What Is Breathwork?
Trauma-informed breathwork is an incredibly simple therapeutic practice that uses intentional breathing techniques to relax your nervous system, release stress, and nourish your mind and body.
Forms of breathwork have been practiced for centuries all over the world.
Breathwork is for the purpose of helping you heal yourself physically, mentally, and emotionally.
If you ever find yourself:
- Stressed beyond belief from multitasking and taking care of everyone else’s needs
- Struggling to fall or stay asleep at night because your mind is spinning faster than a caffeinated hamster on a wheel
- Dragging in the mornings and reaching for another cup of coffee since bone-aching fatigue seems to be your new normal as a parent
- Putting yourself last after the kids, spouse, house, dogs, bills and everything else (self care? What’s that)
- Anxiously spinning in negative thoughts that won’t slow down long enough for you to get off the merry-go-round of your mind
Then breathwork may be able to help.
- Imagine having a simple tool in your back pocket that you can pull out to calm yourself down and feel *really* good in less than 10 minutes.
- Imagine knowing exactly how to respond to stressful situations.
- And imagine being able to relax your mind enough to actually fall asleep at night.
It’s easy to become overwhelmed by stress and feel out of control. When you focus on breathing, you allow your body the chance to reset and recover from the negative side effects of stress.
When you feel stressed, your breath tends to become fast and shallow which limits the oxygen entering your bloodstream. Your body then goes into fight-or-flight mode.
When you take time to slow down and purposefully breathe deeply and slowly, you tell your brain that everything is OK. Your brain communicates to your body that it’s safe to relax.
The Science-Backed Benefits of Breathwork
Many studies have been conducted that show the benefits of breathwork...here are just a few of those benefits:Â
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Alkalizing your blood PH
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Anti-inflammatory effect
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Elevating your mood
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Balanced blood pressure
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More time in deep sleep
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Reduction of PTSD and feelings of trauma
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Stronger respiratory function
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Better immune system
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Release of stress hormones from your body
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Positive impact on your central nervous system.Â
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Fewer feelings of depression and anxiety
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Better mental focus
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Decrease in addictive behaviors
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Allowing emotional scars to heal
About Karla
Karla Snow is a coach, trauma-informed facilitator and guide for those who deal with extreme highs and lows in their stress levels.
She has over 250+ hours of professional training as a certified breathwork facilitator. She is certified through Pause Breathwork, a globally recognized leader in breathwork facilitation and a member of the international accrediting body of holistic practitioners, ICAHP.
Karla is also the co-founder of Fireproof Entrepreneur, a coaching & education company designed to help women integrate response vs reaction while allowing for focus and honor of each emotional experience.Â
Karla guides people through creating their identity, loving themselves, establishing a vision for the direction of their life based on their Signature Soul Expression, finding their voice and expressing themselves.
She brings her experience in working with at-risk teens who’d been rescued from sex trafficking along with her foundations in Kinesiology, Trauma Science, Nutrition & Fitness, Recreation & Behavior Therapy, and her long time experience with building both in-person and online businesses.Â
Currently, she also works at Lotus Wellness, a mental wellness facility in Nashville, TN, where she provides breathwork, somatic therapy, and group facilitation services.
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Book a Complimentary 30 Minute Breathwork Introduction Session
Aren't sure breathwork is for you? Want to get to know me first?
Book a complimentary 30 minute breath session and let's get to know each other. This call is to give you an experience of the breathwork so you can decide for yourself if it would be useful for you.
 If it's not, I'll refer you to someone who can help.Â
