Tag: opening

Breath Token June 2019

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

I‘m travelling this weekend and as I lay in the hotel bed in the evening, I started to open out my arms and then fold them over my chest. The movement was very fluid and, the longer I did it, it felt like the movement of breathing itself: opening and closing, expanding and narrowing. It was very satisfying and so I‘d like to offer it here as a breath token.   

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“…a swinging door, which moves when we inhale and when we exhale.”

Last month a young woman came to my breath session for the first time. We began with stroking along the body walls which she found almost immediately emotionally challenging. Touching her own body, getting in touch with herself, triggered sensations akin to a centrifugal trauma. When I asked her if she felt a movement impulse, she said „I want to leave“. I asked her what the next best alternative – provided she wanted to continue the session – would be. She said „to leave the room“. „Ok, let‘s try that“, I said. Read More