what makes it integrative?

All cultures have some relationship with and philosophy around breathing, which can get lost in the modern commodification of wellness. Throughout time there have been many different kinds of breathwork, often credited as originating in awareness practices from the ancient cultures in China, Tibet, India, and Japan. Each type of breathwork supports a different outcome, such as: reducing stress, raising energy, or sharpening focus.

Integrative breathwork is one kind of breathwork, and it supports the expression and release of stuck emotion or experiences in the body. In integrative breathing, we don't force or push a particular outcome in the way that we breathe.

We start a session with a type of circular breathing that raises our energy, and then for the rest of the time you will be lying down, comfy, breathing consistently and consciously, being guided and prompted by what I'm noticing as your facilitator. When something comes up (such as a pain, a feeling, or a thought pattern), we breathe with it until there is either a cathartic release or more clarity and integration comes through. When the energy from the experience has been released, we can integrate the information that is left behind.

Each breathwork session follows a journey through whatever starts to come up. The sessions are emergent, meaning that we follow whatever naturally arises for you during the course of the session, and experiential, meaning that you will be experiencing and processing things in real-time.