Breathwork in A Therapeutic Setting: The Alternate Nostril Breathing Workshop with Sarah Hunt

The way we breathe through our nose versus our mouths, and how air enters the body through each nostril may seem almost too simplistic to consider when we are working through complex emotions or deeper health issues. And yet excessive mouth breathing can increase anxiety, raise your heart rate, bring on headaches and mental fog, and prevent the level of deep restful sleep we need to function. And all of this has a major impact on our hormones and emotional lives!

This session is a short but deep-dive into one aspect of Breathwork and one specific breathing practice — nostril breathing.

Come learn why ‘where you breathe’ is more important to your psychological health than you ever thought. Plus what to do when you struggle to breathe through your nose at all, tips to rehabilitate nostril breathing, and how effective the ‘alternate nostril breathing’ exercise can be to calm the nervous system, clear mental fog and deal with moments of anxiety.

Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event

• An understanding of the deeper impacts of ‘where we breathe’ (nose vs. mouth) on our physical and psychological health
• Learn tips to breathe more easily through your nose if this is a problem for you or your clients
• Experience one alternate nostril breathing practice in-depth until it becomes easy and feels second-nature
• Practicalities on how/when/how much to practice and how to share these breathing techniques with clients new to breathwork.

Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?

• This workshop is open to all therapists and those interesting in learning more about breathwork and nervous system regulation.

How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?

• This workshop will give participants a chance to explore one powerful Breathwork exercise in-depth, in order to give everyone the confidence, motivation and skills to practice and share this breathing exercise with clients.