Breathing Expert, certified by Leonard Orr & Terry Cole Whitaker
Author of Your Breath is a Portal: Bringing the Unconscious to Light
Breathing practice is inspiring and uplifting to your being and addressers anxiety, depression, emotional distress, hypertension, and grief issues. Breath awareness empowers a person to be at choice of how they inhale or take in Life from moment to moment. How we let go of things that happen in our life is reflected in our out breath. Focusing on our breath opens up the ability to direct our attention inward. When we begin to allow our awareness to move inside, we are automaticallyempowered to be in charge of how deep or long our inhale is or how equally long and relaxed our exhale becomes.
Conscious connected breath work is a clearing, cleansing and energizing modality in many forms of yoga. The beginning of becoming conscious begins with becoming conscious of how one is breathing. Often people are holding their breath when doing something new or concentrating. Some have difficulty taking in a full in breath and some do not fully exhale.
We bring ourselves more into our ownembodied being and this opens our capacity to relax into feeling our feelingsinstead of avoiding or suppressing them.There are simple breathing techniques that help people immediately let goof anxious symptoms of a tightening chest, labored inhales and shakiness.One breathing exercise assists you in lowering your blood pressure which directly helps with anxiety and hypertension. Letting go of tension and negativity when you exhale and opening to positive and supportive life force energy that can permeate any resistance or tension that may arise and you are coached and empowered to begin to monitor how you breathe and how you relax.
Being able to breathe into your chest that houses your heart and lungs, instantly gives you positive prana and your mood begins to elevate naturally and you begin to realize your emotions are simply energy in motion. You begin to sense that you are the awareness noticing how your body is reacting or responding and your breath is the bridge between your awareness and your body, integrating both together.
Discovering that you are the centered awareness, the still point at the top of your inhale and the bottom of your exhale, you can allow whatever is coming up for clearing to be accepted and embraced. The more skilled you become at breathing into and relaxing into what is, the quicker it integrates and transforms into more aliveness and vitality available in your body.Your immune system grows stronger and the flexibility in the face adversity generates a resilience that is unstoppable.
Taoist Tantric Coaching
Tantra is a yoga of energetics and love.
Tantra practices emphasize the breath, sound toning, and slow, conscious movement with a clear intent of holding the moment sacred as a perfect expression of the wholeness and oneness of being. When one makes love from this space of deeper inner awareness and energy flow, then the experience of our sexual expression broadens and deepens into a meditation and prayer.
Our sexual energy is our sacred spiritual energy...ALL ONEenergy...that brings us naturally (through a culmination of consistent daily practice) to an awareness - or universal consciousness - of the complete continuity of energetics....
As a tantric educator and evolving intimacy coach, I believe the purpose of experiencing various orgasmic states within our own being is to experience our true divine nature.
Tantra practice shows you how, with breath awareness, you can oxygenate the body and build more natural chi flow.
This energizes the body instead of depleting it. Adding sound toning naturally opens the throat and as the throat opens and relaxes, the body follows. Sound increases the vibratory frequency of the body which in turn heightens our sense of awareness, and our senses can become fine-tuned in tantra time.
Relaxing into our natural state of being is only possible by being willing to relax and let go of body and emotional control, allowing an inner marriage of the dance between shiva and shakti. The yang and yin energies of our inner most nature, the kundalini life force energy then can dance up along our spine and nourish and provide more awareness to this merging of energies.
As this alchemy of breath, sound and movement energize our inner chi flow, we are given the opportunity to open our awareness to the reality of merging into a more expanded state, in which our body becomes an instrument of divine life force energy. When we open and merge with another from this open-hearted state, unity consciousness can be experienced inwardly.
Tantra means a weaving of energies.
"Tantra is a spiritual path that embraces the physical universe as a manifestation of the divine. Each individual first finds that divinity within, and then shares with his or her partner the sacred awareness of authentic presence." ~ D. Daffner
This is what the phrase "YOU ARE THE BELOVED YOU SEEK" means.
"Tantra involves learning to sense, recognize and respect the flow of sexual energy, to open to that energy, to receive it and deliberately nurture its upward movement as it is transformed into an experience of blissful oneness. It's not just about 'lasting longer' but about taking the time to enjoy a cosmic journey." ~ D. Daffner
EFT - Emotional Freedom Technique
Introduction to EmoFree (Emotional Freedom Tapping)
These sessions can be effective in person and during a phone session.
What is EFT?
EFT is based on a new discovery that has provided thousands with relief from pain, diseases and emotional issues. Simply stated, it is an emotional version of acupuncture except needles aren't necessary. Instead, you stimulate well established energy meridian points on your body by tapping on them with your fingertips. The process is easy to memorize and is portable so you can do it anywhere. It launches off the EFT Discovery Statement which says...
"The cause of all negative emotions is a disruption in the body's energy system."
And because our physical pains and diseases are so obviously connected with our emotions the following statement has also proven to be true...
