Recently, the International Breathwork Foundation sponsored a teaching session called “Befriending the Elephant in the Room: Recipes for Trauma Release in Younger and Older Bodies.” It was a pleasure to......
I think most people would agree that the main thing in any relationship is what you bring to that relationship. A similar thing applies to communication: often what matters......
Shakespeare could have been talking about Breathwork in Romeo and Juliet when he said: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as......
I am reminded today that I’ve written an article about breathing every single month since June of 1976. And this month—although I’m a bit late getting it out—is no exception.......
I’ve been wondering what to write about this month and couldn’t decide, and so I want to thank Eric, one of our practitioner candidates, for sending me these questions and......
My friend Mike White at breathing.com uses this phrase to describe his approach to the practice of optimal breathing. Andrew Weil in one of his breathing courses says this: “put......
Breathwork Training is Preventive Medicine for the Twenty-First Century
July 21, 2020Blog, Breathwork training, Conscious breathingEveryone breathes but unfortunately very few people breathe very well. That’s why Breathing Training is becoming more popular than yoga and meditation! And that’s why it’s the fastest growing trend......
ON BREATH AND BREATHING Breathwork Training is Preventive Medicine for the Twenty-First Century.
July 9, 2020Blog, Breath Mastery, Breathing training, Breathwork trainingEveryone breathes but unfortunately very few people breathe very well. That’s why Breathing Training is becoming more popular than yoga and meditation! And that’s why it’s the fastest growing trend......
Breathwork for Venting and Transforming Stress, Tension and Fatigue
May 9, 2020Blog, Breathing, Breathwork, Breathwork certification, Breathwork training, Conscious breathingOne of the advanced breath mastery skills we teach, and practice is “sucking” tension and fatigue out of the muscles with the inhale and releasing it from the body with......
Breathwork and Consciousness
March 18, 2020Blog, Breath Mastery, Breathwork, breathwork and weight loss, spiritual BreathingI believe that the consciousness movement is the most important movement on the planet today. And given the current state of affairs in the world, the study of consciousness is......
Drilling Down on 2-Phase Breathing
February 10, 2020Blog, Breath Therapy, Breathing Training | Breath Mastery, Breathwork, Mastering Breathwork, self-healingThis month we are focusing more deeply on “2-Phase Breathing.” It is a way to develop more breath awareness and more breath control. The idea is to explore the active......
Playing with the Forces in Breathwork
January 8, 2020Blog, Breath Mastery Fundamentals Course, Stress Burnout and BreathworkOne of the core techniques we master in Breathwork is the “Connected Breathing Rhythm.” It’s the Rebirthing Technique, also called Circular Breathing. The main thing is that there are no......
As 2019 is coming to a close, I thought I would leave you with a few of my favorite breathing quotes. By the way, if you have any that you......
The Battle Over Breath
November 8, 2019Blog, Breathing, Breathwork certification, Breathwork training, Conscious breathingI think it was Rudolph Steiner who said, “we live with our soul in the breath.” That bit of insight and wisdom is worth meditating on! Our breathing is controlled......
At our breathwork seminars, we focus on dissolving or releasing physical tensions and emotional contractions or energy blockages. We do this to promote and support our full free expression and......
ON BREATH AND BREATHING
September 18, 2019Blog, Breathing Consultation, Breathwork certification, Shut Up and BreatheRebirthing-Breathwork Leonard Orr, the Father of the Rebirthing Movement, recently passed away. He left behind a living legacy, and I am grateful and blessed to be part of that legacy.......
There is a lot of talk about stress and burnout these days, and so this month I’d like to focus on the role that unmanaged emotional energy plays in the......
This month, I’d like to return to one of my first western spiritual teachers Ken Keyes. He wrote the Handbook to Higher Consciousness and many other books. One of them......
I am enjoying a break in my training and travel schedule these days, and am reminded how important self-care is for those of us in the business of helping, healing,......
At the seminar in Moscow recently, the focus was on using breathwork to access and return to a place of silence and stillness, of deep peace and intense aliveness within......
