There is nothing more essential to our health and wellbeing than breathing. You take air in and you let it out, about 25.000 times a day. Yet, many of us have lost the ability to breathe spontaneously, with consequences for our physical and emotional health.
Inspiration: Opening the Breath, Thorax & Diaphragm takes the student through the motions of breath in the ribcage, spine, shoulder, and neck. Attention is given to the structures involved in the process of breathing as well as the ones restricting proper breathing. Each technique is clearly explained and demonstrated, with variations included to cater to the clients’ needs. These techniques are also put together into a model session for clear application ensuring maximum results.
This module teaches how to enhance the motions for inhaling and exhaling to achieve an effortless and full breath. Supported by deep, slow and sensitive touch, this combination helps healing to happen on a subconscious and conscious level. The diaphragm is a muscle that acts as a bridge between the conscious and the unconscious, between the voluntary and the involuntary. Restricted breathing reflects holding patterns, both physical and emotional. Breathing patterns tell the story of how we have learned to meet life — whether we brace, collapse, hold back, or open. As the thorax softens and breathing deepens, emotions that were previously held in the form of muscular tension may become accessible. The breath will only open as much as the system feels safe. We work in dialogue with the body – not forcing anything, but allowing.
Inspiration is both the act of drawing air into the lungs and the act of being moved from within. When the thorax becomes more mobile and the diaphragm more free, something else also changes: our capacity to live life fully.