"Our unresolved negative emotions are major contributors to most physical pains and diseases."
This common sense approach draws its power from (1) time-honored Eastern discoveries that have been around for over 5,000 years and (2) Albert Einstein, who told us back in the 1920's that everything (including our bodies) is composed of energy. These ideas have been largely ignored by Western Healing Practices and that is why EFT often works where nothing else will. As you will clearly see, conventional healing methods have overlooked the obvious.
More benefits await you...
You can make enormous strides by introducing EFT into your therapy process (whether you are a professional or a client). Instead of taking months or years using conventional "talk therapy," EFT often does the job for you cleanly and thoroughly in one or two sessions ... and sometimes does it in moments. We label these latter near-instant results as "one minute wonders." Do EFT properly and you will likely experience them 50% of the time.
Once you have seen how well EFT clears out emotional debris, your next step is to notice how physical ailments start to fade. Headaches, back pains and other discomforts tend to improve or vanish. Your vision may become clearer and everyday stress takes less toll on your system. Check out the EFT at Work section for an impressive list of both emotional and physical healings.
Accordingly, you can use it for just about everything. That is one of the most astonishing things about it. You use the same basic procedure for your fear of public speaking as you do for improving your golf score. You can also use it for everything from the common cold to cancer. Further, we have had success with nearly every emotional issue on the books...including fear, trauma, depression, grief and schizophrenia. That is why you can consider it the missing link in your pursuit of health and happiness. Once you truly recognize the Universal nature of EFT you will eagerly join our growing throng of enthusiasts. There is nothing like it, anywhere.
Possible EFT limitations
I'm not saying here that EFT is perfect. We don't get 100%. But it usually works well and the results are sometimes spectacular. It often works where nothing else will and it represents a Doorway to your new Healing High-Rise.
You will find that EFT is usually quite gentle and you can often achieve substantial relief with little or no pain. This is not true for everyone, however some people's issues are so intense that the mere mention of them causes emotional or physical pain. But, given time, even these are often resolved efficiently with EFT.
A small percentage of our population (best estimate is less than 3%) have serious emotional disabilities and thus newcomers to EFT are advised to exercise common sense in this regard. While you can use EFT to generate impressive relief for the vast majority of the world's population, please don't go where you aren't qualified.” ~ Gary Craig, originator
Thousands of clients have used Tong Ren to treat their own serious illnesses including: Cancer, Lou Gehrig's Disease, Parkinson's, M.S., Anxiety, Depression, Stress, Allergies, Arthritis
TONG REN~ an approach to health & wellness to open and align energy meridians of the body include~ deepening breath, progressive relaxation and chi gong to continue to keep energy pathways free and flowing in the physical body to balance health and life. When alignment is consistently conducted, the body's innate intelligence frees up energy flow and naturally balances and heals itself.
Chi Gong & Tong Ren Healing Group with Zach Sprague Thursdays 6-7 pm
"Tong Ren healing is not a miracle. It is not a religious worship nor is it a mystery.
Tong Ren healing is a science. Science must be proved.
However, proving the theory of Tong Ren healing is not our job. Our job is to prove the healing power towards patients' so called "hopeless" conditions in our class.
Argument and denial are not the ways to study science. People easily accept the theory that energy forms the universe, but they cannot accept the theory that energy forms the human being.
If you believe the life force, the human being's energy, which the Chinese call the "Chi," and want to feel it or recognize it, you can come and join our Guinea Pig class.
In our Guinea Pig class, we don't need anyone to prove that our work is effective. Yet, we challenge anyone to prove that our healing does not work. Can you?!" Tom Tam (0riginator of tong ren healing system)
Oriental Culture Institute~ Asian Alternatives to Balance Health and Life Quincy, Massachusetts
Tong Ren (Bronze Man) is an energy meridian alignment system that includes deepening breath, progressive relaxation and conscious movement to continue to keep energy pathways free and flowing in the physical body.
Tong Ren approach to health and wellness opens and aligns energy meridians of the body including the cardio-vascular, parasympathetic, sympathetic nervous systems, and neural pathways of the brain.
When alignment is consciously conducted consistently, the innate intelligence of the human being (emotion~mental~physical bodies) frees the human being's energy flow and naturally balances and heals itself.
The view of traditional Chinese Medicine is that energy constrictions in the body due to nervous tension in the bioelectrical, psychophysical and mental body can create dis-ease. Clearing the energy constriction causes an opening which creates an environment for disease to dissolve and dissipate.
When the natural bioelectrical chemical integration process occurs in the human being, homeostasis is able to re-establish itself to the degree cancer cells clear with fresh chi, faces flush with healthy blood flow and even tumors dissolve.
Opening up the neural pathways of the brain, multi layers of consciousness are tapped into and a human being is able to begin to access with sensory awareness energetic perception and experience every increasing flows of energy throughout their body~mind~spirit being.
