Ann Harrison. For me the light shining from these happy faces is a demonstration of the transformation that Breathwork brings. Henry, after filling in my usual feedback form, was moved to write more:

"The 8 days were perfect. It was the most powerful experience of my life and the most transformative 8 days ever. The pace was intense but just right for what I needed. The setting was fantastic and the room, facilities and surroundings enhanced the experience.  Your wisdom and presence/energy was amazing and helped me to explore with safety and trust in your guidance and presence to support and contain me. It gave me the  courage and energy to dive into the process head first, without over thinking or restraint... and to gain the resulting rewards"

Thank you Henry for your courage and trust.

I have been doing this work for nearly 40 years. It is still as awe inspiring as it was in the beginning. I welcome the small groups because I feel I can give individual attention to each participant.

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These photos encapsulate the journey that these wonderful new graduates of Level 1 Certificate in Breath Awareness have  gone on and what they have achieved.

Tracy Hewson, a Level 3 student, under the mentorship of Robyn Fernance has delivered this training and in doing so has graduated as a Breathwork Group Facilitator.
Robyn Fernance, Breathwork Trainings co-director and trainer says: "As a trainer there is a psychological and well as a profession preparation of thinking, planning organising and record. It is a mindful exercise in preparation to build a container for the personal and professional growth of my students. Then being in their presence is a total pleasure."

Tracy, now qualified as a BT Breathwork Group Facilitator, acknowledges:
"Our graduation ceremony was heartfelt and uplifting. The support and encouragement for each other throughout the course has been amazing!"

The latest phase of a journey that Jennylee Taylor began with Robyn Fernance was marked this 19 April 2020 when she graduated as a Breathwork Group Facilitator.
Jenny said:
"The Group Facilitator course has been a magical journey in deepening my Breathwork experience. It has challenged me personally and professionally and taken me beyond what I thought I was capable of in the beginning.
I have loved training under supervision with Robyn. Her insight and experience is invaluable. Overall I am eternally grateful for the practice of Breathwork and the professional training with Breathwork Trainings' Robyn Fernance.

Robyn said: "It has been a privilege to work with Jenny whose courage, commitment and willingness to learn has given me the opportunity to pass on what I have learned over the decades I have worked consciously with the breath"

Breathwork Trainings develops a Breathwork trainer by mentoring a Breathwork practitioner as they develop through running Breathwork groups to a running a Breathwork practitioner training.

A Breathwork Group Facilitator student delivers a Level 1 - Certificate in Breath Awareness, plus additional theoretical content. A Breathwork trainee trainer delivers out Level 2 -  Certificate in Breathwork practitioner training.

So our students are trained and mentored all the way through their professional development as a Breathwork trainer.

Some years ago, when working with a Jewish client and Hebrew scholar I mentioned that there was the Hebrew word 'ru'ach' that refered both to soul, breath and wind - as far as I knew.
'"Oh" she said, "there is more!".

I contacted her again recently because I had lost my notes. Here is what she said:

"I would have told you that Hebrew is a consonantal language - and most words have a 3 consonant root, with the vowels fitting in patterns (for a gerund form, infinitive verb, adjective etc), or creating a related word for example NeSHaMa = soul, NeSHiMa = breath

The three words all have been translated as soul, but they have different nuances and are used in different contexts.


I couldn't remember the difference, but I found this:
'In Kabbalah or Chasidut,  Nefesh means a bodily soul, or instinct, or innate. (All created things have nefesh). Ruach is often used in the context of "Ruach Hakodesh" (spirit of the Holiness), which is a sort of divine inspiration, or an aspect of godliness /correctness of thought (morality is one example of that). Ruach can also be the basic life force of any living thing. Neshama is the higher level soul which is connected directly to Gd, it exists only in humans."

As Jewish belief is that everything in The Torah is the word of God, the fact that the words for breath and for the highest/divine level of the soul are based on the same root, means that there is a spiritual connection between them."

Thank you Neta.

