Why practice Mindful Breathing & Pranayama?
Your posture is set to the way you breathe and feel. The way you breathe is set your posture and how you feel. By practicing mindful breathing you nurture your health, boost your mood and restore your balanced posture - so it no longer restricts your breath (the very source of your life - your strength, peace and joy).
The fundamental nature of the breath is that, like life, it is constantly changing. It rocks us back and forth, it fills us and empties us, expands and contracts. As we tune in to our breath, we learn to feel the wave-like movements that the breath creates in the body. The movements show us where the body is moving and where it is not. Where there is breath, there is life. Feeling and recognising the movements forms the basis of our understanding of the breath.
When life throws us challenges that seem too big to handle, or when things are not going according to plan, many of us tend to stop the natural flow of events by unconsciously stopping the natural flow of the movements of the breath, restricting them in a subtle and sometimes not so subtle ways. We build our understanding of the breath by noticing how and where we prevent the breath from coming into and leaving the body freely. For this 'effort' is not needed but 'self-awareness' is.
In order to explore how we can strengthen healthy breathing patterns, we need to identify our personal breath holding strategies. When we do, we can learn to free ourself from this limiting strategies and breathe in a way that is in tune with each situation that life presents. Our breath becomes flexible to change and responds to situations as they change, rather than becoming locked into 'one' mode of breathing.
Mindful Breathing & Pranayama Sessions
We offer one-to-one personalised mindful breathing sessions. Many begin with our comprehensive course, which includes five individual sessions complemented by supporting videos to deepen your practice.
You may also choose from our regular weekly Mindful Breathing Zoom classes.
Resources for Mindful Breathing & Pranayama
Matt has a devised a breathing program (DVD & Digital), and has written a manual to assist those keen to develop a self-practice. You can choose from: Online How to Breathe Course , Box Set (or Mp4) How to Breathe Videos or How to Breathe Book. You read reviews on Amazon here.