Subconscious (C. Jung) emerges for integration into psyche and authentic personhood. Unconscious mind becomes more energy aware in self and others. Conscious mind develops healthy ego boundaries. Super-conscious mind expands creative and integrative flow from the collective consciousness. 12-12-08 NGR
The Four Basic Keys of Tantric Practices and Exercises:
Breathwork:
Breathing focus is primary in all yogic teachings. To open to a conscious awareness of how one is breathing, taking in life, is primary to all other awarenesses beyond the ego identified self. And what lies beyond the belief one is separate from others and the rest of life?
Allowing inspiration to take place within our own being is an ongoing discovery. To experience a deep shift that can take place when we let go of the idea that we are doing the breathing. Our brains, heart and lungs function in our bodies whether we are conscious or not.
When we connect your inhale with your exhale, and continue to really let go, we can begin to experience a deeper shift of awareness and energy take place automatically and naturally.
At first, it can seem as if the breath has moved inward and we are not really breathing outwardly at all. This can be referred to as suspended breath.
As we continue to breath in a connected fashion, and just be present with the breath, eventually the breath is breathing our body and we are aware of it and allowing the life force to move through naturally. This is the spiritual aspect of breathwork. To allow ourselves to be inspired. Inspiration is a divine and spiritual experience.
Sound Toning and Tuning into Energy Centers of the Body:
Another level of letting go and letting a deeper experience take place is to allow sound to come naturally from the throat. This can automatically relax the throat which then relaxes the entire body.
To do this, it is most effective to allow the jaw to be loose by having the mouth slightly open. The increased energy flow throughout the body is manifest by this practice of letting go with sounding the body freely and allowing deeper tensions and tightness in the body to be released.
Primordial sounds such as OM automatically realign all the energy centers of the body and you can experience a deeper relax and increased vibration in the body by sounding Om three times. This centers the body by aligning the sacred waters of the body. Which is the predominant element of our body's physicality.
Slow and Conscious Movement:
After breathing and sounding, the body is naturally more relaxed. The mind is in tune with the heart and awareness is more in the timeless present moment.
From the present, we consciously move more slowly and with awareness, noticing how we are feeling, how another feels when we touch them. There is this tangible flow of energy that emanates from our being and body.
Clear Intention:
Intention is everything, according to many energy masters.
When the mind is focused with the intention to let go and allow a deeper experience to come to the foreground, then what we speak to one another has grace and power in it. When we speak from our hearts our deepest longing and desire, then we are creating the energetics for our intent to be manifest on the physical plane.
When we intend to connect with another and to experience a unity within our own self, then this unity can take place with another. A sense of oneness, of no separation between.
And, when we experience no separateness from ourselves and another, then all that is present in the moment is Divine Life force energy......
My Sacred Healing Space
Sacred Bath Ceremony
The actual act of bathing is one of surrendering our body to being baptised from the daily round and purified of all transgressions. The element of water is the one element we have the most of, 70% to be exact. Our physical bodies are made up of 70% water as is the planet Earth also 70% water.
The power of the bathing ceremony lies in the imprinted intention in the actual water with bath salts, essential oils and sound toning.
Sacred means to consecrate, entitlement to reverence and respect; highly valued and important. The word, sacred, implies that in tantric practices, bathing and clearing and purifying one's energy centers is highly valued and important.
I find that the moment a person new to tantra enters the sacred healing waters of the bath, they let go to a deeper sense of trust and relaxation in letting go of bodily self-control.
To emerse one's being into the healing waters of nurturing compassion and clearing of the goddess energy, is to surrender to an element that has the property to clear and heal past stored experiences.
This sacred bath can facilitate release of entities, ancestory shadows or cords when practiced with clear intent, breathwork and sound toning and allowing and encouraging deeper release to occur.
A willingness to let go of the persona we carry in the world and deeply relaxing into the healing waters of the Goddess. If one cannot metaphorically let go into the sacred waters of a Goddess bath, how can one hope to be welcomed into her inner most chamber that is the chalice, the vessel of her sacred waters?
One's mindset of being erect to demonstrate virility or vitality can be suspended in the bath ceremony while the Goddess cups your sacred root center with your heart center, an alchemy of connection and tingling flow begins to happen easily and naturally.
Benefits of the Sacred Initiation Bath:
*opportunity to have a real inner tantric journey
*relaxing and rejuvenating your entire being by turning your senses inward and tuning into your inner awareness
*learn and practice conscious, connected breathing
*sound toning naturally opens throat, increases vibratory rate for more full-bodied orgasmic experiences
Key Aspects:
Clearing of old connections and cords of past relationships
Inner glands and organs balancing and clearing
Nerve endings(nadis)opening and re-sensitizing
Receive total nurturing, loving and tender care
Surrender to water element, allowing yourself to receive nurturing of feminine Goddess and own inner feminine nature, releasing body consciousness and control
Turn senses inward to relax and rejuvenate your entire being
