Business Fit Magazine March 2019 Issue 1 | Page 46

Mindset & Emotion
I have been so blessed to be part of the
pioneering of Breathwork CCB in South and
Central America. I was the organiser of the
2002 GIC (week long Global Inspirational
Conference) sponsored by IBF (International
Breathwork Foundation) on the Caribbean
island of Margarita, which hosted 203
breathwork lovers from 30 countries.
Continuing the work in Cyprus with Michael,
my breathworker husband, we now have
our own trademark "Kayana Breathwork
International", following the basic teachings
of Leonard and enriched by Layla's and my
training as Psychotherapists and Michael’s as
body therapist.
A key breathwork parameter for us is the
encounter with freedom and the power of the
self through the breathwork experience. For
this reason, we strive to keep the breathworker's
interference in the breather's experience to a
minimum. The client then encounters their
own power and with good feedback learns to
transform any dysfunctional breathing habits
by themselves. ‘The important problems that
we face cannot be resolved on the same level
that we create them.’ Albert Einstein.
There are many varieties of breathing
techniques. Conscious Connected Breathwork
is the one I love, the one that healed me, the
one I use in my trainings. I really value the way
the trained breathworker’s interventions are
tailor made for the breather in each session
and have the energy of focused guidance
rather than duplicated systemic actions.
The other element that I love is the freedom
this wonderful technique creates. After ten
accompanied sessions with a professional, the
client can take their accumulated knowledge
home and continue to practice independently.
The technique trains them into an awareness
of their own breathing which enables them to
self-direct.
I want to invite you all to explore and learn
how conscious connected breathwork leads
us beyond the limitations of our habitual,
defensive breathing rhythms, triggered by
pains and traumas during our early lives,
especially in our childhood and teenage years.
Hopefully, there is a Breathworker near you if
not let me know and I will find them for you.
Satisfaction in life reaches its maximum
expression when thought and action dance to
the same rhythm of the Breath.
‘To explore the internal labyrinth of the mind,
body, spirit and emotions, we should not work
with the Psychology of the Dysfunctional, what
is needed is a Psychology of Freedom, with the
appropriate tools to find our own truth and
help others to find theirs.’ Abraham Maslow.
The
technique
trains them
into an
awareness
of their own
breathing
Viola Edward is a Transpersonal Psychotherapist and breathwork pioneer
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with over 25 years of experience. A leader with individual and corporate clients,
Viola specialises in professional training in Breathwork Mentoring, Stress
Management, Feminine Energy, Breathwork for Recovery and Relationships.
She is the co-owner of Kayana International, author of two books: Breathing
the Rhythm of Success and Who Makes the Bed?
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