What is the Difference Between Breathwork, Functional Breath Work, & Pranayama
‘Breathwork’ is rapidly growing in popularity and along with its growth has come a lot of confusion as to what exactly it is. The confusion stems in large part from the term itself, as it can mean many things. Some take the term at face value, and think it is working with the breath for […]
Lose Yourself to Find Yourself: How Transcendence Through Breathwork Can Produce Incredible, Lasting Benefits
There is a growing body of evidence proving what breathers, psychonauts, and seekers have long known: having your sense of self fall away and connecting to a higher consciousness (self-transcendence) can lead to dramatic, lasting improvements in your mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual wellbeing. Below we will explore the transcendental experience – what it involves, […]
Is Breathwork Safe During Pregnancy? Here’s What You Need to Know
Breathwork can be a beautiful experience during pregnancy and it can help you establish an extraordinary connection with the little one inside. Many ask if there is a breathwork for pregnancy and how to breathe easier when pregnant, however there are instances where it may not be safe for you and the baby and there […]
5 Things that Can Interfere with the Breathwork Journey (and What We Recommend Instead)
At Alchemy of Breath, we strongly believe that the breather should listen to their own body and intuition and allow the breath to be the guide. AoB Facilitators seek to empower our breathers to be their own healer’s and trust that the breath will take them exactly where they need to go. We are not […]
Cross the Portal Into Pure Potential with this Somatic Meditation
Somatic therapy is gaining wide-spread popularity and accreditation and becoming increasingly mainstream around the globe. If you aren’t yet familiar with somatic therapy – it is the term used to describe any body-centered therapy that honors and works with the mind-body connection and uses mind-body-energy exercises and other physical techniques to help release pent-up tension […]
Death Anxiety, Covid & Breathwork
How comfortable are you with death? Have you accepted it as inevitable and made peace with it? Or does the mere thought of it cause anxiety, or a stress reaction in your body? Death anxiety, or Thanatophobia is defined as an intense fear of one’s own death or the dying process. It can affect people […]
Does Breathwork Release the Psychedelic ‘Spirit Molecule’ DMT in the Body?
Breathwork leads to altered states of consciousness and many breathers report having visionary experiences and journeys which feel psychedelic in nature. In fact, it’s quite common to hear breathers equate their Breathwork experiences with Ayahuasca or other psychedelic plant medicines. Also, many of the commonly reported benefits associated with Breathwork parallel plant medicine exactly, including: […]
The Connection Between Trauma and Addiction
Addiction is not a choice or a disease. It is not a sign of weakness, moral failure, lack of willpower, poor decision making, or a character flaw; nor is it an inherited brain disease.[1] Addictions are created as subconscious coping mechanisms in response to human suffering and trauma. This is not an opinion, it is […]
What Are The Effects Of Breathwork And Why Is It So Universally Beneficial?
The Alchemy of Breathwork is something that is impossible to fully describe and there are a multitude of factors that combine to create the deep healing and transformations that occur. Although we will never be able to completely explain the “how’s” behind the magic that happens, we have outlined below some of the key observed […]
Who is Alchemy of Breath?
Who is Alchemy of Breath? What is Alchemy of Breath? Why ‘Alchemy’? These are some questions that pop-up not only with newcomers to our community but also with longstanding Breathers and students of our Academy. So we have dedicated this month’s article to answering these queries and to outlining our beliefs, our values, our core […]
Behind the Scenes: Breathwork from a Facilitator’s Perspective
Explaining what it's like to facilitate Breathwork is almost as hard as explaining what Breathwork itself is like – you can only truly understand once you’ve done it. But for those of you who are considering becoming a facilitator or who are curious what it's like to hold space for such deep and transformative experiences […]
Is holding your breath bad for you during a breathwork?
“It is safe to breathe, it is safe to feel.” This is a reminder many Alchemy of Breath (AoB) facilitators give during a Breathwork session. What we don’t say is “hold your breath.” Unfortunately, however a couple of incidents have occurred recently where breathers chose to hold their breath at the end of a […]
