Breathing together in Bungay

Service Description

Classes are for adults and are held online and in person Cost ranges from £10-15 per session Please contact Nicola for further details playtherapist22@gmail.com or visit FB Breathe: a place to pause rest and reconnect, and connect via messenger. Breath Body Mind breathing practices are a gentle way of supporting our nervous system. They help reduce recovery time from overwhelm so we can reconnect with ourselves, the people around us, and enjoy more of our day. About Breath Body Mind Breath Body Mind breathing classes are gentle, warm, and inviting. They are offered as a place to rest, slow down, and reconnect with yourself in a supportive and non demanding way. The practices are simple, guided carefully, and taught at a steady pace. There is no expectation to get it right or to feel any particular way. Your practice will develop overtime. You are always welcome during group to pause, adjust and simply notice what is happening in your body. Breath Body Mind is an evidence based approach developed by psychiatrists Dr Patricia Gerbarg and Dr Richard Brown. It brings together neuroscience, physiology, and long standing breath practices to support nervous system regulation and recovery from stress. At the heart of Breath Body Mind is a simple but powerful knowledge that there is a breath pattern for every emotional state. Different breathing rhythms send different messages to the nervous system. Some patterns signal safety and support recovery. Others increase alertness or mobilisation. By learning specific breathing practices, we can work with our nervous system rather than fight against it. From a neuroscience perspective, Breath Body Mind practices influence the autonomic nervous system. They support and strengthen the parasympathetic branch, often described as the rest and restore system, and help reduce the prolonged activation of the threat response (sympathetic nervous system). Over time the practices increase heart rate variability, which reflects how quickly we can recover from overwhelm and return to thinking, choosing, and connecting. Breath Body Mind breathing practices are structured, and adaptable. I do them intermittently throughout the day, when I'm doing the laundry, cooking, washing up, before I sleep and when I wake up. Over time they can become automatic, when the stress response begins your body will start coherent breathing. This is not about forcing calm or pushing emotions away. It is about supporting our nervous system.