It is more than 40 years now that I have been practising awareness of the breath, and more than 30 years of working with Conscious Connected Breathing for my personal & spiritual growth as well as working professionally with clients,

Such a practice leads to a perspective that allows equilibrium, well being and sense of being connected to a greater whole - however we name it. For me, that is a priceless foundation for living - for life.

Ann Harrison
Next trainings begin 28 March with an 8 day retreat.

Life changing! Totally transformative! Beyond expectations!

These are some of the words that participants and Breathwork students have said to me over the years. You can find more here.

If one were cynical you could suspect that recent participants might be still in an afterglow, that with time, will fade. Yet I know for me, it has never faded – only continued to deepen the unfolding of myself to myself. Thus I have experienced a transformation in the way I related to the world as well as myself and others, and a steadiness in face many different situations

It has been my delight that participants who experienced Breathwork with me between 34 and 25 years ago continue to benefit from what they have learned. They recognise those early experiences as totally transformative. The Breathwork skills and shifts in perspective they acquired  have continued to provide a strong foundation for life

Recently I came across a video of a friend, Marselina, who had her first experience in 1986 just after I had just finished my training and had gone to live in Shanghai to continue studying Chinese martial arts.

Subsquently, in 1991, she participated in a Breathwork training in my Tai Tan Centre in Hong Kong. “I experienced a whole range – from physical pains to emotional delights and deep peace.  A lot of things became clear – from small things to large. One of the most important things was becoming aware that I could forgive people. After doing the forgiveness processes, which were very emotional, I felt free – and still do, after 20 years!”  

Dianne, also participated in one of my early Hong Kong trainings. Recently when she saw a Facebook post advertising this autumn retreat she wrote: “Changed my life forever!!! I was privileged to be in the right place at the right time. I am so happy for all who have an opportunity to participate.” Maggie, who did some of my early workshops In Australia, 1996-7, added, “I would not be who I am today without this amazing work/ experience”

Breathwork, in the form of Conscious Connected Breathing, is more than just a technique. It is a portal into the greater dimensions of life. It brings experience that gives insight, which in turn creates greater understanding. There naturally arise a centeredness and wisdom.
When you touch the still point inside yourself you know without doubt, nor wishful thinking that such a place exists; that you can return there to regain a calm perspective.

Breath Awareness Retreat Autumn 2020: Foundations 28March–4April 2020
This Level 1.1. is the foundation for creating the experience and understandings that will enable you to do what my now friends have done - use awareness of the breath to create a solid foundation for awareness of yourself and life. Level 1.2 - Real Creativity will consolidate that foundation and give you the tools to continue to live life creativity with self confidence and a sense of power.
In the retreats this year I offer you the paradigm that I have developed to guide intellectual understanding, as well as at least 5 partnered 'breathes', solo 'breathes'
If you would like further information you can read about the additional support you are offered or you can ring me on 0403-823-636 and have a chat.

It was a delight to meet and then interview June Uhrig at the graduation of her daughter Jennylee Taylor. Jenny had spent four years studying with Breathwork Trainings' trainer Robyn Fernance and her graduation day as a Breathwork Practitioner was very special indeed. What struck me most was every-one's 'joie de vivre' and open heartedness.

June Uhrig also had an open mind.

She had participated in Jenny's Self Awareness programme and as she says she discovered things inside her that even at the age of seventy three she did not know were there - and things she wanted to learn. For her, it filled the coming decades with infinite positive possibilities.

Anyone with the will to learn can discover more about themselves and become more self aware. Breathwork, I believe, is the master programme. Through awareness of our breathing, and how it relates to physical sensations, emotional states and thought patterns - we gain self knowledge  and self understanding. We develop compassion for ourselves and others.

We learn how we have used our breath to suppress difficult emotions and unpleasant thoughts. We can also learn how to use the breath to release those suppressed emotions and limiting thoughts gain greater self awareness and do what it takes to become free.

For more than thirty years I have been privileged to witness the journey to greater self awareness through the conscious use of the breath.

