Breath work

"Breath work" or pranayama is generally not recommended. It's tantric practice and requires guidance. The teacher Gurdjieff said that in some cases it could even lead to losing the capacity to breathe…

Sending my breath places has relived a lot of pain. — I was always taught to try and ignore pain or distract myself. A friend of mine years ago said her yoga instructor said to “send your breath” to places that hurt. After many years of practice I can ma…

Meditation hasn’t worked for me — I’ve tried meditation for years. I used to do simple breath work, I tried frequencies binaural beats etc, and for a while I did transcendental meditation. None of them helped me. So recently just a f…

Energy too open — I received a massage today from someone who practices reiki as well and they told me that my energy is really open. So open that they were getting dizzy from it. They told me I need to do grounding an…

April 2026 Astrology: Key Dates, Weekly Forecast and Mundane Astrology World Events — April is one of the most active months we’ve seen. Not one planet is in retrograde. Aries fire and cardinal energy sets the stage for initiation, assertion and spontaneous energy. There is a bit of na…

Group meditation for beginners in NYC/Manhattan? — I am socially isolated and socially anxious and have a tendency for rumination. I've done some basic mindfulness and breath work via therapy, but I would like to learn meditation in a social context …

Is healing even possible? At my wits end. — So just some background. My healing journey started off really good. I grew up with alcoholic parents, was bullied a bit in school. When my Dad got in recovery he recommended al-anon to us kids fo…

Journaling, breath work, nature, grounding, reading, whenever you notice yourself doing this, your fantasising thoughts, start taking deep breaths, this will create the space you need to observe your …

The only thing that helps me with rumination is breath work with yoga and meditation

Tysm 🥹 I'm sorry you've had to go through health issues too. I have other chronic illness but they're currently managed, thank god. I just didn't expect to deal with yet another one so soon. I'll tr…

Are you serious lol. Jogging/running is breath work.

Hmm, your situation and choices are a combination of psychological and evolutionary aspects. Let's look at why you are inclined towards emotionally unavailable men: 1) So, the ruler of your marriage…

I try to listen to my body. Some days are tough, I try to be understanding and self compassionate with myself, which is hard due to the toxic inner critic. I have a photo of me as a baby and interac…

Tapping, meditation, breath work, the Work of Byron Katie (self inquiry), Internal family systems therapy... Last two have changed my life, not just anxiety

I've been meditating doing breath work and have a hard time visualizing or using imagination. Ive been reading and experimenting with sounds and different approaches but mostly the same result. I get …

When you practice do you feel like you are really fighting it, like have to try really hard to focus to the point where you get tired? I think you are at the stage where you should do a lot of relaxat…

I once did a long breath work meditation where I was holding my breath Eventually I started to "hear" people talking. About me. And they were surprised I could hear them I stopped and fled my room. …

I’ve had a similar issue recently and have managed to make symptoms significantly better using the following things. Earth Star Meditation: Use a light focus (not visualisation) on the point 1-2 inch…

Yes, but so can other modes of non-ordinary consciousness accessible through breath work and certain meditative practices. Why is this the case? Probably because there’s something *real* about it at a…

Hi, what do you mean by breath work? If we know then maybe we can assist more, you may have stumbled at the first hurdle and then continued staggering onward.

Unfortunately that is not really how meditation works. It isn't something to go into while you are desperate for it to give you a specific result. While many meditation styles would probably help you …

I totally feel u, tbh I have a bunch of things that work for me so find what works for u What works best for me is: 1. breath work it calms ur nervous system and can be done anywhere 2. moving ur b…

Try following your breath with your attention. The breath is a gateway between what we can control and what happens automatically. Breath work can be very powerful so grounding exercises are also reco…

Yoga and breath work meditation. Yoga will help your body release that tension, and breath work meditation will promote calmness and wellbeing.

