Breathwork helps not only release trauma and trapped emotions but also helps us to let go of old habits and shift belief patterns and structures. It's the fast track that cuts to the roots of what's causing lifelong issues of anxiety, stress, bad sleep, lack of energy, self-confidence, self-worth, and really any mental complex that we're struggling with—whether it's conscious or unconscious.

Conscious connected breathing allows for the somatic release of all the repressed and suppressed emotions bottled up and trapped inside the body. In one of our in-person retreats, a woman had a mind-blowing release. She said it was the most powerful thing that she had ever experienced in her life and was able to let go of years worth of struggle bottled up inside of her body.

That moment when we realize the problem was never actually the problem. The problem is our relationship to the problem. Our perception around it, the stories that we've cast around it, the beliefs that we have about it, using breathwork allows us to let go of the control patterns in our minds that dictate our life experiences. We start to see through a new lens. We start to experience more harmony and inner peace within ourselves. We begin to start taking more radical responsibility in our lives. We feel more energy. We feel more ready to make big changes and self-awareness gives us the power to take action.

The default mode network, is a group of brain structures or cells found in the same area of the prefrontal cortex. It connects parts of the brain’s thinking, decision-making, and interpretive functions, (which include the ability for self-reflection, mental projection, and past and future thoughts get us into trouble) and the ability to interpret ourselves with more objectivity.

Decreased blood flow and electrical activity in the DMN. When activity slows, the ego temporarily vanishes and the usual boundaries we experience between ourselves and the world around us melt away. (Otherwise known as ”Flow State”) Think of it like this: if your brain is a bank, this is like getting access to the key to the locked vault.

We’re spiritual beings having a human experience. But that isn’t necessarily connected to religion, we’re talking about your essence, your “breath” (the Sanskrit word for “spirit”). When doing breathwork, many people report feeling connected to something greater, beyond space and time. It triggers positive emotions like love, joy, bliss, feelings of kindness and oneness, and a deep sense of meaning and purpose.