breath Practice for Tension (30 min)
This is a mixed breath practice with "breath of fire", "uddiyana bandha", lions breath, jivha bandha (both for facial and cranial nerves) and "brahma mudra" which is a slow, powerful diaphragmatic breath. It's not too intense but excellent for headaches, tension and de-stressing.
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April 1: Surya Kriya (Old Faithful) for Mood & Releasing Tension (32 min)
This is a staple breathwork practice to the digital studio. It is excellent for moodiness, anxiety and invoking sunshine energy (surya). It is an intermediate practice filled with below breath and breath of fire. One of my favorites!
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Mar 31: Gut Brain Axis Breathwork (30 min)
Today's practice is themed on the gut-brain axis and breathwork that is all about the GI tract, the "manipura chakra" meaning lustrous-jewel. The seat of your self-esteem.
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Mar 28: Advanced: Release Stress Breath (32 min)
This practice is not suitable for beginners. It requires an open mind! Or willingness to try. It is invigorating, cooling/intense bellows and Wim Hof styles + integrates visualizing the colors of the Northern Lights into your brain-body. This is breathwork to move overthinking, negative mindset ...
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March 26: Advanced: Mindwandering, Ease & Wim Hof Breath (32 min)
"Today I will move with ease" is the invitation. This is an ADVANCED practice not suitable for beginners. This is intense sets, longer holds and a lot of up-regulating intensity!
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Mar 25: Moderate/Gentler Breath-Set (30 min)
This is moderate/gentler breathwork practice integrating: the physiological sigh, 4-7-8 helpful for anxiety, two moderate rounds of breath of fire with hips and ending in sitali (cooling) breathwork.