Breath Work & Cold Therapy

Breathwork or Pranayama has been practiced for centuries throughout many cultures. Your breath is the bridge between your mind and body. Proper breathing is vital to a long healthy life as well as helping to control your nervous system on a day-to-day basis. Pranayama is the foundation of yoga and meditation. Inspired Mind Matters will not only help to ensure you are breathing properly, but will also take you on a breathwork journey.

Breathwork Coaching-

You will learn calming breath techniques, as well as centering and excited breathing styles. You will learn the why and how of this fascinating art of breathing. Advanced clients will learn Somatic Breathing, Tumo, Bhastrika, and many more ways to make your breath work for you.

Learn how to manage your stress response, teach your body to use oxygen more efficiently, strengthen lung capacity, improve heart rate, and blood pressure, and tap into your own feel-good chemicals all with your own breath!

Somatic Breathwork Journey-

Join Michelle as she leads you on a Breathwork Journey to harness the energy and warmth of summer. This session will help get you energetically aligned and in a beautiful flow state, helping you find clarity and focus for growth as well as deep relaxation.

We will start with a description of why and how to use the breathing methods, including the benefits, and contraindications for breath retentions. You will be guided through a short meditation to relax you into your journey, and time to enjoy the sensations afterwards.

As we start breathing with the specially selected music you may feel sensations, have thoughts of visions, and feel complete relaxation and sometimes pure bliss and/or euphoria. The outcomes are different for everyone as it is a deeply personal experience. Breathing in this manner is a powerful tool in the release of stress and anxiety. Every effort will be made to ensure you feel safe and supported throughout your journey no matter where it takes you.

What to Wear/Bring: Dress comfortably! We have eye masks, yoga mats and blankets for you but feel free to bring pillows, blankets, and any props that may make you more comfortable. Often people go between hot and cold while practicing breathwork so we recommend socks. Towels, water and hot tea will be provided at the Inspired Mind Matters Wellness studio. Off site locations will vary.

Optional Cold Plunge in one of our 2 personal portable cold tubs located in the studio patio.

Benefits to cold plunge include but are not limited to:

Reduce inflammation and swelling
Promote lymphatic drainage
Regulate hormones
Accelerate metabolism
Stress Reduction
Improves sleep and skin
Releases dopamine and endorphins
Helps improve your stress response

Contraindications for over breathing, breath retentions, and cold therapy are below and check with your doctor to see if breathwork and cold therapy are safe options for you:

Breathwork is not advised for persons with a history of cardiovascular disease, including angina or heart attack, family history of aneurysms, severe asthma, high blood pressure, glaucoma, retinal detachment, osteoporosis, significant recent physical injuries, or surgery without first speaking with a medical professional. For people with severe mental illness, seizure disorders or for people prescribed certain medications. Consult your physician if you are pregnant before starting any kind of breathwork.

Cold therapy is not advised for anyone with cardiovascular disease, have heart disease, currently pregnant, have Reynaud’s Syndrome, have high blood pressure, have circulatory problems, have a pacemaker, have hypertension, or have an open wound.

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