Breathwork Experience

“Diving Into Self”

Love Strong is hosting a Breathwork Experience focused on “Diving Into Self”. This is an opportunity to explore your identity, experience somatic healing, and to open up to your own innate goodness.

If you’ve never done a high intensity breathwork session, you’ll likely have a lot of questions about what’s in store. This process uses only the gifts God has given us. We’ll use a combination of breath, mindfulness, and music to bridge the gaps between mind, body, and spirit. We’ve found when harmonizing these elements, we’re given an opportunity to release pain and discover greater resilience. It’s about spiritual and emotional empowerment.

The most simple way to put it: you’ll be guided through intense breathing while immersed in emotive music, that often yields profound healing and personal insight.

Diving Into Self

The theme for the evening is all about immersion into the self. So… what does that mean 😂? We often think we are our thoughts, or our feelings, or even our bodies. But we are none of those things, we are the observer, inhabiter, and experiencer of those things. We are pure spirit at our core. Our aim for this event is to create space to connect with that core self. The intention is to embrace the innate goodness that exists there while acknowledging the reality of any struggle currently obstructing us in our journey.

Some questions to consider in preparation for this experience (you might even journal your own responses…🤔):

When I am trying to connect to my Self,

• What do I do / How do I approach?
• What obstacles / pains do I confront?
• What do I find / What does it yield?

We’ve carefully curated a playlist of recorded music to play alongside the breathwork session. The music will be louder to create a more immersive experience (we’ll have earplugs if you’d like to lower the volume). The style of music includes an array of genres as well as lyrical and instrumental music.

The music is intended to provide a certain type of energy that builds tension then releases and moves to a lighter feeling. We encourage you to focus less on the words or style, and more on the energy and what it invites you to feel.

What Is Deep Breathwork?

There are many types and styles of breathwork. This type is a self-exploration technique that combines accelerated breathing, immersive music, and mindfulness to bring about different states of consciousness and feeling. During a session, you will lie down and breathe rapidly and deeply. This intense of breathing, along with the music and some guidance, helps to release pent up emotions and promote healthful transformation.

The key to understanding what this is exists in the name “Breath” and “Work”. This is work using your breath to open up a unique connection within yourself.

*This is not magic nor a revival. It is innate biological function to release trauma and activate deeper connection. It’s amazing what our bodies can do!

**This is not a replacement for traditional mental health therapy. It is best suited for those already engaged in therapy looking for supplemental ways to move through trauma or negative thoughts/feelings. Please consider this another tool to aid the overall process.

Meditative breathing practices have been used to treat a wide range of conditions, including depression, stress, addiction, and trauma related disorders.

Confidentiality

Confidentiality is important in these sessions so that all participants feel safe to share their experiences fully during the breathing session. In order to be allowed to participate in one of our events, you must agree to not discuss any other participant’s experience or that another person shares in a way in which that participant can in any way be identified. No audio or video recordings of the experience is permitted.

The Research

Research around breathwork is expanding. It points to positive outcomes for increased self-awareness and feelings of self-worth, especially when paired with traditional therapy practices.

• A 1996 study combined the Holotropic Breathing® (a similar type of breathwork practice) technique with psychotherapy over six months. People who participated in the breathwork and therapy significantly reduced death anxiety and increased self-esteem compared to those who only had therapy.
• A report from 2013 documented the results of 11,000 people over 12 years who participated in Holotropic Breathing® sessions. The results suggest that it can be used to treat a wide range of psychological and existential life issues. Many people reported significant benefits related to emotional catharsis and internal spiritual exploration. No adverse reactions were reported. This makes it a low-risk therapy.
• A 2015 study found that Holotropic Breathing® can bring about higher levels of self-awareness. It may help to positively make changes in temperament and development of character. People who were more experienced with the technique reported less tendency to be needy, domineering, and hostile.
• A recent survey of current participants of NeuroDynamic Breathwork™ reported the following benefits:
  • Trauma – 84% of those who came in with trauma issues have seen some or major improvement
  • Anxiety – 89% of those who came in with anxiety issues have seen some or major relief.
  • Depression – 67% of those who suffer from depression have seen some or major relief

This is for you if:

• You are an Adult (18+)
• You are open to new & challenging experiences
• You are open to including God & Christ as part of the process (not in an overbearing way)
• You have recognize a part of you is holding back from living life fully.

