Breathwork – A Journey into the Superconsciousness States
October 17 @ 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM AEST
Join Senior Yoga Teacher, Celia Roberts BSc and Breathworker Alisa Craig for this special opportunity for you to explore your own states of consciousness at our Friday meditation retreat. These elevated states of awareness, often referred to as “superconsciousness,” have been mapped out in both yogic and Buddhist traditions, called the Samadhi states and the Jhanas. Now, thanks to modern research, we also have scientific evidence that sheds light on what happens to the mind and body as we engage in rhythmic and somatic breathing practices.
We’ll begin the day with Compassion-Focused Therapy exercises, helping to ground and embody a sense of safety before moving into deeper states of awareness. This will set the foundation for your nervous system to gently transition into altered states of consciousness. Afterward we will engage in a holotropic style of Breathwork practice for up to an hour. This style of breathing allows our nervous system and psyche to expand into a more open state of consciousness, in that state it provides the opportunity to rewire, repattern and recalibrate to become “whole”. Following the breathing will be a longer integration and reflection period – allowing those sacred “aha” moments to arise.
Participants will have the option to explore either open-mouthed holotropic breathwork, which can evoke powerful shifts, or a gentler, closed-mouth breathing technique that may offer a more expansive experience for some. This will be a gentle day of nurture and holding.
Celia Roberts will gently and safely guide you through yogic practices using the three essential tools that have been used throughout the ages to expand states of consciousness: breath, body, and mind. These foundational elements of yoga will be integrated to help you access deeper levels of awareness, facilitating self-realisation.
Alisa Craig, with her fine mastery of breath, will invite you to use your breath medicinally for healing. Celia and Alisa both invite you to use your breath to enter expansive states of consciousness where the thoughts can dissipate, the default mode network switches off and one can enter into what the yogis call the Samadhi states. These states reveal the absolute truth to the seer.
