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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Oct 7: Jungle Kaphalabhati (30 min)
Today's practice is a lot of kaphalabhati breath in several different positions and a few stretches into the hips and spine.
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Oct 2: Advanced Dopamine/Serotonin Express (Breath 35 min)
This is an advanced practice, do not do this if you are new, beginner or returning to breathwork after many months or years. It is filled with longer holds from 30-60 seconds, WimHof breath x four cycles and ends with ego eradicator (kp breath). It is designed to shift your physiology via O2 and...
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Oct 1: Dynamic & Pelvic Diaphragm Breath (30 min)
4 min brief lesson of the pelvic diaphragm during breathing + ending with pelvic floor breathing.
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Sept 27: Infinite Possibilities: Advanced Breathwork (30 min)
This is an advanced breath practice using "breath of fire" to start and into four cycles of a gradually more intense form of Wim Hof/Tummo breathing.
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Sept 25: Release Fear Breath Kriya (33 min)
This is an intermediate/advanced 33 min version a kriya called to "Relax and Release Fear." We use breath to move fear out of your body (your organs, spine, hands, shoulders and thoughts).
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Sept 24: Breath: Peter Levine on PTSI: Trauma = Injury, not Disorder (30 min)
I introduce today's practice with a breath overview of what "somatic experiencing & embodiment" means. As well as Peter Levine's work breaking down post traumatic stress as an injury not a disorder - which connotes we can heal vs getting stuck in a disorder for the rest of our lives. We work with...
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Sept 23: Embodied Breathwork (30 min)
What is embodiment? Inquiry of what is disembodying you. We do breath, inquiry and practices to keep you IN your body, not OUT.
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Sept 20: Friday Advanced Awakening Breathwork (31 min)
Today's practice is for advanced students (isn't appropriate for raw beginners). We do a long set of "ego eradicator", and tummy breathing variation with long breath holds.
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Sept 18: Mid-Week Advanced Breath Set (30 min)
Inquiry: Distraction & Rick Rubin's interpretation, "what are you buying into?"
Plus a fiery breath set into kaphalabhati breath, arm movements/punches, and ending with a Wim Hof variation of breath x 3 sets -
Sept 19: Cool & Calm Breathing (28 min)
Today is a cooling, calming breath practice that includes soothing, slow breathing and "sitali" which is cooling breath. We end on our backs and complete this practice with a gentle twist.
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Sept 17: Breathwork for Moving Doubt (32 min)
We work with the fog of doubt - this practices addresses how breathwork helps shake the biological manifestations of doubt, mind wandering - and the noticing of negative thought waves. This is a moderate/intermediate breath practice.
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Sept 13: Advanced Breathwork: Abundance Mindset (30 min)
This is an abundance mindset breath practice - it is advanced in nature and not appropriate for beginners to breath.
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Sept 16: Harvest Moon Prep + Mixed Breath Set (33 min)
This is a mixed breath set with the intention of self-reliance + a full breath set with all of your faves, ending with a moon-centric breath.
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Sept 12: Honeybee Soothing Breathwork (32 min)
We work into neck, jaw and facial tension as well as the vagus nerve with honey bee sound/breathing and slow deep breathing. This set also includes a two min ego-eradicator set to shake off fatigue/irritation. We end with my favorite deeply relaxing breath types.
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Sept 10: Breath Harnessing the Unseen (30 min)
I share a chapter from Rick Rubin's book. The Unseen, is the goal of this practice, using breathwork to plug in the "unseen" to transcend the ego mind - to amplify creativity. This is a more intense breath set.
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Sept 9: Rick Rubin: The Vessel & Filter Breathwork (32 min)
A quick reference to Rick Rubin's work - our body is a vessel and breathwork filters that which no longer serves us. This a busy, uplifting kriya.
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Sept 5: Beginner/Moderate Breath Practice (30 min)
This practice is filled with prep-practices that are kinda weird if you're new, but feel fantastic. This is suitable for beginners.
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Sept 4: Advanced Breath Set (33 min)
This is an advanced breath set - this is not suitable for beginners.
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Sept 3: Relax Anxiety & Tension Breathwork (32 min)
This is a gradual breath-set from (4-7-8 breath) slow deep breathing, hip work with breath of fire and ending with some twists into the belly with breath + neck releases and some breath holds.
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Aug 29: Hips & Breath (30 min)
This is a moderate breath practice that includes hip work, breath of fire, ocean breath and a toe-foot arch stretch with "bellows."
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Aug 28: Bliss Advanced: Wim Hof + Ego Breath (30 min)
This is an advanced bliss-inducing practice not suitable for beginners. We do four cycles of variations of Wim Hof (Tummo breath) long 30-60 second breath holds and ending with ego eradicator breath. This is one of my favorite combos.
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Aug 27: All-Levels Mellow Breathwork
This is a cooling, calming and easy going breath set for all levels.
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Aug 26: Intermediate Breath for LoveJules & VSOHA students
This is an intermediate breath practice for those of you who have been steered to me by Josh Blodans or VSOHA students. This is moderate version of a breath kriya called "Surya Kriya."
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Aug 23: Let Go Advanced Breath Practice: (29 min)
This is an advanced practice not suitable for beginners. The theme is letting go of crap :)