FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is breathwork?
Breathwork is an active meditation that uses a three part active breathing method to move your breath throughout your body. It is very simple to learn and requires no prior experience.
What do breathwork sessions include?
Sessions begin with clearing and setting the space and intention setting. After connecting about your needs and what brought you to the session, Cindy will introduce the active breathing method. When you're ready to begin, you will remain fully clothed and lay flat on your back, if physically possible.
The active breath is a three-part breathing method and is very easy—no prior breath work experience is required. You will practice the active breath and then transition to relaxed breath. Cindy will guide you through the practice as you enter a rhythmic state of meditation as you connect to the power of your own breath to shift energy in your body.
The session will close with connecting and sharing insight about your experience.
What are the benefits of breathwork?
Breathwork can help you to:
Feel more at peace and present in the body
Release stress and tension from the body
Connect to your intuition
Feel anchored in your body and breath
Communicate clearly from your unique truth
Bring clarity and a calm mind
Relieve emotional build-up and residue
Reset your nervous system
Release trauma from the body
Learn how to shift your own energy
Every experience with the breath is different, and people experience different things as they breathe. As you oxygenate your system and reset your nervous system, some experience physical sensations or the rising and release of emotions. You will be tenderly supported as you move through any sensations, emotions, or other experiences that arise throughout the session as Cindy holds sacred space.
What will I experience while doing breathwork?
Reiki is a form of alternative therapy that emerged in Japan in the early 20th century. The word reiki is made from two Japanese words: Rei which loosely translates to “universal” and Ki, “life force energy”. In a reiki session, a practitioner acts as the channel for this universal life force energy and directs it through the hands into the client’s body. Reiki is an intelligent energy and goes to where it is needed most in the body to help promote wellness.
What is reiki?
Sessions begin with clearing and setting the space and intention setting. After connecting about your needs and what brought you to the session, the you will remain fully clothed, and lay flat on your back, if physically possible.
Reiki is administered through the hands, placed lightly on or near the body. The practitioner’s hands simply act as a channel, connecting to universal life force energy and channeling it into your body through the hands.
The session concludes with connecting and sharing insight about your experience.
What do reiki sessions include?
What are the benefits of reiki?
Reiki can:
Relieves the physical and emotional side effects of stress
Improves the flow of life force energy within the body
Help people cope with challenging experiences
Bring a deep state of relaxation
Reduce pain and quicken recovery
What will I experience while receiving reiki?
You may feel different physical sensations or experience emotions as the energy flow shifts in your body. Many clients feel a deep sense of calm and warmth wash over them; many even fall asleep. You will be tenderly guided through any sensations, emotions, or other experiences that arise throughout the session as Cindy holds sacred space.
REIKI IN A CLINICAL SETTING
Is reiki safe for a patient with serious medical conditions?
Yes, reiki is a gentle, safe and effective method of alternative therapy. It works in conjunction with all other medical or therapeutic techniques to relieve discomfort and side effects and promote recovery.
What’s the science behind reiki?
Reiki is an effective complementary practice to Western medicine and can help lessen side effects, ease discomfort, and quicken healing time. Studies have shown that this integrative practice causes patients to heal faster with less pain. Reiki accelerates recovery from surgery and provide numerous emotional benefits—help release stress and induce a state of deep calm and relaxation.
FURTHER READING
The Center for Reiki Research: Reiki in hospitals, The Touchstone Process (a compilation of evidence-based research) and US published peer-reviewed articles devoted to reiki clinical research
Integrative Medicine | Outcomes: Research at Hartford Hospital
How can reiki and breathwork support caregivers?
Reiki and breath work are also effective tools to help manage caregiver stress and navigate workplace challenges and burnout.
The three-part breathwork uses two inhales and one exhale, reminding us to fill ourselves twice before we breathe out and give ourselves to the world. Working with the active breath practice strengthens the muscle of viewing our self as our first patient and making sure we are tending to our needs instead of sacrificing what we need to remain strong and healthy for others.
Reiki and breathwork both work to dislodge stress and emotional residue from the physical and emotional body, while also working to restore balance within. Both practices connect you more deeply to yourself, your intuition, and your experience, and can help provide a shift of perspective or flash of insight.
Taking the time to connect deeply with your breath connects us to the rhythms of ocean waves—constant, steady, full of life and energy, and powerful. Getting to know the power of one’s breath builds confidence to navigate through areas of tension, stress and discomfort, knowing the power lies within to move that energy in the body.
Where do sessions take place?
Individual reiki and breathwork takes place in your own home or environment, or remotely over the phone or Zoom (per client preference).
Group sessions take place at your own home or office environment, or at a designated studio. Yoga studio rentals are available for an additional fee.
What is your cancellation policy?
You may cancel your appointment up to 24 hours before your appointment. Cancellations 24 hours before your appointment will be charged 50% of the scheduled service price.
I’d like a group session in my office. What are the space requirements?
An enclosed, private space is required for a group session. Each person will be laying down on their back during the breathwork, so the space will need to be able to support the size of the group (up to ten).