The experience of childhood sexual abuse can remain hidden from a client’s awareness for many years, showing up instead as a variety of mental, physical, emotional and spiritual symptoms they seek relief from.
Only when someone feels safe, supported and ready enough will they be able to bring to light and resolve the trauma they carry from this experience to find peace.
Conscious Connected Breathwork is one way of helping a client process the trauma from childhood sexual abuse in a way that is client led, empowering and liberating.
By working with the breath and using other tools such as somatic awareness, imagery, dialogue and inner child work, the body can be gradually be allowed to tell its story, in its own way, at its own pace, to find resolution.
Workshop Details
In this experiential workshop you will learn:
- The fundamentals to Conscious Connected Breathing and how it works
- How to use the breath process to integrate trauma from childhood sexual abuse
- How the breath can be used to navigate mental, physical, emotional and spiritual levels of healing
- When is a client ready to work with Conscious Connected Breathing?
- A short breath practice you can use with yourself and clients to help connect to the body
This workshop is experiential in nature and you will have the opportunity to experience the breath practice for yourself with a 20-30 minute guided session. For this session please have somewhere comfortable to sit or lie down, with cushions/pillows and a blanket so you can really allow yourself to relax and get the most from the session.
Contraindications
The breathwork process is mostly a deep 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 session 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
- Glaucoma or detached retina
- Cardiovascular disease including angina, previous heart attack or stroke
- High Blood Pressure (not controlled with medication)
- Aneurysm in the brain or abdomen
- Uncontrolled thyroid conditions and diabetes
- Asthma – if you are asthmatic bring your inhaler to the session.
- Epilepsy
- History of psychosis, bipolar or schizophrenia
Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event
- To learn how the breath process can be used to support clients through resolution of trauma caused by childhood sexual abuse
- To lean how Breathwork may be combined with your current therapeutic practice.
- To learn a simple breath practice you can immediately use safely with your clients.
Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?
- This workshop is for counsellors, psychotherapists, coaches and holistic practitioners
How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?
- This workshop will help expand your awareness of what’s possible for your clients when working with the breath.
Course Content
Presenter
John Paul Mason is a rebirthing breathwork practitioner who has been working with clients and deep trauma for the last 9 years. He has particular expertise in working with sexual trauma and abuse, helping clients to resolve and reclaim the past so they can feel empowered to live fulfilling lives. He works with clients one-one both online and in person and runs regular workshops, online courses and trainings for counsellors and other therapists to help them integrate breathwork into their own practice.
You can find out more about John Paul and his work through his website.
