"Breathwork" is based upon the principle that we are beings made of energy and just like anything else in our world, we have a vibratory rate. As energy all things have a vibratory rate, this determines if they are solids, liquids or gases. Objects with a slower vibratory rate appear solid such as a chair, or a table. Those things with a faster vibratory rate appear liquid, such as water. Those things with the fastest vibratory rate of all are invisible gases, such as oxygen or hydrogen.

Why is this important to know? It is because our thoughts and emotions also have a vibratory rate, and the more intense the emotion the stronger the vibratory rate. Emotions such as hatred, anger, fear, and envy have a slower vibratory rate which makes us actually feel dull and heavy. Emotions such as love, joy, compassion, and forgiveness have a faster vibratory rate and make us feel light and bouyant.

Using breathing as a healing modality helps the body open and allow in more breath, accessing the places that have become blocked and restricted. These are the places that we hold onto negative emotions and thoughts.

Each person has in place defense mechanisms. These are the ways an individual copes with their life. Some people use humor, others withdraw, others become angry and confrontational. These defense mechanisms are generally set-up in childhood and are our protection against the world. The body also has defense mechanisms in place. Each person has a place or places in their body that they tend to hold their emotional wounds. These become places that they then protect by not breathing into that area. Some people are shallow breathers, holding all their pain in their abdominal area. Others are belly breathers, but breathe very little into their chest, heart and shoulder areas. Breathwork allows the body to open and breathe fully into all areas. Ridding the body of the negative, slowly vibrating emotions that have created these blocks allows the body to open to the higher vibratory emotions that we all desire. We literally go from feeling heavy, dull and dense to feeling peaceful, joyful and loving.

If you watch a young child breathe they breathe into their whole torso. That is the way we are meant to breathe. Transformational Breathwork heals the being on all levels: mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual. The body responds by opening and breathing fully.

Our breathe is our life force, it sustains us. We can go without food for a few weeks, without water for a few days, we can go without shelter, but we can only go without air, without breath for a few minutes. Likewise, the more fully we open our vessel and breathe, the more vital, life force energy we allow into our body. We become fully alive and by being fully alive, we are more fully open to life.