Category: Breathwork

Transition as invitation

In 2022 the breath tokens are about transitions. Transition literally means to “cross over, go over, pass over, hasten over, pass away,” from transire – trans “across, beyond” + ire “to go“.

In breathing, transition naturally occurs after the inhale and the exhale and vice versa. I’ve noticed that I tend to go over transitions, in breathing as well as in the every day, going from one thing to the next without paying attention to the space in between. Despite being aware that these transitions are happening, in breathing or in other behaviours, I find it really challenging to be present in them.

Together with you I’d like to explore the subject of transitions. I’ll post quotes, collect ideas or questions from people I know and from you.
If you’d like to share something about transitions, contact me at hallo@nicolacaroli.com. 

Transition into death

In 2022 the breath tokens are about transitions. Transition literally means to “cross over, go over, pass over, hasten over, pass away,” from transire – trans “across, beyond” + ire “to go“.

In breathing, transition naturally occurs after the inhale and the exhale and vice versa. I’ve noticed that I tend to go over transitions, in breathing as well as in the every day, going from one thing to the next without paying attention to the space in between. Despite being aware that these transitions are happening, in breathing or in other behaviours, I find it really challenging to be present in them.

Together with you I’d like to explore the subject of transitions. I’ll post quotes, collect ideas or questions from people I know and from you.
If you’d like to share something about transitions, contact me at hallo@nicolacaroli.com. 

I’ve found no more eloquent response to the question on how to breathe “correctly” than from Carola Speads in her book “Ways to Better Breathing. (Read also my previous post about Carola Speads)

„There is no such thing as one right and best way to breathe at all times. We breathe differently and many ways of breathing can be appropriate. Walking demands a different type of breathing than sleeping, the attention in an important dialogue has a different breath quality than a casual conversation. Anger makes us breathe differently than peaceful silence. A certain type of breathing may be appropriate to one situation but not to another. There is no optimal way to breathe. Breathing is an involuntary self-regulating function. One cannot practice something that regulates itself. Only voluntary actions can be practiced repeatedly. We can‘t „do“ the breath the way we do a movement. The breath can only be enlivened and encouraged to change itself on its own accord by itself.“

Transition is life

In 2022 the breath tokens are about transitions. Transition literally means to “cross over, go over, pass over, hasten over, pass away,” from transire – trans “across, beyond” + ire “to go“.

In breathing, transition naturally occurs after the inhale and the exhale and vice versa. I’ve noticed that I tend to go over transitions, in breathing as well as in the every day, going from one thing to the next without paying attention to the space in between. Despite being aware that these transitions are happening, in breathing or in other behaviours, I find it really challenging to be present in them.

Together with you I’d like to explore the subject of transitions. I’ll post quotes, collect ideas or questions from people I know and from you.
If you’d like to share something about transitions, contact me at hallo@nicolacaroli.com. 

In his video titled Why you shouldn’t grip your core, the ever resourceful movement teacher Erik Franklin offers a demonstration of the breath movement with a skeleton, a sponge and a dish cloth. He also shares detailed anatomical knowledge and a guided exercise modelling the movement of the diaphragm and the abdominal muscles. 

In transition opposites co-exist at the same time

A breath token is a breathing exploration that I develop for friends & clients and post as a gift.

In 2022 the breath tokens are about transitions. Transition literally means to “cross over, go over, pass over, hasten over, pass away,” from transire – trans “across, beyond” + ire “to go“.

In breathing, transition naturally occurs after the inhale and the exhale and vice versa. I’ve noticed that I tend to go over transitions, in breathing as well as in the every day, going from one thing to the next without paying attention to the space in between. Despite being aware that these transitions are happening, in breathing or in other behaviours, I find it really challenging to be present in them.

Together with you I’d like to explore the subject of transitions. I’ll post quotes, collect ideas or questions from people I know and from you.
If you’d like to share something about transitions, contact me at hallo@nicolacaroli.com. 

The transition of fire, a burning down and a rising of flames

A breath token is a breathing exploration that I develop for friends & clients and post as a gift.

In 2022 the breath tokens are about transitions. Transition literally means to “cross over, go over, pass over, hasten over, pass away,” from transire – trans “across, beyond” + ire “to go“.

In breathing, transition naturally occurs after the inhale and the exhale and vice versa. I’ve noticed that I tend to go over transitions, in breathing as well as in the every day, going from one thing to the next without paying attention to the space in between. Despite being aware that these transitions are happening, in breathing or in other behaviours, I find it really challenging to be present in them.

Together with you I’d like to explore the subject of transitions. I’ll post quotes, collect ideas or questions from people I know and from you.
If you’d like to share something about transitions, contact me at hallo@nicolacaroli.com. 

Fitness and fascia expert Jill Miller posted an interesting take on the expression “from the bottom of my heart” for this year’s Valentine’s Day. Since the bottom of the heart rests on the diaphragm, the heart literally moves with the breath. As our hearts are moved emotionally, so we breathe. And a loving thought allows for a full, deep breath.

“I love you from the bottom of my heart, which is of course, my diaphragm.

I can think of nothing more lovely than the cascade of feels that comes along with synching my breath with a loved one. Whether that loved one is my child, husband, pet, singing partner or group of students. 

Anatomically speaking, the cardiopulmonary connection is direct and inescapable. The heart rests within the apex of the diaphragm, engulfed by a fascial cloak that’s sewn into the very fabric of the famous breathing muscle. 

Your heart spins its blood at a pace dictated by your nervous system’s sensing of pressure rising and falling as the diaphragm descends and ascends during each and every breath cycle. 

Above your heart, a harness made of hyoid muscles and fascial scalene tendrils suspend the heart from above. Within this upper soft tissue anchor, your voice is chambered and ready to respond to the feels constantly pulsing from below.

Synchronize your breath today with your beloved….the whoosh of wind in the leaves, a favorite song, a pet, friend or lover. This is the literal language of love.”