Business Fit Magazine March 2019 Issue 1 | Page 44

Mindset & Emotion
"Conscious Connected Breathing can entice us to
voyage far into the realm of being, often beyond
mere words. The pure heart of the universe beating
in harmony with the voice of the soul, dancing and
flowing with the self, while listening to the song of
the spirit. Powerful recognition that life itself is a gift
of different sounds and rhythms, some of them so
simply sweet, though others are more complicated
to accept. If we keep breathing, thinking and acting
in this conscious connected way, we will reach the
most precious gift of all, the acceptance of what is".
Viola 1999
Recently, a dear friend had her first Conscious
Connected Breathing Session. She was
thrilled with the experience and for days she
was talking about and sharing it. It was such
a pleasure to explain the phenomena of the
process to her for several days in a row.
It reminded me of a very similar feeling I had in
the early nineties during my first session. I felt in
love with the kindness and joy of reconnecting
with my own energy fully through my own
breath…no interference from any outside
source…just me and the rhythm of my breath, a
sitter beside me, confidently holding the space
for me with her presence and experienced
knowledge about Breathwork…No pushing, no
massaging, no incense, no music, just me and
the breath.
My Breathwork
Love Story…
Viola Edward
I felt so empowered and immediately
understood my place and my power, distinct
from the domain of the breathworker, who
was there, but was not the one creating the
process. It was I, following the basic instructions
of conscious connected breathing and feeling
safe that a well-trained person was beside me.
This is what I was told would happen and this
is what it was.
going through. It was a time in my life that I
was ready for a change and here it was. I fell
in love with the breathwork methodology and
began searching for the source. I went to the
USA to train with Leonard Orr, the founder of
“Conscious Connected Breathing”, also known
as “Rebirthing”, at his "Inspirational University”
and, as I am a very lucky person, I also had
the honour to be trained by another pioneer
breathworker, Toni Lo Mastro and his team in
the Philadelphia Rebirthing Centre.
Since then, I have taken Breathwork to
another area of my life. With my background
in Business, I introduced breathing to the
Business World with the extraordinary
consultant Neida Guasamucare. She trained
me to be a consultant and I trained her to be a
breathworker. Peer mentoring is pure wisdom
if it's done with an open heart and mind.
Then, with my sister Layla, who also trained
with the same team that I was trained with in
Philadelphia, we created and taught our own
training programs in Caracas at our company
'Centro Rebirthing de Venezuela'. and then
evolved out onto the international platform.
I fell in love
with the
breathwork
methodology
My, oh my, that was powerful, an hour or so of
steady breathing, with an energy in my lungs
that I didn’t know I had (I had been a chain
smoker for fourteen years).
The wisdom of my inner self simply let go
and I gratefully surrendered to what I was
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