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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Jan 20: The Biology of Negative Thoughts + Breathwork
A soft education on the neuroscience of how negative thoughts are automatic and positive thoughts are NOT automatic - and the PFC and Limbic System. Why is it positive thinking is harder at times than negative? We then do a moderate breath practices into the hips and legs with this teaching in mind.
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Jan 17: Manifestation Advanced Breath + Wim Hof (32 min)
Today I invite "if you bring forth what is within you, it will save you" and we drop into an advanced practice integrating "the broaden and build theory" via breath with kaphalabhati breath + four rounds of WimHof variation of building intensity.
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Jan 16: The Neuroscience of Vitality Breathwork (28 min)
The invitation for intention is: Where in your life ARE you thriving? And a brief explanation of integrating neurostimulation to support your intentions. We do hips with breath of fire as well as dynamic, uplifting bellows and spinal flexing.
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Jan 15: Adrenaline, Endorphins & Serotonin: Advanced Breath (32 min)
Today we work with your breath to stimulate adrenaline in a positive way via longer repetitions of breath of fire, and a variation of Wim Hof breath as well as longer breath holds. The hope is that you feel increased energy, awareness and endorphins.
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Jan 14: Full Moon Breathwork (32 min)
Inquiry, why is it so easy for us to negate to negativity rather than positive affirmation? We then drop into a robust and common kiriya that I often teach in the studio.
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Jan 13: Breathwork for Your Inner Critic (31 min)
The theme is breathwork for inner love and positivity - I invite you to bring that which ails you into today's practice - any shutting down, your inner critic and so on... We use a mixed breath practice today to massage it out of you: physiological sigh, breath of fire and alternate nostril breat...
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Jan 10: Advanced Breathwork for Clarity + WimHof (33 min)
We begin with "Kriya for Clarity" which is helpful if you're in your head too much, integrating somatic/body movements that help express clutter of the mind + breath of fire. We then end with three rounds of a variation of WimHof style breath with 30 second breath holds. The outcome ideally is se...
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Jan 9: Intermediate Kundalini (30 min)
This is an activating / upregulating breathwork practice with kaphalabhati, bellows breath coupled with intentionality.
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Jan 8: Breathwork for Uncertainty (30 min)
If you're feeling uncertain about how the new year is beginning OR you feel uneasy or uncertain about a thing in your life... I speak to this before we do a down-regulating, chilled out breath practice. We do a 3 min bout of breath of fire - but the rest is long, ujjayi breath and 4-7-8
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Jan 6: Post-Holiday Moderate Breath (30 min)
This is a moderate breath practice opening up the upper and lower airways as well as releasing tension from the accessory muscles involved in respiration.
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Jan 2: Post-Holidays Brain Calm
This is a SLOW, down-regulating practice. If you desire a slow moving minimalist breath practice. If you're beat-down by the holidays, pooped out, have little energy - and need to respect it - and desire a calming breath - this is for you. If you're sick or at the end of a flu/cold - this may als...
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Special Solstice Workshop: Breath + Inquiry (60 min)
This is an hour long special practice in homage of Winter Solstice that falls on Dec 21 and in the Northern Hemispheres is the darkest and shortest day of the year. This intermediate/advanced also invites you into the depths of your own heart - via breathwork + inquiry or optional journalling. So...
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Dec 19: Heart Practice & Newcomers Overview (35 min)
A quick hello to newcomers to the studio + a lung and heart cleansing practice integrating ujjayi with various arm movements and a few sets of bellows. This is a beginner/intermediate practice.
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Dec 17: Solstice Intention Practice (45 min)
Today's practice is for intention setting as we get near to Dec 20, the shortest day of the year.
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Dec 12: Breath for Flus & Colds (30 min)
Today's practice is for when you're run down, have a sinus or chest cold and don't have much energy. This is an easy-going downregulating breath set with lymphatic drainage massage and two brief sets of kaphalabhati breath x 2.
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Dec 11: Solstice: Neuroplasticity, Change & Breath (30 min)
The invitation for post-breath work journalling "I am willing to let go of _____ in order to let in_______." We do an intermediate breath practice. I explain the very basics of neuroplasticity: agitation is a part of "the work" followed by rest.
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Dec 10: Solstice Countdown Breathwork (30 min)
This practice is day one as countdown to winter solstice, an invitation to include a gratitude practice pre or post-breath work. Gratitude is one of the top behaviors that invokes serotonin and dopamine into the brain and body.
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Dec 3: Intermediate Mixed Breathwork (32 min)
Today I infused Sudarshan Kriya with a sprinkling of up-regulating breath. This is an intermediate practice!
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Nov 29: Hormone Balancing Breath (32 min)
A brief note on hormonal imbalances and the impact of breath. We do three full cycles of kaphalabhati (shining skull) breath), sitali (cooling variation), spinal flex and a holotropic variation to adjust your mood. It is up-regulating in nature.
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Nov 28: Lymphatic Flush Breathwork (30 min)
This is a Kundalini breath set for flushing the lymphatic system with a focus on the major nodes.
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Nov 27: Gut-Brain Axis Breathwork (32 min)
This is a hybrid practice that begins with a Kundalini Kriya for clarity + activating modern breath (tummo variation) that will up-regulate and awaken the body's system + serotonin & cortisol chat at the start.
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Nov 26: Serotonin, Calm Gratitude Breathwork (30 min)
This is a soothing, down-regulating breathwork practice for those of you feeling exhausted/anxious and intense breathwork isn't for you today. Keywords: soothing, cooling, calming, serotonin, deep breathing, gratitude practice
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Nov 25: Cortisol/Adrenaline Informed Breathwork (31 min)
Today we dive into breath practice with a bit of information on how we can modulate cortisol and adrenaline in the brain and body. We do breath of fire and classic breathwork to help balance both.
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Nov 22: Cortisol Theme Breathwork (33 min)
Today is a bit more advanced - with reference to cortisol and stress.