Breathe.
With Continuous Conscious Breath
What is Breathwork?
What type of breathing do we use during our session?
Connected breathing = unique pranayama using mouth instead of nose.
Breathe into your belly. Breathe into your chest. Let it go gently, like a feather. Picture it as a circle with your breath. Just keep breathing.
“Breathwork" is an umbrella term for controlled breathing practices that regulate mind and body.
In our sessions, we practice a breathing technique called "continuous conscious breathing," also known as circular/connected breathing. Unlike most breathing exercises, we breathe through the mouth instead of the nose.
This breathing pattern activates the part of your nervous system responsible for energy, giving you a boost. However, after the session, you'll feel more relaxed than when you started. This breath takes some effort but has both immediate and long-term benefits..
Circular breathing can be difficult at first, but it's really effective.
To have a meaningful and powerful experience in our session, it's important to face and overcome any challenges that come up, whether they're in your mind, body, or emotions. Don't worry, I'll be there with you the whole time, providing guidance and support at every step.
Breathwork: Experience it to understand.
Process grief.
Calm your negative thoughts, quiet your busy mind, stabilize your emotions, and cultivate a profound feeling of tranquility inside.
Help you trust in your body and trust in your breath
Circular Breathwork can boost endorphin levels, our body's natural pain relievers, easing discomfort and enhancing overall wellness.
Create altered states and intense emotional release.
A feeling of love and gratitude.
Enhancing your connection with yourself (self-acceptance)
After the active breathing, experience a sense of lightness and relaxation, as your parasympathetic nervous system engages.
What will happen?
IIn a 90-minute session, I will help you unlock the power of your breath.
I begin each session by providing a detailed description of what to expect, ensuring that you feel comfortable and prepared for the journey ahead. During the session, I'll teach and support your exploration of this transformative breath technique. Meanwhile, a curated music playlist sets the tone, creating an immersive atmosphere.
Then, it's time for the main event: active breathing. This session lasts 40-50 minutes, allowing you to fully embrace your breath's rhythm and flow. Surrender and let go to release tension, unblock emotions, and feel liberated.
Release pent-up energy and emotions in this safe space by letting out a scream or two at the very end if needed for liberation.
After the active breathing I will guide you through a heart-opening gratitude practice. This integration time allows you to ground yourself, reflect on the experience, and embrace the transformative power of the session in a gentle and holistic way. Get ready to breathe, let go, and embrace the power within.
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Breath is IN and OUT of Mouth.
The first breath goes into the belly. The second breath in your chest. Then you let it go without pushing the air out.
It is performed lying down on your back in a comfortable position.
You will likely feel lots of sensations in your body, which may feel like a lot the first time you do it …like; tingling, dizziness, lightheadedness, nausea, lobster claw hands, (otherwise known as tetany) changes in body temperature, cramping muscles, headaches; this is all normal and harmless.
The breath is simple; mouth open, two breaths in, one breath out.
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Give yourself permission to let it out and have a big cry or yell. We all have stuck stuff in our bodies. It is safe to feel and express. Sound it out, express from your guts!
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IFS therapy can help with general life stressors like grief, relationship, and career issues, and improve resilience and self-esteem.
Though it is non-pathologizing (does not reduce a client to their diagnosis), it may treat several mental health issues and conditions.
Depression
Anxiety
Obsessive & compulsive behaviours
Eating disorder
Substance use disorders
Power through self-leadership in achieving an internal balance
Promotes self-compassion
Depression symptoms are viewed as normal reactions to stressors or trauma, rather than a diagnosis
Provides a better understanding of self
Prepares for emotional difficulty in the future
Improving phobia, panic, and generalized anxiety disorders and symptoms
Physical health conditions and symptoms
Personal resilience/self-concept
Trauma
Physical, emotional, or sexual abuse
Body image issues
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Breathwork can quiet your inner critic, calm the monkey mind, balance your mood, and promote a deep sense of inner peace.
Circular Breathwork can also increase the levels of endorphins, the body’s natural painkillers, which can help to reduce pain and promote well-being.
Altered states and intense emotional release
A feeling of love and gratitude.
A better relationship with yourself (self-love)
Lightness & relaxation (parasympathetic nervous system) after the active breathing part is over.
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Breathwork can result in intense physical and emotional release. Therefore, it is not advised for persons with a history of cardiovascular disease, including angina, high blood pressure, glaucoma, retinal detachment, osteoporosis, significant recent physical injuries or surgery.
Like most types of therapy, Breathwork isn’t appropriate for everyone. It’s recommended that you consult with your healthcare provider (including any mental health provider), and also let me, your teacher, know about any health concerns before participating in a Breathwork session.
Breathwork is not advised for persons with severe mental illness
* Particularly psychosis or paranoia
* Bipolar depression
* An active addiction
* Any person with mental illness who isn’t in treatment or lacks adequate support
Seizure disorders or for persons using major medications. It is also unsuitable for anyone with a personal or family history of aneurysms.
Pregnant women are advised against practicing.
Persons with asthma should bring their inhaler.
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(Suggestions)
Comfy clothes (layers)
yoga mat
blanket
eye mask
water bottle
lip balm
earphones (online only)
“Jolene....a note of deep thanks. You helped me release burdens I’ve been carrying for more than a decade. It was a truly transformational experience that helped me process the past and take a new perspective with me into my future. It was a gift! You are a gift! So grateful.” —
Maggie
“Honestly felt like I shed a thousand layers I couldn’t do in 10 therapy sessions.”
Catriona
“Hey there Jolene.Just wanted to send along a little note to you following last nights session. What an epiphany!!! I am completely elated by what I saw. I feel so full. So beautiful! I thank you, thank you, thank you (just repeat to infinity) because those words do not capture the amount of gratitude I have for you. Eternally grateful.”
Heather M
“I’m grateful for special souls like yours that make me feel welcome and comfortable to work within those emotional spaces. The only reason I attended last night was because it was YOU hosting it. You just have this way about you where I inherently trust. So thank you, thank you, thank you. I’m sure that I’ll be sharing happy stories, instead of painful ones.”
Tara B
THE BRAIN BENEFITS OF TRANSFORMATIONAL BREATHWORK- by Dani Gordon MD