Through breath awareness, comes self awareness and transformation

Ann Harrison
Breathwork Trainer

 The more we practise living and working from  a state of self awareness – a place of higher consciousness, the better our lives become. It takes time and practice to truly learn who we are and what we are capable of. More than that – it takes commitment.

We need time for self-inquiry to uncover both the positive and negative in ourselves – the light and dark shadow.  We need techniques to release suppressed emotions and install a positive programme. We need to take time to meditate to find a place of peace to rest and regenerate.

We could find time for this in our every life. But we all know how full up we are and how many demands there are on us. By taking time out for ourselves - away from our daily routine - we get away from the distractions of our daily lives, We gain a new perspective and  time to stop, think and to go within.

Breathwork retreats at the Millthorpe Meditation Centre
Ann Harrison first set up a retreat meditation centre in 1988 and she has been running retreats ever since. Ann's retreats take place in the small historic village of Millthorpe, situated in the Central West of NSW 3.5-4hrs west of Sydney. www.millthorpevillage.com.au 

Staying in the village gives time out and it also allows for a more easy  integration back into daily life, once the course has finished.

“Breathwork is a total bodymind practice. It incorporates meditation, mindfulness and emotional education. It has theoretical compenents as well as being highly experiential. It runs the gamut from psychotherapy to spiritual practice. The retreats give participants the time and space to go deeply within themselves – to release suppressed emotion, source and release unconscious limiting beliefs and learn skills that will enable them to live with less stress and more joy and creativity.” Ann

Check out what people say.

Each of Ann’s 8 day retreats has a certain theme. The chakra system is the theme for the 2019 Spring Breath Awareness Retreat - 14-20 October 2019. More information click here or contact Ann directly.

What a delight it has been for me this last year to have seen my meditation studio build and hosting 3 x 8 day retreats with another scheduled for 2019 October and already half full.
When I asked what the participants appreciated. They answered: "everything - the energy - the chance to travel inward - being with myself"
I have been facilitating personal and spiritual growth courses for more than thirty years now and the process both humbles and delights me.
I asked those participating to put in their own words what the course gave them: " a chance to see what is inside me and how it is connected to the whole - a balance between movement and stillness - a delightful journey of self awareness, beautifully balanced with clear intellectual explanations and varied theories; unexpected insights and personally deep experiences"
They are delighted to find local BnB stays and love the village - as I do.

This coming autumn retreat will be unique.
Participants will have the opportunity to experience

• Breathwork: at least 4 sits and 4 breathes
  
• meditation
• gentle movement e.g. Feldenkrais
• original theoretical perspectives that Robyn and Ann have developed through personal experience and reflection

Both Robyn and Ann have been working and training others in Breathwork since the mid 1980's.
Robyn is the renowned author of Being Born - How your birth affects your learning, performance, lifestyle and relationships: A Handbook”  She practises a very traditional form of Rebirthing Breathwork. She will cover theoretically and experientially the areas of the  unconscious death urge, debilitating memory from a past lifetime, fragmented soul self, unresolved birth trauma.
Ann developed her trainings at the Tai Tan Centre that she created in the Hong Kong countryside, after having lived in Shanghai in order to pursue her study of Chinese martial arts and philosophy. She developed ways of describing the ancient paradigms of wholeness and the processes that an individual may use to return to that state of oneness..

For practising Breathwork professionals it is an ideal way to upgrade your professional knowledge and skills. For those who have experienced that power of the breath it is a way of diving more deeply into yourself and the power within.

In this faster and faster changing world we all need constant unchanging reference points to guide us. Awareness of the breath, experience and knowledge of how life experiences are mediate and created by the breath is an extraordinarily effective way of harmonising ourselves with life.



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It was my pleasure a couple of years ago to speak with Les Jensen.
As I listened today I was delighted with how Les drew out aspects of my personal journey with the breath that took me Shanghai, my years in Hong Kong where I created the Tai Tan Centre - a retreat in the countryside by the sea. We talked about my approach to Breathwork  - in working with clients and developing trainings.