A breathwork session is generally 2 hours long. My focus is always on providing a direct experience of safety and support. During the first session we will spend time getting to know each other, discussing your birth as well as current aspects of your life. Together we complete a Birth Profile (two sample pages shown) so that we can gather as much information about your birth as possible. As a result, the first session takes a little longer than usual.
A typical session involves a 30-45 minute consultation, rather like a counselling session. Using my own extensive experience and specific diagnostic techniques we gain a focus for use in the breath-work part of the session. At this point you are invited to lay down comfortably on a bed and I will teach you the simple breathing technique, known as the conscious connected breath. It is not necessary to remove any clothing, although you may choose to loosen tight clothing.
Staying with you all the time, listening, assisting you to continue to connect your breath, I will support you to move gently through any energy blocks that may arise. Affirmations, appropriate to your current situation, are spoken in order to support you to feel, express, release and heal long buried emotion - sometime laughter, sometimes tears. Your breathing builds into a rhythm that is deeply relaxing, reviving and intuitive. You experience your sense of connection. You are no longer separate from your essential self. This part of the session usually lasts between 45 minutes and an hour. The remaining time is for integration and discussion.
How many sessions do I need? You decide how many breathwork sessions you want to experience. At least 10 sessions are recommended to successfully integrate conscious, life-enhancing ways of thinking, breathing and being. I have found that a commitment to a number of sessions provides that structure of safety and support which we all need in order to facilitate our healing.
Appointments are available by arrangement. You may book a regular weekly or fortnightly session, and you need to allow times as below:
BREATHWORK
First session: Allow 2 1/2 hours Subsequent sessions: Allow 2 hours Cost: £40 per hour
COUNSELLING
One hour session £45 Couples counselling: £50 per hour
Please note: appointments cancelled with less than 48 hours notice will be billed at the full session rate.
To make an appointment or to simply have a discussion, please telephone Pat on 01273 727588
