Tag: exhale

You never have to “take” another breath in your life

Last month I was at a workshop with master teacher Jessica Wolf in Lucerne. In her „Art of Breathing“, Jessica Wolf combines the Alexander Technique with Carl Stough‘s Breathing Coordination. We explored breath through movement and touch and experienced the different shape shiftings of breathing, depending on thought and body position.

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Breath Token May 2017

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

Centering with „S“
Exhaling with an „S“ sound has a strong centering effect. In any stretching motion like lifting the toes, bending to one side with the torso or extending the arms, for example, one can accompany the return back to centre with an exhaled „S“ sound to enhance both the outward motion as well as the return. Alternatively I can stay in the stretch for 3 breaths, exhaling with an „S“ sound and then release back to centre. Read More

Breath Token January 2017

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

Drop & Lift
I was sitting in a doctor‘s waiting room and was in need of some rest, relaxation and at the same time uprightness. So I let the lower back sink backwards* on the inhale and release back up on the exhale. As I lengthened the spine on the exhale I drew the shoulderblades towards each other. Then I let the shoulderblades release as dropped down again. Once I got into the groove it felt like the moving of wings, a drop and a lift and then again, drop and lift. Read More