What The Crocus Reminds Us
The crocus reminds us that no matter how harsh the winter, spring always returns.
The promise of spring always returns, embodied in the resilient crocus, enduring even the harshest winter. I find myself filled with newfound vigour and courage from today’s sunshine, eager to share my experiences from trauma release breathwork training. A leisurely stroll in my sunlit yard today brought forth an image of gratitude. Those residing in the Pacific Northwest know the joy when the sun graces us in February or March. The flowers that bloomed during my five-week time away – crocuses, hellebores, and primroses – painted my yard in vibrant shades of purples and reds, heralding warmer weather, spring, and more blossoms to come. These occasional sunny days in our long winter months, filled with radiant hues and hope, are what I eagerly anticipate.
It wasn’t easy putting this into words.
I had planned to tell you about the trauma release conference I attended earlier this year in my previous email. But, honestly, it took time to digest everything. I grappled with how to best articulate my experience, how to truly express the significance of this work to me. Yet today, motivated by the sun and the resilient flowers announcing the arrival of spring, I decided to let go of my pursuit for perfect words. Instead, I’m choosing to share this with you — however it may manifest in the written word — an introduction to trauma release breathwork.
What is trauma release breathwork?
Trauma release breathwork, akin to the resilient bloom of flowers amidst the harsh winter, is a simple process, yet challenging to grasp. Trauma isn’t merely an abstract concept or an emotional response; it’s a genuine phenomenon that manifests physically within us. It’s a reaction to various circumstances, big or small, gradually accumulating and embedding itself in our body tissues over time, influencing our daily lives, sometimes persisting for years.
Trauma is the outcome when our systems are overwhelmed, either by a specific event or general life situations. If we fail to effectively process and alleviate these experiences, it can lead to our lives and health spiraling out of control.
I experienced this first hand for many, many years. People who have only recently met me would never believe the health challenges I was having only a few years ago. The specifics aren’t really what is important, as it was the journey of many natural health modalities, including trauma release breathwork, that helped me heal. I am grateful!
So how do you heal trauma through breathwork?
Breathwork helped me heal trauma in transformative ways during the past few years and during this conference specifically. Was it all fun? Absolutely not. But was it healing? Yes, definitely! During the conference, we integrated somatic methods with essential elements such as meditation, bodywork, sound, and emotional expression, and of course, breathwork. This powerful combination enabled our bodies’ natural processes to cleanse the remnants of traumatic incidents. For a full week, for oh-so-many-many-many hours a day, we immersed ourselves in breathwork sessions, bodywork, and a significant amount of emotional expression. The outcome? So many benefits, but the top three for me were reduced physical discomfort (my hips are finally pain free after two years of annoying pain and six months of intense and constant pain), a more tranquil mental state (letting those emotional traumas that we all have go!), and a revitalized connection to feeling ALL of my emotions (even the yucky ones). Healing demands feeling, and I am profoundly thankful for the new pathways this specific breathwork technique has revealed for me.
Are you offering this type of breathwork at Breathe Again Wellness?
Yes! I am thrilled to introduce trauma release breathwork, the practice I now have more than 75 hours of training in. This, along with my existing international certification as a breathwork facilitator, empowers me to guide you through this unique breathwork journey. You’ll find it mirrors the conscious connected breathwork sessions you’re familiar with and have done with me, but with a specific focus on trauma release. It typically takes seven breathwork sessions to complete a full trauma release cycle, although if you don’t have time for all seven, we can focus on your most important area of tension and still achieve many benefits. I will continue to offer conscious connected breathwork sessions without a trauma focus as well!
I lovingly invite you to remember, even during your biggest challenges and deepest traumas, that the crocus reminds us that no matter how harsh the winter, spring always returns.
I have to remind myself of this fact every day throughout our dreary PNW winters! The pictures above from my yard today prove this point however — spring will return and trauma will heal — if we trust and do the work. I look forward to seeing you soon either in person or online for your next breathwork session, and may we all look forward to and enjoy the start of spring.
If you would like to get started with your journey to wellbeing and peace please schedule an appointment here.