If you’re looking for mystical experiences, you can get there very quickly through breath work. Meditative experiences are like dreams. Sometimes you sleep without dreams, sometimes they are vivid, so…

My thoughts are that you’re viewing meditation as more of a task or chore rather than simply existing/ recharging. I would look into Taoism. Sometimes a simple shift in mentality is all you need to ap…

Nah your good man I’d bee saying the same shit 😂 but Yeah, like I’ve told other people I didn’t fully understand the breath work as far as in the out of mind state it can put you in, I’d like to say …

You might read Stan Grof’s Spiritual Emergency. He is a psychiatrist who started his journey back in 50s when his clinic in Prague when LSD came out. He combined LSD with psychotherapy which included …

This is where I disagree this is no where near drinking and driving. When you do that, you at least know what you’re doing, and that’s a dumbass decision. Like I’ve said I didn’t fully understand th…

The shaking you’ve mentioned could be Somatic Shaking, where your nervous system tries to reset by releasing stored stress, tension, and trauma. Consider looking it up and also reading the book, The B…

You should check out Sam Miller on YT. For those suffering from anxiety, trauma etc, it is actually unhelpful to force deep breaths. If the body wants to breath is a shallow or fast way, we must liste…

Breath work and yoga were 2 out of 3 hrs and the other one was group therapy with other burnouts. And 4 days a week to veg out is pretty substantial if you’re coming from 5 days on the job. It was th…

What breath work did you follow to get started?

Breath work is the lowest common denominator to fall back on in times of stress, and training it allows you to use it more efficiently when it is needed. Controlled breathing has tremendous health ben…

You don't have to control your thoughts They will ofcourse come in your head... It's just that you don't give your attention So whenever a thought comes just acknowledge it(like ok I have a thought …

Your experience is your truth, no matter what others or i say here, please trust your experience. Please try different techniques like grounding, creating shields around your aura. If that does not c…

the body calm / mind still racing combo is a specific pattern and imo it points to something most meditation advice misses when ur nervous system is hyperactive (anxiety plus hyperactivity combo espe…

It’s all about your awareness. Anywhere you focus your awareness and concentrate you can increase the presence of energy. It’s really that simple. And you can do this in your own body and your partner…

There are different kinds of meditation. Breath work is definitely part of meditation as it can be used to calm down our minds. I have meditated daily now for many years. I believe meditation can be v…

I totally get that. There are so so so many forms of meditation. Walking can be a form of meditation. I still am practicing the kinds with stillness or rather practicing finding the joy in those. I …

Yes. I'm constantly anxious, to the point where I didn't realize how anxious I was. I only realized after having physical proof in the form of stress charts from my health watch and speaking about it …

Breath work helps so much with clogged and inflamed sinuses. Sounds silly but taking the time to mindfully realign your jaw, practice proper tongue placement at the roof of your mouth, and just breath…

It took me 4 months of pills to finally be able to sleep with it and not have constant anxiety. So it works but slow and you have to add things in your routine like yoga breath work along with it

Look you’re judging one comment but the reality is that many cultures have explained this energy for eons - Kundalini actually explains this well enough for westerners to understand. I’ve been helping…

Some people never find peace for decades. You have to keep going and healing. Listen to Huberman labs about breath work and regulating your nervous system

I would do 10 minutes of breath work prior to tapes to calm nervous system. Read materials free on line including workbook Keep journal Do same tape over and over until you know it. Memorize affi…

It’s great that you know affirmation. Yes, same tape until you can easily perform the required lesson Sometimes journaling is no more than date and time basically but it gives me depth and backgrou…

I have done some EMDR so familiar with how it works/the effects and have had some chance encounters (a psychologist that introduced it, a reiki master, some meditative breath work, etc...) but I have …

You’re so sweet, thank you! I think I have too much empathy for my mom, but it’s in part because the rest of the world didn’t. I do always have *a* therapist, but not always one that addresses my ne…

Search "grounding techniques" on this sub and on Google. That's what you are referring to. Common ones include touching your other fingers to your thumb, one at a time, tapping your body lightly, giv…

You don’t really need a perfect quiet space to meditate. Even a few minutes with your eyes open or just focusing lightly on your breath works, especially in a shared room. Starting before sleep is act…

Great response! I just became a breath work facilitator. Breath training is life changing! Buteko breathing is wonderful for me. I also love Breathing with Sandy (choose slow breathing options first) …

I am by no means a master at meditation nor am I fluent in all the naming conventions but here are a couple ways I like to think of it: -There are many types of meditation and none of them are wrong, …

Heard. And also for what it’s worth, seems like most therapists are not prepared AT ALL for how different the affects of narcissistic abuse are from some general objectives that ask for a level of co…

When I first started with release and recharge I remembered a book by Taisha Abelar (book name escapes me at the moment) and the process of recapitulation, which is a complete review of past memories …

I can only suggest you do some form of body work that involves learning to be present and aware in your body, learning about breath work and teaching yourself and practicing any skill that helps you p…