This Saturday 11th April is World Breathing day. To help celebrate this day and our breath, you are invited to join in on a special World Breathing Day event 2pm-4:15pm Australia EST. We all breathe, and we all breathe the same air; yet rarely do we stop to acknowledge how fundamentally important our breath is, or how it connects us to our planet and to each other beyond our differences. World Breathing Day is a day dedicated to breath and helps us reconnect to this reality.
Local breathwork practitioners Joshua Wrest, Swaha Devi and I will be co-hosting this session together. The session will explore the physiology of breath, and facilitate three diverse practices combining conscious connected breathing, nature based meditation, nervous system regulation practices, play and embodiment exercises. The session will also include a collective intention breath and energy medicine meditation for world peace and healing.
During this session, there will be time for small group connection and sharing, and you will be gently guided through the following practices:
Physiology of Breath
Joshua will lead an exploration of the physiology of the breath. This session will focus on what happens to the body when the fight and flight system is activated, and how conscious breathing can activate the parasympathetic nervous system to promote emotional and physical wellbeing. The session will conclude with a demonstration of a practical, everyday breathing technique that balances the nervous system.
Nature-based breathing - guided meditation
Lisa will take participants through a guided nature based meditation that will have a strong emphasis on breath. Participants will experience ways they can use their breath and imagination - to connect to their natural environment as a resource for support.
Breath, Energy Medicine and Embodiment Practices
Swaha Devi will guide you through a simple ancient embodiment practice, to help you better understand your energetic and empathic boundaries. This will empower you to stay empathically connected and sensitive to others and the world around you, without taking those emotions and thoughts on as if they were your own. Swaha will also lead your through a breathing meditation and practice for reconnecting to joy and pleasure, to boost your immune system and oxytocin for greater wellbeing.
The event is free. You can sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/world-breathing-day-breathing-into-life-and-community-tickets-101998929544?fbclid=IwAR0K-xDe7K2GCQwmSIObamKm--Ma_pcJq0E_XRc0qB77P9Kvc5NK-xg1csI
And more information can be found here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/2743220019061277/?active_tab=about
