Experience the magic of your BREATH! Waves, just like our emotions, are energy in perpetual motion.

As humans, none of us are immune to the full spectrum of human emotion.

In a world where we are often taught to suppress & repress our emotions, we often stealthily prevent ourselves from truly experiencing our full emotions, causing them to become stored in the body. This causes stagnation in our energy which manifests in various undesirable forms.

 In order to heal from past pain, we must allow ourselves to fully feel all that we feel. It is through our accepting, releasing, and even loving such emotions that we are able to rise above the turbulent ocean of our emotions and ride the waves.

In deeply connecting with our emotions, we inherently connect deeply with our intuition.

Although the releasing of emotion is a common experience in breathwork, this is just one experience. Many also experience deep relaxation, euphoria, insight, guidance, connection to our higher self, past lives, our path, purpose, & more. Let the waves of your breath be your guide. You will always experience exactly what is needed in that moment.

This is an event here to help you up-level, clear your subconscious of what's holding you back and help you tap into your intuition to receive the insights you're ready to hear.

During this 2 hour ceremony, you'll connect with like minded people, learn how to do the conscious connected breathwork technique, ways to support and resource yourself throughout and a full 60 min breathwork journey along with a little space for integration and sharing about your experience at the end (if this feels good to you at the time). All while being held by two breathwork and reiki facilitators.

Breathwork can:

Activate creativity
Bring intuitive insight
Focused attention
Reduce stress, anxiety and grief/Calm the nervous system
Release toxins from the body
Tap into your intuition/gut knowing
Access forgiveness
Allows old emotions and traumas to be released from the body and mind
Increase joy, euphoria, bliss, pleasure and ease in your life
Pain, physical discomfort & nausea (bringing awareness to what made need more attention).

When: Friday 25 August, 7 - 9 pm
Exchange/Payment: $33
What to bring with you: an open mind, water bottle, yoga mat, blanket, journal, pen & socks
Wear: Comfortable clothing
Where: Old School Art Centre in the upstairs theatre room,
5 Stewart St, RAGLAN
Preparation: Eat a light meal beforehand, avoid having a full belly.

Meet the facilitators:

Meet Sharnelle — Hey beautiful soul, I'm Sharnelle and I honestly love to be a hype Queen - the friend who's there to support anyone in fulfilling their dreams. The friend who listens without judgment when things are feeling tough. I'm the friend who brings light when you feel stuck. I'm here to guide and support, always. I know I have now found true purpose in helping people by sharing the modalities that have helped me deeply through love and transformation. Along with my intuitive gifts I struggle to know how to explain I have certifications in Reiki level 1, 2 & 3, Conscious Connected (Holotropic) Breathwork and Level 1 in Therapeutic Sound Healing. These have created the most life changing expansion in my life and I feel honoured to share them with you to allow some beautiful loving shifts to take place.

Meet Georgia - Hi, I’m Georgia, and my story is one of empowerment! We all came in with our unique expression of struggle.  Mine revolved around suppression and repression of my authenticity, leading to various tragic circumstances that left me lost and alone.  It was here that I realised the only place left to go was within.  I have been on a full commitment journey for the past 6 years to uncover and reveal who I truly am & what makes me authentically happy. The way I see the world has been completely shifted, and have learnt that the way we perceive the world drastically changes our experience within it.  I see now that we all came in with our unique struggles so that we could be transformed by them and become powerful through them. My life has since become one of freedom, play, joy, unconditional love, creativity, knowledge, abundance, and adventure.  I have chosen a life of supporting others in reclaiming their power and providing unconditionally loving assistance in uncovering who they truly are and the innate state of joy that lives beneath the layers of conditioning that dull our senses and block us from perceiving the fullness of our freedom.  I am a qualified Angelic Reiki Master Teacher & Breathwork Facilitator, as well as a proficient Tarot Reader and Space Holder.   I look forward to helping you unlock your own magic within.

Sharnelle and Georgia both trained together gaining their internationally credited SOSHA breathwork facilitation certification in 2023 - both sharing their love for reiki and the moon, they knew they'd love to hold space together.

Contraindications:

Like most types of therapy, Breathwork isn't appropriate for everyone. It is also important to note that a contraindication for some types of Breathwork may not be one for another. For example, types of breathwork that use rapid breathing may be very risky for someone with certain health conditions, such as high blood pressure, cardiovascular issues, a recent surgery, or osteoporosis. However, a type of Breathwork that utilizes a more gentle and relaxed form of breathing may be perfectly safe, and even beneficial. It's recommended that you consult with your healthcare provider (including any mental health provider) and consult with the Breathwork practitioner before participating in any form of Breathwork.

Following is a list of some of the most common contraindications for Breathwork:

Cardiovascular problems
High or abnormal blood pressure
History of aneurysms
Epilepsy or history of seizures
Anyone on heavy medication
Severe psychiatric symptoms, particularly psychosis or paranoia
Bipolar depression
Osteoporosis
Recent surgery
Glaucoma
Pregnancy
An active addiction
An person with mental illness who isn't in treatment or lacks adequate support

Breathwork can result in intense physical and emotional release. Therefore, it is not advised for persons with a history of cardiovascular disease, including angina or heart attack, high blood pressure, glaucoma, retinal detachment, osteoporosis, any significant recent physical injuries or surgeries. Breathwork is not advised for persons with severe mental illness or seizure disorders or for persons using major medications. It is also unsuitable for anyone with a personal or family history of aneurysms. Pregnant women are advised against practicing Breathwork without first consulting and getting approval from their primary care physician. Persons with asthma should bring their inhaler and consult with their primary care physician and the Breathwork facilitator before their first session.

By purchasing a ticket you agree you have been fully informed of the risks and you release all legal and financial responsibility from Matt & Sharnelle Lewis (facilitators) in the unlikely event of accident, illness or injury experienced before, during or after this experience.

Q: What is breathwork?

A: This conscious connected breathwork is a specific breathing technique which has a whole range of benefits including, releasing trauma, letting go of past hurts, health benefits, access creative ideas and tap into your inner knowing. The 60min breathwork journey itself is done laying down with eyes closed and is guided with a music playlist specifically curated for the event.

Q: What can I expect?

A: There will be a short guided meditation, explanation of conscious connected breathwork (how to do it, tetany, things that may happen etc), a full 60 min breathwork journey and space afterwards for a few to share about their experience and any questions asked and support given if needed

Q: I have one or more of the listed contraindications - what should I do?

A: Email or message us to let us know what these are and we’ll let you know if we can offer adjustments so you can attend, otherwise a 1:1 private session maybe more suitable.

Q: I'm not sure I can come this day, when will be the next one?

A: Yes, We have no confirmed dates as to when we will hold another event but we are hoping to make this a regular thing we offer.

Q: Do you offer refunds?

A: No we don't offer refunds however you can transfer your ticket to a friend or family up to 12 hours before the event and let me know by email to info@lewisphotography.co.nz with your order # to confirm. Within 12 hours or less of the event, tickets are non-transferable to a later date and non-refundable. Your purchase of ticket/s indicates your awareness and agreement to this

If you have any more questions for us please send us a message to the email above.