Sara Quiggin
This is a group for anyone who is curious about working with the breath. Beginners and veteran breathers all welcome.
You will be guided and held in each session in a beautiful location with a group of like minded individuals.
Sara is a breath coach, facilitator and one of the teacher trainers at Alchemy Of Breath. She is also a yoga teacher and integrative holistic counsellor. she a has a wealth of experience in holding safe, inclusive & welcoming spaces and facilitating groups.
Sessions will begin Wednesday 11th May and run biweekly 5.30-7pm until July.
Class passes will be sold in either 3 or 6 which will take you up to the last session before the summer in July and create a lovely intimate space for the group. This will also give an opportunity to really try breathwork out for yourself and experience the real benefits of working with the breath.
Class time: 5.30 - 7.00pm
Cost: £42 for 3 sessions / £80 for 6 sessions
Contact: email info@thebreatheffect.co.uk or WhatApp/Telegram 07966758168 to book a spot.
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What is Breathwork?
Breathwork is a powerful tools for accessing our inner world/subconscious world and changing our mental/emotion and physiological state.
It’s the one tool we have access to at any time that has the power to change our state.
Conscious Breathing is a self-healing technique that helps people to access the full potential of their breathing system for better physical, emotional and mental well-being.
The conscious connected breath pattern is a natural, safe and easy–to-learn technique.
As human beings we hold onto tension within our bodies and in doing so create physical, mental and emotional blockages. This technique helps to release the blockages and transform your life and energy.
It is often emotional or mental upset that causes breathing restrictions, because our tendency is to hold our breath as a reaction to overwhelming feelings.
Most of us do not breathe is way the supports us, and most of us have inefficient breathing patterns.
Consider these statistics: 70% of us don’t use our breath in full capacity and indeed most of us only use 33% of our respiratory capacity.
Conscious breathing helps us to fully open our respiratory system – something the body has difficulty doing if breathing is restricted. In these cases, physical, mental and emotional ailments often arise, such as stress, anxiety and lack of energy.
A few sessions will enable you to use this technique for yourself as a lifelong tool.
Many people have discovered an expanded state of consciousness as they improve their breathing process. Your life can open up and become more fulfilled through conscious breathing.
Every culture in the history of the world has, in one way or another acknowledged the existence of a life-force energy in the human body.
The Indians call it prana, the Chinese call it chi, and the Japanese call it ki. In the West it is called human electricity.
This energy can be attained and expressed in different ways, and so again each culture interprets it slightly differently. For example, prana and chi, as well as meaning ‘energy’ also means ‘breath’ because one can generate energy by practising breathing exercises.
For thousands of years, humans have understood breathing has a powerful influence over our physiological and psychological wellbeing.
But many people still find it difficult to understand the link between breathing and its impact on our body’s physiology and stress levels. Research has shown the way we breathe has a powerful effect on how stressed we feel. When we feel stressed, one of the physiological changes that occurs is activation of the sympathetic nervous system (fight/flight response) and an immediate increase in respiration switching from slow, abdominal breathing to faster, shallower, chest breathing. This is a normal and healthy response in the short-term. If we are constantly triggering the sympathetic nervous system throughout the day however, we begin to habitually take shorter, shallower breaths with our upper chest, even though the stress may have passed. The danger is that this style of breathing sends signals to the brain that we are under stress when the reality is, it may not really be under stress at all, and so the stress cycle continues and we stay stressed.
In these sessions we will be working with the breath to activate the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems in a controlled way to release holding patterns in the body. The effects can be profound.
Benefits of breathwork
Detoxification and improved immune system
Increases energy
Improves respiratory function
Calms the nervous system
Strengthens the lymphatic system
Release muscle tension
Releases held trauma in the body
Improves cardio vascular function
Elevates our mental state - The quality of our breath helps to relax the mind and enhance the ability to learn, focus, concentrate and memorise. The brain requires a great deal of oxygen to function and increased intake of oxygen helps us to achieve clarity, feel grounded and productive.
Relieves stress, anxiety, depression and negative thought patterns.
Breathing properly can help us overcome addictive patterns of behaviour and eating disorders.
Ignites creativity and passion.
Enhances self-awareness.
Aids digestion.
Improves overall health and well-being.
Please note that there are some contraindications to this breathwork:
High blood pressure
Cardio vascular disease
Delicate pregnancy or first trimester
Bi-polar
Schizophrenia
Recent brain injury
Please contact me if you are unsure and would like to take part.
