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yesterday evening I got introduced to breathwork in class. now I really understand the struggle with trauma sitting in your body. and how our society is almost constantly in the sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight mode instead of rest and digest mode). I now believe that breathwork is a key part of healing and its very underrated in medicine. you will only regenerate, if you give your body the signals to be in rest mode. breathwork is one way to do that mindfully. so powerful and easy. 💚

Essencial 5d ago

I love reading, this is something that resonates with you! Breathwork is so so powerful.

But...you must be very mindful when working with traumatized clients...! When I started implementing breathwork with my clients, I had a very unpleasant experience. It taught me to be very mindful and observing well my clients, when going into breathwork.

It was just three deep breaths, exhaling with a sound/tone like a ship makes, when entering the harbor. She almost fainted, felt dizzy and nausea. She hadn't breathed since many years that deeply. It was just to much at once.

So it was a big lesson for me... You can get traumatized by going to fast to deep...Because that is exactly what happens when someone gets traumatized. Something happens to fast, to strong, to sudden.

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franny 5d ago

wow that must have been an experience. my teacher told me that he used to check the breathing ability of the clients at the beginning. now it makes even more sense 😅 so powerful, wow... thanks for sharing awareness 🙏🏼

as you describe your practice, we did something similar yesterday, to train the parasympathetic system

Bennu Breath 𓅣 5d ago

Absolutely. While it's easy for many, it can also overstimulate the nervous sustem for others. That's why good educated guidance is so necessary and why I studied to be a Wim Hof method instructor. It's necessary to know the biological background and have the experience to evaluate where your participants stand in terms of stress level and overall health.

With the Wim Hof method you consciously play with raising the stress level through breathing and cold ... and then go into the opposite with full relaxation. That interplay is called hormesis and is what makes youbso resilient and healthy. If you overstimulate your nervous system without the proper rest and calm down, you add to your stress level and can make conditions worse over time.

franny 5d ago

thank you :)