Contraindications:

Talk to your doctor before practicing this type of breathing if you have:

• Heart disease
• Cardiovascular Problems
• Heart attacks, high blood pressure, and angina
• Glaucoma or retinal detachment
• Recent injury or surgery
• Panic attacks or psychosis
• History of Seizures
• Epilepsy
• Aneurysms (or family history)
• Pregnancy
• Diagnosed Severe PTSD
• Severe mental health conditions (bipolar, schizophrenia, psychosis)
• Recent physical injuries, fractures and/or surgeries
• Severe Asthma
• Diabetes
• Hospitalization for any psychiatric condition, emotional crisis, spiritual emergence within the past 3 years
• Any other medical, psychiatric or physical conditions that would impair or affect your ability to engage in activities involving intense physical and/or emotional release.

We understand if you need to check out at any point. However, if it does feel right for you to join us, we encourage you to commit wholly to the process and see it through. For many people, the turning point for them was deciding to stick with it right when they wanted to be done.

If you do decide to join us, all you need to do is breath and let your body do the rest!

The Setting

We will be inside a small private warehouse where we’ll have floor space for each guest. There will be up to 30 guest and a handful of facilitators/supporters). During the session, we’ll have dim lighting. We have onsite parking and one bathroom. This event is Coed.

What to bring

This experience is most effective when you are in a comfortable and safe environment.

• Comfy + Layered clothes (body temperatures tend to fluctuate)
• Yoga mat
• Blanket
• Pillow
• Drinking water 💦
• Journal + Pen

Event Outline

1. INTRO: The event will start at 6 pm with a few minutes to welcome and introduce the event and facilitators.
2. PREPARATION: We’ll have 30 minutes dedicated to an explanation of the process in preparation for the remainder of the night.
3. BREATHWORK: We’ll then find our spots, get comfy, and begin the breathwork. The session will last about 90 minutes.
4. PROCESSING: We’ll have a few minutes following our breathing to sit in silence to continue processing individually. At any point, you’re invited to join us for processing as a group, continue processing individually, or head out if you’re ready.

The Venue

We’ll have a Love Strong Banner posted outside of the studio to help you find us. Parking is free an handicap accessible.

Contact us if you have any questions!

The Team

Chase Andrew Jones “Sunrise Kid”

Chase contributes faith and vision to Love Strong. He works closely with Tyler Patrick LMFT and the Love Strong Team to develop experiences that couple well with therapy. He gives artistic energy to creating tools to assist the team in their work and helps with team development, content creation, and company growth. His main areas of expertise are in music, story-telling, videography, photography, art, and design. He has many creative projects in the works that he hopes to make a reality one day and he’s a psycho for sunrises.

Learn More About Chase

Tyler Patrick, LMFT

Tyler is the backbone of Love Strong. His work ethic and heart have led him to creating this organization to reach more people in dark places. He is a mentor and leader to the Love Strong team and loves the work that he is engaged in with his clients. Seeing people heal and change fuels his passion to greater depths.

Learn More About Tyler

Skyler “Spoonz” Smith

Skyler is a man of many talents. He has worked with Love Strong as a rock climbing guide, energetic musician, and mindfulness practitioner. While these are some of his gifts, his greatest are his open heart and his keen eye for the unseen wound. Skyler leaves in his wake, a ripple of creativity, rhythm, and harmony.

McCall Stephens, LMFT

McCall has been working with individuals and couples for over a decade and works from both an emotional and logical framework to help you heal from past and present wounds. He has been a witness to many incredible transformations in his past clients and is excited to begin this same type of journey with you!

Learn More About McCall

Refunds

Refunds are always available up to 24 hours before the event. Beyond that, just talk to us. We’re pretty understanding and accommodating 🙌.

Can’t Afford?

Please let us know if you’d like to attend but can’t afford it. We want to make our events sustainable while giving everyone to have a chance to join that needs the experience.

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