Therapeutic Breathwork
By Maryanna Bock, MEd., LCSW

The breath is the source of our Life in each moment. Each breath not only carries the oxygen to sustain each cell. It also contained the life force known as: life energy, Prana, Chi, Adamantine Particles, ‘The Force”. This Life substance is  not perceivable to our five senses. Yet it is known to almost all cultures and is now verified and measured by repeatable scientific research and well as sense by many people through extrasensory perception.

This energy is the substance of our energy field, also referred to as aura or bio-field. The frequency and flow of our energy field attracts, creates and generates our life experience- physically, mentally and emotionally, as confirmed by recent extensive scientific research.

When we grasp this reality, the enhancement of our energy body becomes a priority. Our energy body is held in place by our beliefs. For most of us limiting beliefs or unconscious thought forms restricts the full potential flow of energy in our energy field. This same constriction is evident and correspondingly present in our breath.

Anytime we perceive something as “wrong,” fearful or mentally hold limiting or positional beliefs, simultaneously we experience and unpleasant emotional response to that thought, and we restrict the breath and the corresponding flow in our energy field. Our energy field and our breath respond rapidly to significant shifts in our belief and intentionality and to infusions of energy through entrainment. Yet the cumulative effect of negative thoughts and restriction in our breath is such that most healthy adults are breathing in only 10 to 20% of their respiratory system while the rest of it is relatively frozen in unconscious negative beliefs stored in the body and the energy field.

Therapeutic Breathwork is a powerful tool for expanding and amplifying our energy field by reversing this restriction.

It is a specific breath pattern sometimes referred to as conscious connected breathing. It has the effect of increasing the amount of life energy in the energy field for the specific purpose of releasing unconscious beliefs and corresponding unpleasant emotional, transforming them permanently, subject to our conscious intention.

Therapeutic Breathwork is a very specific breathing pattern in which: the inhale is relaxed, open and full through the whole respiratory system; the exhale is relaxed and simply “let go” to fall with gravity; and the inhale and exhale are connected with no pause between them.

When these three elements are present, the breath will “activate”, meaning it will become somewhat “unstoppable” the way the breath does after heavy physical exertion. When these three conditions are present in the breath, it will activate in a similar way even though the body is still and not using at a muscular level the energy being created. Instead the energy is pumped direction into the energy field and all corresponding aspects of our being. The powerful, often unexpected therapeutic results make it very advisable to begin this process with a highly trained facilitator.

In a full breath session this form of breathing would continue for about 45 to 60 minuets, facilitating a powerful clearing and amplification of energy. Each session is guided by the intention of the breather in regard to what particular quality of expansion is desired.

Each breath session restores fluidity to some aspect of the energy field. Therefore it will open an area of the respiratory system to be accessed in normal breathing, creating greater vitality and physical health. It will clear the corresponding emotional energy; remove the energetic support to the related limiting belief, thereby creating increased spiritual connection.

Since for the most part this is all happening in an aspect of our being where we have been previously unconscious, often our first clue that something has changed is the realization that our automatic behavioral responses in a given situation have subtlety but profoundly shifted.

The greatest power is accessed through the cumulative experience of continued use of this extraordinary tool, as the continued expansion readily and rapidly opens more and more of the infinite potential of our energy field. As our confidence and familiarity with the modality grows, weekly self-session and brief daily use can create an amazing expanded experience of life.

The experience during the breath session itself has certain broad patterns of similarity but is basically unique as it is guided by the higher energy of your energy body, Higher self, or whatever you would term the Greater intelligence working through your breath. Numerous symptoms of the increase in energy are commonly felt including: tingling, myo-spasms, numbness, transitory physical pain or cramping, emotional release, elation, insight, spiritual connection, etc. The facilitator’s intent is to create an energetic container of unconditional love, safety and support; to coach the breath to open connectedness through instruction and physical and energetic touch as indicated.

By integrating Therapeutic breathwork into our life, we invite the life giving energy by breathing more consciously, fully, and with awareness of the miraculous power that sustains our life.

The power of this process has many benefits.
As we breathe more fully we gain increased awareness of our physical, emotional, and energy bodies and activate our chakra system, enhancing the energy flow throughout. By consciously lovingly inviting the breath fully into our being, we open ourselves to a deeper more constant experience of who we truly are at our source. Lovingly opening the breath fully is the beginning of an incredible infinite adventure of expanding our life potential and connection with Self.

Any part of your body that is not in relaxed movement in response to the breath is literally held back in fear from the power of Life. It is also metaphorically representing an aspect of your life that is mentally and emotionally held fearfully back from active co-creation with Life- Energy-Love-Source.

For an introduction to Therapeutic Breathwork, Guide Service for the Soul, Earth Circle Spiritual Leadership Training, Sacred Ceremonies or Wilderness Questing or to Learn more and/or schedule a Therapeutic Breath Session call Maryanna at 207-443-7001, or email maryanna@lightcoach.com.


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