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Breathwork – Breathing exercises for relaxation

Do you also want to learn how to use your breathing consciously to improve your well-being? Then breathwork is for you.

Breathwork focuses on consciously controlling and changing the way we breathe to positively affect our mind, body and spirit. Learn different breathing techniques and breathing exercises to find your peace and improve your health.

What is breathwork and how does it work?

Benefits of breathwork

Different types of breathwork

There are several different types of Breathwork to add to your routine. Here we describe a couple of these:

  • Transformational breathing: A technique of deep, constant breathing through the nose without pauses between inhalation and exhalation. This type of breathing is used to open up emotional blockages and promote personal growth.

    Benefits: Promotes physical and emotional healing, increases energy flow and awareness.

Pranayama: A diverse set of breathing techniques from the Indian yoga tradition.

- Examples of pranayama breathing include Nadi Shodhana (alternating nasal breathing), Kapalabhati (rapid, forceful breathing) and Ujjayi (light, audible breathing).

- Nadi Shodhana: Alternate Nostril Breathing (Nadi Shodhana Pranayama): This technique involves alternately blocking one nostril with the thumb while inhaling through the other nostril and then switching sides and exhaling with the first. This exercise helps balance the flow of energy between the two hemispheres of the brain and promotes relaxation and focus.

- Kapalabhati:

- Start with a passive inhalation: Breathe in slowly and naturally through the nose and allow the stomach to expand gently.

- Take a quick, forceful exhalation: Contract your stomach muscles strongly as if you are trying to pull your navel towards your spine. This will create a "pumping" action that expels air quickly through the nose.

- Relax your stomach as you exhale and then continue to repeat powerful exhalations and passive inhalations.

- Ujjayi - also called "ocean breath"

- Begin with a slow, deep inhalation through the nose. Feel your belly expand as you fill your lungs with air.

- Exhale while gently contracting the back of your throat as if whispering. This creates a soft, ocean-like sound.

- Benefits: Balances energy flow, increases awareness and promotes physical and mental health.

Holotropic breathing: The technique involves deep, rapid breathing in a continuous circular motion. With this breathing, one wants to create an increased awareness and make it possible to have a profound spiritual experience.

- Benefits: Promotes emotional healing, can open up to spiritual experiences and increases awareness of the subconscious.

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