Emerging Victorious – Honouring Your Gains and Integrating Your Treasures
You heard the call, you left the safe harbour, you’ve faced all of the external voices persuading you that you shouldn’t follow your dreams, and you’ve faced your own personal inner Demons along the way, so what next? For most of us by the time we return from our Hero’s Journey, we are changed. […]
Not every relationship is easy
Not every relationship is easy. Not every relationship flows without challenge, but what if those challenges are helping us grow in some way? Sunday just gone saw father’s day in many parts of the world, and for many people it was a day of celebration and for as many more, a day of longing, sadness […]
The Difference between Life and Death
Hello Fellow Breathers, We had an extraordinary class the other day, and I want to share some of it with you. This happened with our Teacher Training students, all of whom will be graduating at the end of May. When we study together over such an extended period of time we get really close, used […]
Benefits Of Breathwork
Some of you may be new to breathwork and others have a regular practice; whichever it is for you, we hope you find the following helpful. This article offers a brief snapshot of some of the benefits of breathwork. Next year we will be looking into the benefits with more focus, covering each one in […]
A New Version of You? End of year newsletter
Hello dear breather. I have seen at least ten end of year newsletters cross my screen and I must admit an irritated swipe was enough to dispense with them. If you have done it already with this one then it’s obviously not for you! 😉 I had a powerful session today, and I want to […]
Tonglen – Breathing Compassion and Transformational Alchemy
TONGLEN – BREATHING TO CULTIVATE COMPASSION Tonglen is a Tibetan Buddhist meditation practice that derives from the Tibetan word for ‘giving and taking’ or ‘sending and receiving’. Often in breath practice we are asked to draw in what we need from the inhale, both biologically and emotionally, and to release what we do not want […]
HAIKU – ONE BREATH POETRY
An old silent pond… A frog jumps into the pond, splash! Silence again. – Matsuo Bashō Haiku is sometimes referred to as one-breath poetry, because it is short enough to be read in one breath. A haiku comes from and returns to a place of stillness. Its content is usually a fleeting but […]
“No one ever died while breathing”
“No one ever died while breathing.” Anthony Abbagnano’s words are only somewhat comforting, as I settle down on my girlfriend’s yoga mat for an hour of hyperventilation. Last night I spent the evening with about a hundred other yoga-matted breathers in the vast domed sanctuary of the Round Chapel in Clapton. The event was called Psychedelic […]
