Breathwork Workshops.Breathwork Workshops.
In 2006 Mike had read one of Dr Stan Grof’s books and was delighted to find out he was running a six day workshop in Drogheda, Ireland just down the road from my mother-in- law so I booked on and had my mind blown! Connected breathing for three hours at a time is jumping in at the deep end, but the rewards ,insights, and understandings were well worth it. From Dr Grof’s teachings on the ‘Psychology of the Future’ and the experience of the Breathing with about 50 others from all over the world with booming world music, to Stan and his team of angels making sure everyone was okay. This was followed by drawing mandalas to integrate the experience and the increase in synchronicities for hours afterwards was amazing and of course the sharing and hearing others very varied experiences.
Mike went back the next year where Tav Sparks had taken over as Dr Grof was getting on a bit and not travelling so much. That six days focused more on the importance of the music in the experience and Tav had just written a book on Movie Yoga so we integrated all of that but the breathing experiences were very profound.
In Glastonbury Mike happened upon Leonard Orr who wrote the seminal ‘Rebirthing in the New Age’ in the 1970’s and attended a day workshop with him discussing his breathwork and his recommendations along with his stories of trekking in the Himalayas searching for ancient masters.
On a 2023 holiday Mike came across the excellent ‘Breath’ by James Nestor which is a must-read for anyone interested or involved in Breathwork.
Since 2022 Mike has been running regular workshops to give a taster of Breathwork in Totnes and currently is in the middle of a series of taster evenings at the beautiful Angel Hall in Bowden House Nr Totnes on the road to Ashprington on June 20th, August 15th and October 17th 2025.
Contact Mike on 07956 409300 if you are interested 🙂
As for myself, in 2019 I purchased the Muse 2 neurobiofeedback system which is a headband, like something out of Star Trek that senses the electrical signals in the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. Using the App on my iphone I can meditate, being aware in real time as to how restful my mind is, as when, the waves go into Alpha, you begin to hear birdsong, and when the mind gets busy the gentle rain gets louder.
I love the device because it encourages me to meditate more often and keep track of my progress.
I am looking to get another to rent out to people so that they can practice at home for a few weeks before deciding whether to buy one for themselves.
FREE APPS
Also there are a growing number of great free apps on the iphone and other devices such as NeuroNation , Wizard, Lumosity, Fit Brains, BrainYoga, and many others.
I enjoy playing the games and some of my clients have bought the extra tailored games and love them.
If you’ve done the body: get to the Brain Gym and work out!!!!
