Biodynamic Breathwork

Unwind Your Tension

"There is one way of breathing that is shameful and constricted. Then there’s another way; a breath of love that takes you all the way to infinity." | Jalāl al-Dīn Rumi

"A person who doesn't breathe deeply reduces the life of his body. If he doesn't move freely, he restricts the life of his body. If he doesn't feel fully, he narrows the life of his body. And if his self-expression is constricted, he limits the life of his body." | Dr. Alexander Lowen

Breathe Deeply to Feel and Heal

Biodynamic Breathwork & Trauma Release System (BBTRS) integrates the power of conscious breathing long utilized in traditions like Yoga and Qi Gong with the neuroscience-based polyvagal theories underpinning groundbreaking modern trauma therapies like Somatic Experiencing and the dynamic release of bioenergetics. By grounding in a meditative felt sense and resourcing in safety and connection, you can safely unlock the stuck energy in your body with connected breath and targeted touch and then release it with unwinding movements, conscious emotional expression, and unfiltered vocalization. Unlike many other breathwork modalities that focus on group experiences, the individualized format developed for BBTRS allows me to guide you with precise titration (not over- or under-charging) and pendulation (alternating between activation and rest) to maximize the long-term effectiveness while preventing overwhelm.

This somatic approach helps breathers penetrate the defenses of the thinking mind and go directly to where trauma is stored - in the body. Your body knows exactly how it needs to unwind its stuck impulses and buried pains, speaking in an energetic language that reveals itself once you tune in and feel safe enough to let go of fear-based controlling. By shedding the armor keeping you locked up, you can become more fully yourself.

I am a fully certified BBTRS facilitator, both for in-person and online sessions, and also have served as a teaching assistant at four BBTRS facilitator trainings and workshops. I have also completed advanced training in combining BBTRS with the deep bodywork of Myofascial Energetic Release and in working specifically with Reichian character structures to heal core developmental trauma.

If you are interested in exploring this valuable healing path with me privately or in an online group session (currently in development), please e-mail me or fill out the contact form to stay updated on new offerings.

"With biodynamic breathwork, I've learned to channel that energy to move, to unwind, to express myself. Before, I couldn't really enjoy dancing. My body was so tense, my muscles so stiff, even after years of meditating. Now I could feel and enjoy more fluidity, moving and being fully in my body.

My expression opened, my voice became deeper, more resonant; I could sing in octaves I had never touched before. And I could feel more energy throughout the day, more energy to do whatever I wanted.

Behaviors and patterns of thinking and feeling that had been so ingrained for so many years could melt and melt and melt away. And I could be at ease with people, at ease teaching, able to enjoy more of life and to finally start getting some sleep after decades of insomnia."

-Nico

Embodied Discoveries and Healing

Trevor - Mindset Guide

This experience allows me to feel a part of me that I don't know I very often feel. It's the part of me I guess that feels the most natural. Even in this short amount of time I feel looser, and that maybe it's okay to be Trevor with whatever that includes even if that doesn't necessarily fit into what previously I thought Trevor has to be like.

It makes me question a little bit - like what else do I approach with the same attitude in life of either resistance or hesitation and what Bliss, if that's the right word, might actually be within that as well but I'm restricting myself, not allowing myself to feel it.

I'm not allowing myself to be in this position because I have some preconceived idea or notion of what it's going to be like, what it's going to feel like, what the consequences of that are going to be - rather than giving it a go and and just seeing where it goes because you really have absolutely no idea, absolutely no idea.

So thank you. You should try it!

Try breathwork to feel like your best self today

Maria - Mother, Yoga Teacher, and Hike Guide

This breathing gives me the space the most to access the beautiful parts that are inside me. I create shields to protect myself and I ended up creating shields to block access from the beauty that is inside me that comes with...self-compassion, self-forgiveness.

I was out of hope, I was feeling so attacked from so many sides and even attacked from the inside out. I feel thankful for the universe, thankful for this moment, thankful for our paths to have crossed. Thankful...

A year ago I tried the Pampers’ pole and I couldn’t step on it. I was so taken by my fear, heart rate up, sweating, tears on my eyes. My emotional state made it impossible for me to feel the support and safety of the harness I was wearing.

Last Tuesday - “Look at me!” I made it! I stepped up, felt so powerful that I followed Eric’s suggestion of a tree pose.

What happened to make me brave? I believe it was the work with Nico Akiba, breathing to integrate traumatic experiences locked in my subconscious memory. Breathing and closing the cycles…and this picture is one tangible result of the integration.

Thank you Nico, for your work, your friendship, for existing.

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