Do you find yourself spending your whole life avoiding death rather than truly living it?
But that's not me... (wait a second) - look a little closer and ask the question, how often do you distract, avoid or intoxicate yourself from this world?
If it hits a cord, you are not alone. The answer to the issue might be hidden within your relationship with FEAR.
When we experience Fear -The first line of defence our body has is the breath - specifically, either increasing it or holding it.
Fear takes root within the autonomic nervous system (fight, flight, or shut down) - a completely natural biological mechanism to keep us alive, fine-tuned over thousands and thousands of years of evolution. Yet when Fear overwhelms the system, the body's way to protect your life force is to immobilise the system, leaving you burnt out and feeling lifeless.
The problem is that millions of people across the UK are stuck in unhealthy responses to fear, either immobilised/shut down from this world (depression) or living in a constant state of activation (anxiety).
The saddest part about the fear response is the vast majority or people locked into it will die living their whole life in avoidance of death rather than living it.
This is the motivation behind our work with our Breathwork workshops; Andy (Return To Roots Breathwork facilitator) has first-hand experience dealing with nervous system dysregulation and a decade of experience guiding people back into life through somatic (body/feeling-focused) experiences.
Your breathing pattern holds your life history; in order to resolve our response to Fear, we first need to learn how to renegotiate the fear response with our breath.
If you're interested in Andy's work, why not experience our in-person workshops across the North West
All profits from the events go to two important causes (both local and international) Andy is a fully insured and professional Breathwork practitioner - feel free to share this with anyone you who might benefit
