Working consciously with the breath takes you on an inner journey that yields transformation both internally - in how we feel about ourselves and externally - how we relate to the world around us and those in it. The Central West Campus runs 2 x 8 day retreats per year - Spring and Autumn. Each retreat Module is designed to be complete in itself
The Breathwork Practitioner training has 2 levels 1. Foundations in Breath Awareness - for those who are beginning their journey of consciously working with the breath L1.1 Foundations L. 1.2
Level 2 - Breathwork Practitioner Training with Ann Harrison Central West Campus, Millthorpe
Level 2 comprises 4 x 8 day retreats: L2.1 - Breath and Spirit - Healing Trauma and Addictions L2.2 - Bodymind Connection L2.3 - Life, Death and Rebirth L2.4 - Right relationships with self and others
All modules include:
5 sits
5 breaths
group breathe
time for reflection on Breathwork experiences
introspective contemplation
pen and paper analyses of self and situations
meditation
gentle movement
integrative day in nature
LEVEL 2.1 - Breath and Spirit
The teachings in this retreat will be looking at principles that hold true and can act as constant reference points in an ever changing world.
We will ...
look at the sources of trauma from the perspective of the individual and the collective.
Identify the trauma symptoms - in the body, in emotional reactions and in relationships.
addiction as a response to trauma
experientially explore possible healing solutions through the breath
The developmental or acute trauma that is experienced by an individual does no take place in a vacuum. There are situations or a particular situation that gives rise to trauma within the individual.
Sources of developmental trauma in youth include ongoing uncertainty and disruption in the home; abuse and/or abandonment. As adults we can experience traumatic events - crashes, medical operations, being force to flee, unexpected death of a loved one ...
If the symptoms of trauma are acute - depression, violence, self harm or the allowing of others to harm us - then in the first instance we need to ensure our mental emotional safety, we need to experience that we are safe in our own bodies. We can do this though Breathwork when we experience the affect of trauma in our bodies while at the same time allowing those feelings to dissolve.
Family Constellation work is experiential as well, but it allows the individual to see that larger context for their individual lives and experience the commonalities of the human condition. One can see 'it didn't start with me" and that there have always been consequence of human acts.
We have to start where we are as an individual, and it is our own bodymind that provides us with the entry point to understanding and healing. The process includes
presentation of knowledge on trauma
introspective contemplation
pen and paper analyses of self and situations
Breathwork
Family Constellations
The 8 day retreat will be like a journey to the underworld of ourselves and creating a new perspective as we surface. Our day in nature, half way through the retreat might well include a visit to these caves, where the outer journey reflects the inner.