What Creates the Neurodynamic Breathwork Experience?
Participating in Neurodynamic breathwork cultivates conscious embodiment, fosters emotional well-being, and ignites personal empowerment. This assertion is not merely speculation, it’s substantiated by compelling data. Remarkably, 84% of individuals grappling with trauma, 89% wrestling with anxiety, and 67% contending with depression have attested to experiencing notable improvements in their conditions through our sessions. Our participants also report improved romantic relations, as well as a deeper connection to their bodies and their Inner Guiding Intelligence. But what is the alchemy behind the potent impact of Neurodynamic Breathwork? It’s not just one thing, it’s a harmonious convergence of several elements that craft the essence of transformation within the Neurodynamic Breathwork experience.
Pivotal Elements of the Neurodynamic Breathwork Experience
Physiological Changes: Quieting the DMN
The latest neuroscientific research shows that breathwork, in many ways, works through a similar mechanism as psychedelics in that it reduces activity in the Default Mode Network (DMN). The default mode network, which includes the frontal lobe, acts as the brain’s gatekeeper for suppressing challenging emotions that it believes we are uncapable of managing. However, this belief is frequently unfounded. More often than not, these suppressed emotions originated in childhood when grappling with such feelings proved significantly more formidable than in adulthood. Nevertheless, the brain retains the emotional imprints of those early experiences and it often fails to recognize our grown-up resilience and capability of handling these emotions effectively.
The DMN also plays a pivotal role in shaping and sustaining mental constructs like the ego and the self. These artificial constructs, while useful in navigating life, can hinder our ability to experience a profound connection with nature and the universe. And during breathwork sessions, when the DMN is temporarily “offline,” we’re granted the opportunity to rekindle our sense of unity and interconnectedness with the world around us.
Psychological Changes: Opening & Surrender
Engaging in the intentional act of granting ourselves permission to release what no longer serves us, especially in the moments leading up to and during a breathwork session, can be an incredibly potent and transformative practice. It underscores the profound connection between our conscious intentions and the receptivity of our subconscious mind. When we articulate our intentions to our subconscious, it attentively listens, registering the shifts in our mental landscape. The astonishing effectiveness of this practice often takes individuals by surprise. In fact, some people find that their transformative journey begins even before the actual breathwork commences, as the mere act of surrendering and granting the psyche permission to let go, can trigger a cascade of internal shifts and insights.
Musical Synergy
Music and sound have been used for centuries to support people in entering non-ordinary states of consciousness. The meticulously chosen music that we use, synergized with deep, rapid breathing, has undergone rigorous research and it has emerged as the the most powerful music available for dropping deeply into expanded states of awareness.
Connection to Your Inner Guide
Breathworks profound healing and transformative potential stems in large part from its capacity to swiftly and distinctly connect us to our Inner Guiding Intelligence. It is able to cultivate this connection because it quiets the Default Mode Network (DMN), which allows our ego to step aside, and our Inner Guide to illuminate its presence. The Inner Guide is a deep-seated understanding that exists within all of us and a sense of knowing that goes beyond conscious thought and logical reasoning. It has the answers to what we seek and the solutions to our problems.
This connection to our Inner Guide is why just one session can oftentimes lead to major breakthroughs for people. While some other breathwork modalities can facilitate this connection, the methodologies of Neurodynamic breathwork enables a more profound communion. Instead of speaking throughout the session, our facilitators maintain a sacred silence. We do this because we understand that your Inner Guide knows better than we do, and our silence ensures that we don’t disrupt or interfere with its profound guidance.
Closing Thoughts on the Neurodynamic Breathwork Experience
It is the intertwining of breath, music, surrender, and connection to the Inner Guide that creates the profound experience of Neurodynamic Breathwork sessions. The extraordinary depth of experience that participants encounter in our sessions is impossible to fully describe and you need to experience it to truly understand its power. If you would like to join one of our transformational sessions, and partake in faster, deeper breathing to quiet the ego mind and connect to your “Inner Guiding Intelligence”, we invite you to register for free!
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