Matt Freer

In my earlier posts on breathwork, we looked at how the simple act of noticing your breath can help you discover the Divine right under your nose. We also explored how coherent breathing offers a simple reset for calm and resilience by soothing the nervous system. Once we know how to use the breath to slow down and create a sense of internal safety, we can explore more active breathwork. While gentle practices like coherent breathing focus on balancing the autonomic nervous system, Conscious...

Building on from my previous post on the breath I want to share a breathing practice that you can use day to day to help bring, and build, calm. Coherent Breathing, sometimes called resonance breathing, is where you intentionally regulate your breathing rate to about five to six breaths per minute, which is achieved by slowing your breath cycle down to around 12 seconds per breath. The fundamental practice of slow, rhythmic breathing has roots in ancient traditions like Yogic pranayama, but...

Let's begin by noticing the very thing that you may have been missing. That which literally takes place under your nose. Your breath. Take a moment now to notice how you’re breathing. Are you breathing through your nose or through the mouth? Where are you breathing – into your chest or down to your belly area? How does your body move as you breathe? How long are you breathing in for – short or long inhales? What happens at the top of your in-breath – do you pause or go straight into your...