Conscious Connected Breathwork
Trauma Informed
Nervous System Regulation
for professionals under pressure.
Move from ‘Grey’ to Vibrant.
Why Breathwork?
Throughout my time of self-exploration one phrase would always come up –
how I needed to “feel my emotions“.
My unspoken reply was usually “how do I do that?“, especially after working in Technology for 30 years in the City. It felt like I had been actively trying not to feel my emotions to enable me to function at my highest capacity. But this had made my life functional but feel “grey”.
Conscious Connected Breathwork (CCB) was the practice that opened that door for me, to release the stress I was holding and allow my emotions to flow through me again. I could finally allow myself to feel and connect to the vibrancy of life.
Upgrading my nervous system expanded my capacity for every part of my life, not only work.
Read more about my journey here. Or jump straight to the benefits of this breathwork.
Do I need to know what I’m trying to release?
CCB is often called “therapy without talking“.
There is never any pressure or expectation for you to discuss what came up in a session.
This can be helpful for people who don’t want to talk about their feelings and their past but still need a way to release old emotions from their body. It is also useful for people who have a lot of resistance to feeling and allowing feelings, who live in their mind continuously trying to control life (this was me).
CCB is a somatic, “bottom up” approach. We are working closely with the body, the autonomic nervous system* and the subconscious mind.
Emotions are often able to be fully processed without any story attached, without you having to know what they were about. Sometimes from the breathwork, deep understandings can come to you for integration into your conscious mind. This is not a necessary part of the process, it works regardless.
Sometimes breathwork can be shown as very visible emotional release, lots of crying or big physical release. This is not a requirement. Often integration of strong emotions is best facilitated using titration of the feeling (a little at a time), rather than going for an extreme. The level of outward emotion is highly variable from person to person, and even from session to session.
The healing power of the breath works either way.
All is welcome, nothing is required.
* “What is the autonomic nervous system?”
The ANS controls various involuntary functions of the body, including heart rate, blood pressure, digestion and breathing. There are typically two modes that the ANS can be in: sympathetic (fight/flight), and parasympathetic (rest/digest). When the system moves into one or the other, various functions change to support the expected requirement – for example flight would increase breathing and decrease digestion. The ANS has one activity that the conscious mind can control, and that is how you breathe. Changing how we breathe is how we can directly influence the state of the ANS using our conscious mind.
David provides a beautifully open and safe space. He is highly intuitive, grounded, and has a strong, steady holding presence that allowed my inner wisdom to guide the process in its own way and pace.
Charlotte
London
Is Breathwork right for me?
CCB uses the combination of breath, safe gentle touch (through clothes), affirmations and the simple presence of someone safe next to you. These together support your whole self – conscious and unconscious mind, physical body, nervous system, spirit – in a place of safety.
It is from this place of safety that the body and subconscious mind can then allow buried emotions or physical blocks to be released, felt and integrated. You lead the way at the right pace for you. I will be at your side to support your process at your speed.
Your body and mind knows what is safe, and when it feels safe it will allow the trapped feelings to flow.
There are some contra-indications for CCB which are below. If you have any of these symptoms then CCB may not be the right practice for you. Book a discovery call if you want to discuss further.
Contra-indications for CCB include:
- Severe asthma or respiratory conditions
- Heart disease or significant cardiovascular issues
- Epilepsy or a history of seizures
- Serious psychiatric conditions, including psychosis or bipolar disorder
- Pregnancy, especially in the first trimester
- Acute physical injuries
If you wish to review the full consent form, it is here.
If you have a more serious medical, psychiatric, or physical health condition, or have recently been hospitalized, it is critical to consult with your medical doctor before beginning breathwork.
If you have concerns over whether CCB is right for you, please drop me an email or book a discovery call to discuss.
David is one of the most special facilitators I have been to for CCB (Conscious Connected Breathwork).
Kelly
London
Benefits of CCB.
The benefits of CCB include:
- System Capacity: Expands your Window of Tolerance by somatically integrating the physiological “backlog” of stored stress
- Somatic Complement: A “bottom-up” practice that works alongside talking therapies to move physical blocks without talking
- Nervous System Regulation: Reduces your baseline of stress, anxiety and panic by recalibrating your nervous system
- Vibrant Presence: Facilitates the transition from “functional grey” to an integrated, vibrant life, at work and at home
- Pattern Disruption: Shifts negative repeating patterns in your life by addressing their subconscious physical roots
- Structural Release: Dissolves unconscious physically held stress and tension from the muscles and fascia, reducing “system lag”
If you are interested in the mechanics of CCB then more detail is available here.
If you feel ready to take the next step, please get in touch.