Breathing IN the Karoo
It has been two days since the Breathwork Africa foundation course … and how has that been going, you may ask?In training we often speak about short-term interventions and how they do not work! Well this was one is a hell of a deep intervention that is continuing to work.
After a good nights rest and mouth taping, yes that is a thing, I am back to share more of the journey with you. After the cleansing ceremony we got into some practices. We spent most of our time in an open plan area on our yoga mats, notebooks by our sides and blankets for to keep us warm and cozy.
We started to experience some of the Energising, Calming and Balancing breathing practices. We would do some theory, pause for an exercise, debrief as a group and so it would continue till tea time and amazing lunches and dinners prepared by Gecko Rock staff.
Not only did we have excellent facilitators in the room, Ela & Marj, we were surround by woman from many walks of life and mostly serving others through their practices of coaching, counselling, psychology and other healing disciplines. With a safe space created for us all to share our stories, we soon connected with each other as a sister-hood. After-all we were in a remote location for 3-days together.
With each breath we learnt more about the science behind the art of breathing and how we could apply different techniques to our daily lives and support others in their breath awareness.
Keen to learn more about Breathwork? Listen below:
Introduction to breathwork with Dr Ela Manga, founder of Breathwork Africa
More to follow.