About this event
Do you work with sexual trauma? Would you like to support your clients find a safe pathway to healing using just their own breath?
In this experiential workshop, you’ll learn how the practice of Conscious Connected Breathing can be used to help clients safely navigate sexual trauma to find deeper levels of healing, integration and empowerment.
You’ll also experience your own powerful guided breathwork journey and will come away with a breath practice you can immediately use for yourself and your clients.
The impacts of sexual trauma a person’s life can be devastating and challenging to resolve. Sometimes on the road to healing words alone are not enough – a client may have a good understanding of their experience and what they need to address but still the feel trapped by the trauma held in their body.
Breathwork can offer a pathway to healing that bypasses the rational ‘thinking mind’ to work directly with the body and the deeper emotional centres of the brain.
Working with breath and body awareness, you’ll discover how this powerful practice can be used in a client centred way to:
– Help a client get relaxed and grounded as a foundation for deeper healing
– Access surpassed emotions and experiences held in the body in a way that is safe
– Integrate sexual trauma trauma to discover a more connected and embodied sense of self
– Transform subconscious patterns of thought and behaviour resulting from sexual trauma into new life affirming perspectives
– Access powerful healing states that are ‘beyond words’
– Help clients to find the words that liberate them from the prison of sexual trauma
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
– 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.
Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event
- Understand why talking alone may not always be sufficient to help resolve sexual trauma.
- Understand some of the theory of Conscious Connected Breathwork and how it could help your clients.
- Experience Connected Breathwork for yourself so you can assess the potential benefits for your clients.
Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?
- This workshop is for all counsellors, coaches and therapists working with sexual trauma looking for a more body-orientated approach to trauma resolution. This breathwork technique is particularly well suited to those with a more person centred approach.
How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?
- By attending this workshop you will gain a deeper understanding of how to use the breath to help your clients resolve sexual trauma in conjunction with any other therapy you currently practice.
RECORDING
This workshop will be recorded and you can use the ticket function to pre-purchase the recording before the event. This will be useful for colleagues who are not able to attend the event live and also for those who attend the event live and want to watch it again.
ZOOM
This workshop will be hosted on the Zoom meeting platform where we will use our cameras and microphones to interact with each other as a group.
SELF-SELECT FEE
The self-select fee is a radical inclusion policy to open learning for all colleagues. The guide price for this event is £20.00, however, we appreciate that income varies greatly in different locations and circumstances. Please contribute what you can to help us maintain inclusive professional training.
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All the colleagues at ONLINEVENTS and the presenters we collaborate with are committed to working in a manner consistent with the BACP Ethical Framework, which can be accessed on the link below. When registering for this event you are agreeing to be present and interact in a manner that is consistent with this Framework.
John Paul Mason
John Paul Mason is a Breathwork Practitioner and Trainer who has been working with clients and deep trauma for the last 13 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.
Website | www.breathingjourneys.com
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