How does my breathwork technique work?

Tommy Inkilä

Breathwork has been used for thousands of years to access the stillness that exists beyond / behind the thinking mind. When you reach stillness, you also reach your memories that sit in the muscles and nervous system. These can be difficult to access otherwise.

The Breathwork technique I teach in groups and privately is called ecstatic breathwork. It is not a hyper-ventilating breathing technique.

It involves filling the stomach with air via the mouth, then the chest and finally blowing the air out. This is repeated for about 25 minutes, at a calm pace. During the two breaks, you hold your breath for 30 seconds and relax. When we have done this for about 25 minutes, you end up in a very deep meditative state. This is because you go from Alpha brain waves to Delta brain waves.

The intention we have every time is to get down to the heart where all the truth you are looking for is found and the body that stores your events/memories and feelings.

During the time you breathe, your front part of the brain takes a break and so does your senses-system, making it impossible for you to construct and filter anything that needs to come to the surface.

When these pieces are temporarily by-passed you enter the depths behind the thinking mind and nervous system. When you disconnect the mind and ego, you make room for whatever is behind it (usually the unhandled events/emotions/memories). We walk around with so many negative and false thought patterns and beliefs which holds us pretty tied up. With the help of breathing, we begin to dissolve all this, you become more free and can change your old behaviors and thought patterns you don't like.

Tommy Inkilä