You will be guided and held in each session in a beautiful location with a group of like minded individuals.
Sara is a breath coach, facilitator and one of the teacher trainers at Alchemy Of Breath. She is also a yoga teacher and integrative holistic counsellor. she a has a wealth of experience in holding safe, inclusive & welcoming spaces and facilitating groups.
Sessions will begin Wednesday 11th May and run biweekly 5.30-7pm until July.
Class passes will be sold in either 3 or 6 which will take you up to the last session before the summer in July and create a lovely intimate space for the group. This will also give an opportunity to really try breathwork out for yourself and experience the real benefits of working with the breath.
Class time: 5.30 - 7.00pm
Cost: £42 for 3 sessions / £80 for 6 sessions
Contact: email info@thebreatheffect.co.uk or WhatApp/Telegram 07966758168 to book a spot.
DM on Instagram
What is Breathwork?
Breathwork is a powerful tools for accessing our inner world/subconscious world and changing our mental/emotion and physiological state.
It’s the one tool we have access to at any time that has the power to change our state.
Conscious Breathing is a self-healing technique that helps people to access the full potential of their breathing system for better physical, emotional and mental well-being.
The conscious connected breath pattern is a natural, safe and easy–to-learn technique.
As human beings we hold onto tension within our bodies and in doing so create physical, mental and emotional blockages. This technique helps to release the blockages and transform your life and energy.
It is often emotional or mental upset that causes breathing restrictions, because our tendency is to hold our breath as a reaction to overwhelming feelings.
Most of us do not breathe is way the supports us, and most of us have inefficient breathing patterns.
Consider these statistics: 70% of us don’t use our breath in full capacity and indeed most of us only use 33% of our respiratory capacity.
Conscious breathing helps us to fully open our respiratory system – something the body has difficulty doing if breathing is restricted. In these cases, physical, mental and emotional ailments often arise, such as stress, anxiety and lack of energy.
A few sessions will enable you to use this technique for yourself as a lifelong tool.
Many people have discovered an expanded state of consciousness as they improve their breathing process. Your life can open up and become more fulfilled through conscious breathing.
Every culture in the history of the world has, in one way or another acknowledged the existence of a life-force energy in the human body.
The Indians call it prana, the Chinese call it chi, and the Japanese call it ki. In the West it is called human electricity.
This energy can be attained and expressed in different ways, and so again each culture interprets it slightly differently. For example, prana and chi, as well as meaning ‘energy’ also means ‘breath’ because one can generate energy by practising breathing exercises.
For thousands of years, humans have understood breathing has a powerful influence over our physiological and psychological wellbeing.
But many people still find it difficult to understand the link between breathing and its impact on our body’s physiology and stress levels. Research has shown the way we breathe has a powerful effect on how stressed we feel. When we feel stressed, one of the physiological changes that occurs is activation of the sympathetic nervous system (fight/flight response) and an immediate increase in respiration switching from slow, abdominal breathing to faster, shallower, chest breathing. This is a normal and healthy response in the short-term. If we are constantly triggering the sympathetic nervous system throughout the day however, we begin to habitually take shorter, shallower breaths with our upper chest, even though the stress may have passed. The danger is that this style of breathing sends signals to the brain that we are under stress when the reality is, it may not really be under stress at all, and so the stress cycle continues and we stay stressed.
In these sessions we will be working with the breath to activate the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems in a controlled way to release holding patterns in the body. The effects can be profound.
Benefits of breathwork
Detoxification and improved immune system
Increases energy
Improves respiratory function
Calms the nervous system
Strengthens the lymphatic system
Release muscle tension
Releases held trauma in the body
Improves cardio vascular function
Elevates our mental state - The quality of our breath helps to relax the mind and enhance the ability to learn, focus, concentrate and memorise. The brain requires a great deal of oxygen to function and increased intake of oxygen helps us to achieve clarity, feel grounded and productive.
Relieves stress, anxiety, depression and negative thought patterns.
Breathing properly can help us overcome addictive patterns of behaviour and eating disorders.
Ignites creativity and passion.
Enhances self-awareness.
Aids digestion.
Improves overall health and well-being.
Please note that there are some contraindications to this breathwork:
High blood pressure
Cardio vascular disease
Delicate pregnancy or first trimester
Bi-polar
Schizophrenia
Recent brain injury
Please contact me if you are unsure and would like to take part.