23/03/2026
Today, Western medical and scientific studies are proving again and again what the Eastern health traditions have known for centuries: when we breathe well, we create optimum conditions for health and well-being. And when we don't, we lay the foundation for illnesses such as heart disease and high blood pressure. The ancients would roll their eyes that it has taken us this long to see the obvious. We can now take comfort in the knowledge that most modern scientific and medical research supports the belief that proper breathing is a cornerstone to our well-being.
To remember something forgotten requires many steps. Often the path to recovery is circuitous. To make steps more direct it helps to become familiar with our own bodies and know how they work. At school we were taught mathematics, reading, and the geography of the world, but few of us were taught much about the geographical mapping of the home we live in - our bodies.
Breathing fully is not a matter of adding anything, of acquiring some new technique, or of striving to improve oneself. Discovering the naturalness of our breaths has to do with uncovering or removing the obstacles that we have constructed to the breath, both consciously and unconsciously.
Perceiving the complete breathing and becoming conscious of its natural state is very different than controlling or manipulating the breath through quick techniques and exercises. At first it may be difficult to understand this seemingly subtle point but it is a crucial distinction. The breath is one of the many unconscious processes in the body that can be voluntarily controlled.
Respiration is primarily regulated by involuntarily controls through the central nervous system (CNS) and so our bodies are breathing us automatically day and night. Controlled through the autonomic nervous system (ANS) we don't have to think about breathing, it just happens.. or does it?
To access the natural flow of complete breathing, we must first be able to focus on and perceive our own breathing process; that is, we must make the unconscious conscious.
Weather you are a psychotherapist wanting to add a somatic focus to your work, an athlete wanting to improve performance, a meditator, a business professional overcome by anxiety and stress, or someone who has simply noticed that his or her breathing is habitually shallow, this 3-hour Introduction to Yantra Yoga & Breath Awareness Session can be an invaluable first step towards improving your breathing and well-being.
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Let’s explore together how breath and movement can reset your system, soften the noise, and bring you back into flow 🌿
