Holorhythmic Breathwork: Circular Breathing to the Rhythm of Music
“If you’re not moved by the music, then everything else falls away.” -Steve Reich
Let it all out.
We all experience blockages that prevent us from living in our deepest integrity. Whether these blockages are stored traumas, repressed memories, or childhood programs, more often than not we find ourselves in situations where our internal experience is detached from the external world.
We hear a lot about the importance of ‘set’ and ‘setting’ in the psychedelic field—’set’ referring to our internal experience and ‘setting’ referring the external world—but almost nothing about how these aspects of the psychedelic experience can be made inseparable. This is a huge problem, because it’s only when our internal experience are undifferentiated from the external world that we experience ourselves in our deepest integrity. Invoking this experience through the dissolution of ‘set’ and ‘setting’ and releasing the stuck energy from our bodies that block us from living in our deepest integrity is the intention of Holorhythmic Breathwork—the practice of circular breathing to a consistent musical rhythm.
In this practice, you will be guided through a sound-led breathwork experience in the near-or-complete darkness, in which you will engage in a somatically-intensive circular breathing pattern on rhythm with an emotionally-evocative live guitar-looping performance, which will transition you into a psychedelic state of consciousness without the use of any substances.
This experience is intentionally curated to evoke a wide spectrum of emotional states through a gradual increase in the intensity of one's breathing depth in union with a gradual increase in the intensity of a live instrumental music performance, as to make the ‘set’ of the experiencer inseparable from the ‘setting’ of the experience.
Prepare to embark on a deep emotional journey of exploration, healing and growth through the combined power of accelerated circular breathing and emotionally-evocative music.
Disclaimer: Holorhythmic Breathwork involves hearing and feeling very intense, confrontational, and loud instrumental music as well as a variety of often novel sensations in the body, and at times might make you feel difficult emotions and varying levels of discomfort. However, when you choose to be present with this discomfort voluntarily, it can be very beneficial to you, because you are consciously rather than unconsciously accessing the fight or flight response in your sympathetic nervous system. Holorhythmic Breathwork is a safe ritualistic container for your process of exploration, healing, and growth.
What to bring: a water bottle, blanket, and eye mask. We will be providing ear plugs, and you are welcome to bring your own as well.
We will be there to support you throughout your experience, no matter where it takes you.