Conscious breathing

These weekly conscious breathing sessions will help you learn and practice techniques that you can use in your everyday life.

For beginners and those with some experience of conscious breathing (e.g. as part of yoga or meditation), these sessions will:

• Help you feel calm and focused by the end of our time together

• Build up techniques for different contexts, such as dealing with stress, falling asleep or getting energised for the day

• Develop your understanding of how your nervous system works and how and control it

What to expect

Each week the sessions will follow a simple structure

1. Warm up - 15 minutes

2. Practice of the month - 20 minutes

3. Activating group breathe - 15 minutes

Warm up

We'll work through warm up exercises each week and vary these regularly, so that you build up a range of ways to open up your breathing system

Practice of the month

At the beginning of each month, we’ll introduce a new practice at the beginning of each month

Each practice will be linked to a particular context and benefit in your day or week, such as getting focused or dealing with anxiety

If you miss the intro session, it won't matter - you can catch up with clips via our instagram, plus we'll also go through the practice briefly each time we work through it

We'll also talk through what you can do on your own to get more confident and, if you like, make it part of a regular personal routine

Activating group breathe

Each week, we'll finish with an activating group breathe

This involves rounds of strong breathing, followed by breath holds and long, slow inhales and exhales

This will be a particular focus for personal practice and individuals are welcome to check-in with me through the week to share progress or ask for help

Coffee and chat

For those that wish to, we'll keep the space open for an hour to enjoy hot drinks and a chat together or to simply sit quietly.

If you have any questions or requirements to help you get the most out of this space please email Nick@and-breathe.org

And you can read more about conscious breathing and Nick's approach here