Learn practical breathwork tools to help your clients regulate and resolve trauma through this experiential workshop.

How do we help clients regulate when they experience challenging emotions and sensations?

And as therapists how do we regulate ourselves so we can better support our clients through these challenges?

One of the ways we can do this is through the breath.

In this workshop you will learn about the three different categories of breath techniques and how each of them can be used to help clients not only to regulate themselves, but also to resolve trauma.

Through our breath we can directly impact our nervous system state, to up or down regulate. We can learn how to bring calm to our nervous system and how to use our breath to build resilience.

Once we help a client regulate their nervous system, we can then go deeper with a particular type of breathwork practice into the unconscious, to help them resolve the trauma that they carry and to find lasting peace and wholeness.

The realm of breathwork can be very confusing, as there are so many different types of breathwork and ways of working with breath. In this workshop, John Paul and Deborah will demystify and simplify the world of breathwork, so that you can leave with an understanding of what types to safely recommend for clients when and also learn some simple yet powerful techniques that you can start using straight away to help you and your clients co-regulate during your sessions and to self-regulate before and after sessions. This will help create an increased felt sense of safety to go deeper in your existing work.

This will be an experiential workshop where you will explore different breath practices you can use for both you and your clients.

You’ll also be given access to a free e-book and some free resources – guided practices and educational audios and videos - on Deborah’s App to help with breathwork and nervous system regulation after the event.

Contraindications

As part of this workshop, you will have the opportunity to experience a deeper breathwork journey using the Conscious Connected Breath. This is mostly a deeply relaxing experience but can also result in physical or emotional release. As such, certain conditions are contraindicated. Please inform Online Events either before the workshop or John Paul during the workshop if you have any of the conditions below. You can still participate in the workshop and John Paul will guide you appropriately.

First trimester of pregnancy

Cardiovascular disease including angina, previous heart attack or stroke

Epilepsy

High Blood Pressure (not controlled by medication)

Uncontrolled thyroid conditions and diabetes

History of psychosis, bipolar or schizophrenia

Glaucoma or detached retina

Aneurysm of brain or abdomen

Asthma – you may wish to bring your inhaler to the session.

What others are saying:

‘This was one of the most enjoyable and insightful workshops for me to date. It was my first experience of breathwork. After presenting very informative slides, John Paul provided a 30 minute breathwork space for the group which was simply amazing. I highly recommend anyone who is curious about Breathwork as a psychotherapist for your clients, or for your own personal experience to link in with this man, he was wonderful.’

‘This was a great way for me to reconnect with my body and spend time taking a break from my responsibilities and worries and focusing solely on the breath. Deborah is well educated in breath practice and provides evidence and helpful explanations to support her practices. Her gentle manner and invitations to participate in the techniques make for a comfortable and safe environment to learn and experience the power of the breath. I’ll be sure to practice these techniques to continue deepening this practice and will be sharing them with my patients’

Psychiatry Resident, University of Toronto.

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