Somatic Insight: Breath Awareness Practice — Insight Breathwork
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Somatic Insight
breath awareness.

A gentle guided practice to slow down, listen to your breath and begin to notice what it's communicating. Nothing to change. Nothing to make happen.

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Somatic Insight: Breath Awareness
18 min
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Why we start here

This isn't the big, transformational breathwork. It's the foundation that prepares you for it, and it's a step a lot of people skip.

It's also where we begin with every student in the training. Before emotional release or deeper work, we first learn to pay attention to the breath and understand what it's communicating.

Because the breath is one of the clearest signals we have of what's happening in the nervous system.

What this practice builds
Awareness of your natural breathing patterns and rhythm
Sensitivity to subtle sensation in the body
Reconnection with your body
Recognising dysfunctional breathing patterns, including where you're holding without realising it
Real-time insight into your nervous system
Safety and stability in the nervous system

Safety, stability, a strong mind-body connection and the ability to sense what's happening in the body are what make deeper breathwork effective. Without them, deeper work has nothing solid to land on.

It's also where we begin to identify dysfunctional breathing patterns and learn to read what the breath is communicating. That's what makes it the perfect place to start, whether you're completely new to breathwork or have been practising for years.

18 min No experience needed Sit or lie down
When you're finished

What did you discover about your breath that you hadn't noticed before?

If you feel like sharing, reply to the email this practice came in. It comes straight back to me. — Pat

Curious to
go deeper?

The Insight Breathwork Facilitator Training is a 12-week, IPHM-accredited training that teaches you to read the breath and the nervous system in real time, and to guide transformational breathwork with confidence. Join the live cohort starting 21 January, or begin self-paced today.

Learn about the training → Or book a free Clarity Call