What is Breathwork: Intro, Benefits, and Tips to Practicing
What is Breathwork: Intro, Benefits, and Tips to Practicing
Breathwork is a powerful way to access your body’s innate intelligence to heal itself. It is a practice that is thousands of years old and no matter the style or variation, all types of breathwork offer the chance for personal transformation through improved mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being.
Breathwork has been gaining popularity in recent years as a way to reduce stress, manage anxiety, and improve overall well-being. Some people have even heard that a breathwork journey can be 'psychedelic'. But what exactly is the difference between breathing regularly and making it "breath work"?
What is Breathwork?
Breathwork is a powerful practice that involves conscious control of breathing patterns to bring about positive changes in the physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing of a person. By becoming aware of and controlling your breath, you can access and influence the energy and vitality of your body, mind, and spirit.
This practice is ancient and has been used for centuries by various cultures and can be used to bring about healing, spiritual enlightenment, and inner peace. It is often used in combination with other forms of meditation, yoga, and mindfulness practices. Breathwork can be done solo or with a partner, and it can be done in a variety of ways, such as through deep breathing, alternate nostril breathing, deep inhale and deep exhale, holding your breath, humming, chanting, and more.
Benefits of Breathwork
Healing: It serves as a vehicle for potent healing to move through the unconscious; trauma, addiction, chronic stress, anxiety and toxic emotional residue. The stuck emotions that have become ingrained inside the body.
Release: Through this active meditation, you begin to release stagnant energy and allow in more clarity, freedom, love, joy and truth.
Awareness: Breathwork allows you to access deeper levels of awareness and dive deeper into discovering your truest self.
Clearing: It allows for clearing of the energy field of old emotions, conditioning, traumas, addiction and can change old patterns, habits, and ways of thinking.
Renew: After the session you feel detoxified and more connected to your authentic self. You’ll feel renewed, having let go of what was holding you back.
Clarity: You may receive answers, clarity, new realized creative possibilities. You may experience a shift in mindset.
Stress Relief: Decreases stress, anxiety and connects you to purpose, power and joy
Reflection: There is space for sharing, questions and guidance and support with integration after the session.
Christina Rae Almeida, the Founder of Rae Rituals online breathwork video platform, says
“Breathwork has been one of the most powerful rituals that I have developed in building a better relationship with myself, my body and my emotions.
Through breathwork, I am able to move from a reactive state to a proactive state and this has positively changed my life, my relationships, my overall health, my career and ultimately led me on a healing journey.
I dedicated my career to showing people how easy it is to change your life through breathwork“
Integrating Breathwork into Your Daily Routine
Breathwork is a simple and accessible practice that can be integrated into your daily routine. It can be practiced anywhere and at any time, making it an excellent tool for managing stress and anxiety on the go.
One way to incorporate breathwork into your daily routine is to set aside a few minutes each day to practice deep breathing exercises. You can do this by finding a quiet space to sit or lie down and focusing on your breath. It can be difficult to develop new habits initially but because breathwork provides such quick results you will find that it’s really easy and so worth it to put a few seconds, if not minutes, to focusing on your breath.
Rae Rituals offers on demand breathwork for energizing, relaxing, empowering, and to provide clarity. Also the Rae Rituals platform offers private alchemical breathwork journey to members only, and you can access this portal for $6 a month! Otherwise check out free meditation and breathwork practices from Christina Rae on Insight Timer.
Breathwork can also be integrated into other forms of exercise, such as yoga and Pilates. Many yoga and Pilates classes incorporate breathwork into their routines, and these practices can be an excellent way to experience the benefits of breathwork while also improving physical fitness.
Conclusion
Breathwork is a powerful tool for managing stress, improving mental clarity, and enhancing overall well-being. By practicing breathwork techniques into your daily routine, you can experience the numerous benefits of this ancient practice. Whether you are looking to reduce stress, improve physical performance, manage anxiety and depression, find clarity, transform, or simply enhance your overall quality of life, breathwork is a simple and accessible practice that can help you achieve your goals.
Remember…one breath at a time.
To learn more about Alchemical Breathwork and enjoy access to on demand breathwork practices and private breathwork journeys consider joining the Rae Rituals membership for just $6 a month!
