The Art of Breathwork - 6 Week Online Course

The Breath flows through everything we do. We can listen, with it as a guide and craft it as a resource.. In this interactive course, we’ll cover the science and art of Breathwork , explore different foundational practices and learn how to integrate the Breath into your daily life.

By growing our relationship with the breath, we can increase awareness of our embodied, emotional and relational states. Learning to listen with the Breath receptively and craft it actively. And over time, grow our windows of tolerance, increase resilience to stress and deepen our capacity for sense-full presence. Inviting us to connect deeper to our with self and in our relationships to those around us.

We’ll be learning through co-creating a supportive and curious atmosphere together, exploring various concepts, theories and frameworks, then grounding these into direct, felt sense experience.

What you’ll gain from this course:

• Learning about the science of the Breath and how it affects body and mind
• Guided Breathwork practices within each session, including Conscious Connected Breathwork
• Deepening your awareness of the Breath and the ability to track it through different emotional and mental states
• Gaining tools on how to regulate your nervous system using the breath, moving between alertness, focus and relaxation with various frameworks and techniques.
• Exploring the art of using the breath relationally, both intra, and inter personally.
• Resource sheets to support integrating a daily practice.
• Learning from the insights and reflections of others and connecting with a like-minded online community.

Together, we’ll learn to befriend the Breath and actively use it as a technology.

Monday evenings 7-9pm UK time.

The format will consist of a two hour live session, including:

• 1 hour Experiential group learning
• 30min Guided Conscious Connected Breathing
• 20min Community Discussion / Q&A

In addition, you’ll be given optional home‑practice each week and the invitation to join a community chat on WhatsApp

Course outline

**April 13th, Week 1: Orientation and Foundations **

• Foundational daily Breathwork practices
• Deepening our awareness of our Breath and different mental and emotional states
• Nervous system regulation resources
• Introduction to Conscious Connected Breathing

April 20th, Week 2: Active and Receptive

• How to integrate and deepen daily practices
• Basic anatomy of Breath
• Mapping and befriending, our sensory edges in practice
• **Cultivating curiosity with, tension in-between opposites? **

May 4th, Week 3: Breathing Balance

• Breathing to cultivate calm and focus
• Cultivating meditative and restorative states
• Practicing relational inquiry with Breath

May 11th, Week 4: Flow and Flux

• Tracking our states of activation and relaxation
• Breathing to unwind tension
• Breathing to energise in exercise

May 18th, Week 5: Breath-holds and exploring the in-between

• Orientating to the space in-between Breaths
• How to still the mind through stilling the breath
• Breathing to expand our sensory edges

May 25th, Week 6: Respiration for Inspiration

• Practices to enhance inter personal co-sensing.
• Breathing to navigate altered states
• Reflecting together on what we’ve experienced

All sessions are live, interactive, and recorded for later review.

This course is for anyone who is interested in exploring the benefits of Breath awareness, and practices in their life. Whether you're new to the field of Breathwork, or well-experienced, we will meet you where you're at and co-create a supportive practice community, for you to develop and deepen an integrated Breath practice.

About Your Facilitator: Jez Grattan-Kane

Jez Grattan-Kaneis a Yogi and Breathwork Facilitator. With a love of ecology and curiosity to the embodied and relational nature of human experience. On committing to a daily meditation practice in 2012 he has journeyed deep into paths within Yoga. In 2015 he spent over a year living in India and Nepal, exploring depth Meditation practices, Yoga Asana and Pranayama.

Since his return to the UK, he has been teaching Yoga, completing 600hr of training, he has also trained as Breathwork Mentor and Group Facilitator. Alongside studies in Integrative Transpersonal Psychology.

As a facilitator Jez holds space for the curiosity of the interplay between your Mind, Body, and Breath. Co-creating relational spaces that invite care, as you explore your awareness. This work is supported by introducing the Breath as both a guide and resource. Always here, for you to tune in to, increasing your response-ability and supporting your choice-fullness in life.

What people are saying about Jez’s Breathwork Session’s

4.9/5 from 86 ratings ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Participants describe the sessions as transformative, deeply nourishing, and profoundly impactful. Jez is praised for his excellent instructions, compassionate presence, and ability to create a safe and supportive space for the Breathwork Journey. Many attendees share that the experience allowed them to release emotions, access states of deep relaxation and peace, and gain valuable insights and skills. The workshops are highly recommended, with participants expressing gratitude for the opportunity to explore the power of conscious connected breathing in a compassionate and skillfully held environment.

Click Here for a link to upcoming In-Person, Breathwork Journey’s - Group Events

Important Notes for Consideration

Before purchasing a ticket please read these **contraindications** and **waiver**. On purchase and joining you are agreeing to this **waiver** .

If you have any medical or psychological, diagnosis or sensitivity that you think may be an issue please refer to your doctor before participating. There are adjustments to practices that can meet sensitive needs.Questions can sent to Jez via Jezgkane@gmail.com.

Affordability

_ Bursary Spaces are available. If you would like to attend this event but are unable to afford the ticket price, please do get in touch with us directly at _martha@symbiota.coop_. At the Psychedelic Society, we believe that everyone should be able to access our events regardless of employment or health circumstances, so we will do our best to accommodate where we can._