Play With Your Nervous System By Playing With Your Inhales and Exhales
April 9, 2019Health & LongevityPlay is nature’s way of learning, and so this month I’d like you to play with your breath and your nervous system in an interesting way, to see what you......
I recently had the pleasure of taking part in a Ceremonial Breathwork session in Richmond, Virginia, led by my organizer there, Melissa Terese Young. Melissa healed her sciatica and awakened......
The first step in Breathwork is awareness or consciousness. We practice breath awareness—simply observing or tracking the breath. And we practice conscious breathing—controlling or directing the breath. We practice going......
Belly, chest, release. Chest, belly, release. Belly, chest, release. Chest, belly release. This is a very simple breathwork meditation exercise. The idea is to break the inhale up into two......
Breathing to Awaken and Balance Instinct, Intellect and Intuition
December 4, 2018Focus & Concentration
Recently at the seminars, we have been focusing on using the breath to awaken body intelligence or instinct, mind intelligence or intellect, and heart intelligence or intuition. Many people are......
We have been pounding on the basics and focusing on the fundamentals at the seminars lately. And one of those basic fundamentals is RELAXATION. Some of you may know that......
Recently, we have taken the “fundamentals of breath mastery” to the high-tech, high- performance, high-rolling, entrepreneurial world of California and Las Vegas! We also brought the art and science of......
Conscious Breathing has played a part in shamanic rituals and ancient indigenous ceremonies since the beginning of time. The breath is symbolized in many creation myths, and it is applied......
Breathing Strength & Capacity is linked to Spiritual Strength & Capacity
October 18, 2018Spiritual Connectedness
I recently had the pleasure to work with a group of hockey players and coaches at Competitive Edge Skating and Strength Training in Michigan. And I’d like to share with......
Feelings or emotions like fear, anger, sadness, guilt, shame, doubt, and so on, are very powerful forces. When left to run wild, they can cause us to say or do......
I recently had the pleasure to work with a group of hockey players and coaches at Competitive Edge Skating and Strength Training in Michigan. And I’d like to share with......
You may have noticed that Breathwork is coming of age! It is being applied by more and more people in the fitness, sports and peak performance world, in medicine and......
There is no longer any argument about it: the practice of Breathwork enhances performance in sports and business. It improves health and increases enjoyment in everyday life. It is being......
We are into the new year… filled with promise and possibilities… Many people start the year with the intention to get more exercise. A simple start in this direction is......
Expect stress levels to be high for many if not most of us over the next few weeks! As if we are not busy enough. As if there aren’t already......
Pace, Space, Intention I love it when someone digests what I teach, blends it with what they have learned from others, integrates it into their own experience and practice, and......
Hey kids! Hey teachers! Are you feeling a bit nervous about the start of a new school year? That’s a good, healthy thing, you know! It is perfectly normal to......
Dan Brulé, author of Just Breathe, is a pioneer in the field of Breathwork, and a world-renowned leader of the Spiritual Breathing movement. A former US Navy Deep Sea Diver, he......
Do you want to open to something higher in yourself? Use your breath. Are you ready to make room in your life for something greater? Use your breath. Are you......
With the hectic holiday season just around the corner and with all the craziness going on in the world, we need a way to stay calm, centered and relaxed. So......
This month I would like to share with you a unique breathing practice taught by Michael Brian Baker. He is an independent breathworker, and has not trained with any of......
Breathe in through the nose and breathe out through the mouth. We have been exploring this breathing pattern at the breathwork seminars and trainings lately. “Breathe in through......
This month I have been focusing on breathing with many experienced breathwork practitioners. This includes a host of professional breathworkers from around the world who gathered for the 23rd Annual......
I am in no way an expert on the brain, but I have done quite a bit of personal study and experimenting in American and Russian bio-feedback labs in the......
Many people know that I am a yogi. I was initiated and given the name Guchu Ram Singh in August of 1980 by the legendary Haidakhan Babaji. He is known......