This is a practical session designed to explore a few simple ways to use breathing exercises as ‘homework’ for clients to support nervous system balance and emotional regulation between therapy session. Breathwork can be one of the most profound ways to improve anxiety and chronic stress responses in the body. It can also help us feel mentally grounded and clients tools they can take anywhere they go to support their mental health.
In this sessions we will discuss a few simple breathing practices that work well as home practices. I have found that it is often clients struggling with anxiety and the impacts of chronic stress that are the most committed to their at home breathing practices! We will discuss teaching points for each breathing exercises, how to give these exercises as homework and give clients appropriate expectations as they work with their breath on different days and different circumstances, troubleshooting issues to be aware of and how to start and progress based on individual client’s experiences. There will be time for discussion and Q&A so we can learn from each other as a group.
Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event
- Gaining personal experience of a few breathing exercises that are beneficial as ‘at home’ practice.
- Learning how to instruct these breathing exercises, specific phrasing that might help clients feel clear on what to do and what to expect, and troubleshooting points to watch out for when teaching these breathing practices.
- How to give homework based on individual client needs and what ‘progression’ with homework might look like.
- Time to explore with the group through Q&A and discussion some different ways to bring breathwork into the beginning of a therapy session.
Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?
- This workshop is open to all therapists and those interesting in learning more about using breathing exercises to support therapeutic session with clients.
How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?
- This workshop will give participants new level of experience with a few simple breathing practices and specific instructions on how to teach these breathing practices to others.
Course Content
Presenter
Sarah Beth Hunt is a meditation and breathwork coach, yoga teacher and founder of Messy Luminous Being online platform. She received Ph.D. in Indian Studies from the University of Cambridge, and has trained in both the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhist meditation and traditional yoga through the British Wheel of Yoga. She currently works with clients using movement, breathwork and mind-training practices to harness the body’s physiology and the mind-body connection and transform their inner state.
