Soundings BreathWave
The Mission
At Soundings, my mission is to provide high-quality Breathwork & Sound Events that help participants achieve physical, emotional, and spiritual balance. I believe in the healing power of breath & sound and am excited to share these transformational classes with others.
Retreat at Loon Pond
Soundings BreathWave classes are currently being offered at Retreat at Loon Pond in Litchfield. Anti-Gravity chairs allow for an extra comfy breath experience!! Soon these will be held in a salt cave there!
Sound
Each class is inspired, offering different music and sound tools to support each breath class. Sound is played around and on the body.
Soundings BreathWave ~ Immerse into your inner ocean
an inward journey of transformation
This is a unique offering. Soundings BreathWave is a combination of my two passions, breath and sound.
Empower your journey to optimal wellness, clarity, and spiritual connection by mastering the inner art of conscious breathing, where intention meets transformation.
Breathwork, is a dynamic personal self-help tool. This deep diaphragmatic breathing practice offers a profound opportunity for physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual renewal.
Physically, detoxify and oxygenate your body. Emotionally, release and let go. Mentally, find clarity and inner truth. Spiritually, connect with your unique expression of the sacred.
Through a synergistic blend of deep breathing, affirmations, great music, Sound Healing, Reiki, and intuitive techniques, you'll embark on an inward journey, expanding your consciousness and inviting joy, gratitude, and bliss into your life.
Join us and breathe change into your life. Wear comfortable clothing to breathe in, bring water, and an open heart.
Please take the time to visit the Breath Contraindications below to see if the breath is right for you. Thank you.
What to expect
The first half hour we discuss what you may experience during the process, how to do the breath and we each set an intention to breathe for our session. We spend about 40 to 45 minutes in the deep diaphragmatic breathing process and then move into a more relaxed breath for around 15 to 20 minutes. During the breathing process I will check in with your breath, placing my hands on your body to run energy, and will probably use a variety of sound tools to support your process. We spend the last half hour integrating, grounding and sharing.
Private and Group Sessions
I am holding private LifeBreath sessions. Plan on a 2 hour time frame for this offering.
For one person ~ $140
For local classes and classes less than an hour away $45 per person. For over an hour travel for 10 people $50.
LifeBreath Reviews
Go! My God people, Go! It’s life changing! JG
Brenda, This weekend at Transform 2013 was the first time I got to experience your LifeBreath and healing gifts. All I can say is WOW,WOW, WOW!! A building full of people completely captivated by your joy, love and gift. Can't wait to participate in this again. Thank you. CP
So folks I have done this workshop with Brenda several times. There is profound shifts that have happened each time… She is a highly gifted healer, and compliments her gifts with several sounding traditions from tuning forks, drums, soundings bowls, music, rhythm… and a space where unspeakable things seem to enter… So if you’re looking to clear out some cobwebs. Elevate your inner well-spring… and have an experience… to explore… Do this… WW
Contraindications, Cautions and Benefits for Breathwork
Contraindications: Reasons why Breathwork isn't ideal for you
Because of the deep processing that may take place for you or others in the group during this process it is not recommended for anyone who should be or is currently being treated for severe mental illness or have ever been hospitalized for mental illness.
Schizophrenia and paranoid personality disorder
Bi-polar disorder
Multiple personality disorder
Uncontrolled and escalating anxiety attacks
Also included in contraindications are people with:
Severe cardiovascular problems
Severe hypertension
Severe glaucoma
Epilepsy
Recent surgery
Severe asthma or any asthma with cardiovascular problem
Fever
Drug or alcohol intoxication
Cautions ~ If you have any of the below, the breath still may not be ideal for you. Ask your Doctor if you should do deep diaphragmatic breathwork.
Diabetic
If diabetic, you may want to monitor your blood sugar level for any reactions. May wish to check level after 10 to 20 minutes of breathing or if you are uncomfortable. If you are a diabetic please do what you need to do to have your blood sugar well handled.
Hypoglycemia ~ If you have strong reactions to skipping a meal ~ make sure you are eating enough to support you during your breathing process.
Crisis
If you have been overwhelmed by a major crisis or are undergoing an emotional or spiritual crisis, it is often best to first ground with therapy, bodywork, acupuncture, herbs, etc., to remove the surface layer of the shock, then check in with the facilitator to see if you are ready for breath work.
Abuse
If you have a history of abuse or post-traumatic stress, breath can easily bring this up. Are you ready for that to happen? Do you have a support network of therapist?
Mild or well controlled asthma
Have an inhaler available in case you need it.
For those with a history of anxiety attacks, severe muscle cramping tendencies and severe impairment of circulation to the extremities, breath work can be fine, but start gently.
If you hold fundamentalist views this approach to wellness might not be the right for you.
Remember that you are in charge of the session, and can slow your breath down if you want to, even if I am encouraging the group to breathe fully. If at anytime you are uncomfortable in the breath process, simply relax your breath and all will fall away.
Benefits of Breathwork
Oxygen ~ Life Force Energy
Oxygen is one of the most important nutrients in the human body. It is possible for the body to go months without food and days without water, but only a few precious minutes without oxygen before the body suffocates. Breath really is the source of life, even though we do it naturally and therefore do not give it much thought. Take a moment and focus on your breathing - you may be surprised at the shallowness of your breath.
Learning to breathe deeper and take in more oxygen can have wonderful health benefits. By bringing more oxygen into the body, deep breathing is one of the best ways to get more of the blood's waste, or carbon dioxide, out of the body. Deep-breathing techniques are extremely effective in handling depression, anxiety, and stress-related disorders. Just take a second and allow yourself to breathe deeply for a few moments. You will immediately notice your heartbeat slows and you will feel significantly more relaxed.
Lymph detox
The lymphatic system acts sort of like the body's sewer system. Blood flow carries nutrients and ample amounts of oxygen to the body, while the lymphatic system carries away destructive toxins. The consequence of a sluggish lymphatic system is that you cannot detoxify properly. Deep breathing serves as a kind of pump for the lymphatic system. If you aren't breathing deeply or moving regularly, chances are your lymph fluid is not flowing as well as it could. This can lead to health problems, including weight gain, muscle loss, high blood pressure, fatigue, and inflammation.
Learning how to breathe more deeply and fully is a vital way to keep the body's cleansing and detoxifying systems working at full capacity. Proper breathing is especially important when working out, because your body uses the oxygen as a source of energy. Shallow breathing when working out can cause a significant reduction in the amount of intensity and time your body can exercise. By taking a few moments in your day to really pay attention to the inhalation and exhalation that supports your life, you will balance and clean the body. Remember, small changes add up to big improvements.
Additional Benefits
The breath offers on so many levels; to detox and to fully oxygenate the cells of our bodies, it assists us to move through our emotions, it brings clarity as we fully oxygenate the brain as well as creates an opportunity to go on an amazing spiritual journey to yourself or the Divine or somewhere in-between.
"The breath creates the opportunity for the illusion of the separateness to dissolve... allowing the truth of our infinite connection, our oneness to be witnessed." B.C.
"BreathWave and Sacred Sound supports the opportunity to explore the wisdom of your body, to have clarity as you access your deepest knowing's, and to be immersed into the sacred within." B. C.