A Deeply Integrative Transformational Breath Journey

Self Love & Forgiveness is a trauma-aware, heart-centered breath journey designed to help you release self-judgment, guilt, shame, and emotional residue that quietly shape how you live, love, and see yourself.

This journey exists because nearly all of us struggle — often silently — with loving ourselves fully. Even those who believe they do often notice how quickly that love disappears when they make a mistake. What follows is usually judgment, guilt, self-punishment, or emotional shutdown.

This experience gently but powerfully addresses the programs behind that pattern.

Why This Work Matters

Much of what blocks self-love is learned early and reinforced over time:

• perfectionism and the belief we’re not good enough

• harsh inner judgment and identity-level shame

• guilt that keeps us tied to the past

• suppressed or repressed emotions stored in the body

• ancestral and cultural conditioning around worthiness

When emotions are not felt and processed, they don’t disappear — they lodge themselves in the nervous system and body memory, influencing behavior, self-image, and emotional resilience.

This journey uses conscious connected breathing, carefully sequenced music, and guided prompts to bring those patterns into awareness — not to relive them, but to resolve them.

The Journey Experience

The session begins with intention-setting and grounding, guiding you into deep, rhythmic breathing that shifts you out of the analytical mind and into the body. As intensity builds, the breath becomes a tool for accessing stored emotional charge safely and gradually.

You are encouraged to meet discomfort with presence rather than resistance — learning how to stay connected while emotions move through you instead of being pushed away.

As the journey progresses, you are guided to explore:

• self-judgment and inner criticism

• guilt and self-punishment

• emotional suppression and repression

• old narratives of unworthiness

• the difference between accountability and self-attack

Rather than identifying with mistakes, you are invited to see them as feedback — part of the human experience, not proof of failure.

Emotional Release & Forgiveness

At the peak of the journey, participants enter an intentional release phase designed to clear deeply held emotional residue. This may include vocal expression — crying, sound, or screaming — as a way to discharge stored energy from the body rather than hold it in.

Two guided scream releases act as powerful physiological and emotional resets:

• releasing guilt, shame, rejection, and unworthiness

• interrupting long-standing self-punishment loops

• freeing the nervous system from stuck fight-or-flight responses

Forgiveness work is woven throughout this phase — beginning with self-forgiveness, and extending (only where you are ready) toward forgiving others. This is not about excusing harm or minimizing pain. Forgiveness here is about liberating your own body and mind from the weight of the past.

Integration & Re-Imprinting

What sets this journey apart is its extended integration phase.

As the nervous system settles, you are guided to consciously imprint new emotional states — recalling moments of deep love and inner peace and anchoring them somatically through breath-holds and visualization.

You are reminded:

• you are worthy of your own love

• loving yourself is a practice, not a personality trait

• strength is built by meeting life, not avoiding it

• what broke you does not define you

The journey closes with a gentle return to nasal breathing, grounding, and rest — allowing the body to absorb and stabilize the work that has been done.

Common Outcomes

Participants often report:

• a profound softening of self-judgment

• relief from guilt and shame

• emotional closure without overwhelm

• a calmer nervous system

• renewed self-compassion

• a deep, embodied sense of worthiness

• feeling lighter, freer, and more integrated

Safety & Choice

This journey is trauma-informed and designed with nervous-system awareness. You are always in control. You may reduce intensity, switch to nasal breathing, pause, or rest at any time. The goal is healing through presence, not pushing past your limits.

An Invitation

This journey is an invitation to stop punishing yourself for being human.

To release what no longer needs to be carried.
To practice loving yourself — even when it feels unfamiliar.
To walk back into your life without the heavy bags.

By the end, many people describe feeling deeply proud of themselves — not for being perfect, but for showing up, staying present, and choosing healing.

When you’re ready…
Take a breath.
And come home to yourself.

For your safety and in order that you get the fullest experience possible before joining a 9D Active Breathwork Session please read below and then click on the link below to sign the waiver.  It’s super important that you understand what you are here to do.  Breathwork offers a path to real freedom in the body, helping release trauma—whether inherited or personal—by clearing tension and bringing lasting peace. I have found that my breath is a source of deep inner healing, allowing me to release pent-up emotions, old wounds, and traumas that had been holding me back for far too long. It is like a gentle but powerful force that helps me reconnect with my true self and find peace amidst all the chaos.  It truly feels like magic. I am eternally grateful I found it. I find I do resist doing it. But once I get started that resistance melts away and I find my body and subconscious leaning in.  This work has been so powerful that I decided to become a coach, sharing breathwork as a tool for processing emotions and experiences. I am embarking on this career as a breath coach because I want to empower people to tap into the incredible potential of what can happen when you get out of your head and down into your body. 

The power of Somatic healing & Trauma release

One of the most powerful aspects of breathwork is its capacity for somatic healing and trauma release. Our bodies hold onto memories, emotions, and past experiences, and they get locked up in our muscles and tissues and then manifests in our life as tension, stress, anxiety, overwhelm, all the things so many of us struggle with day-to-day.

Generational & Ancestral Trauma

What most people don’t understand about trauma is its generational. Science has actually proven it’s handed down as many as 4 generations or more. Some of you may have had a relatively easy childhood but think about everything all your ancestors went through; all the war, famine, poverty, oppression, discrimination. It’s a lot. And now you carry it around in your DNA as cellular memory. Looked at through that lens it’s easy to start to connect the dots of why our world is going through so much drama at the moment. It’s just generations of unprocessed trauma at scale. But here’s the good news… through doing transformational breathwork we have the opportunity to break through these old inherited patterns… By leveraging our breath we can unlock all that trapped energy, allowing it to surface, be acknowledged, and ultimately be released. This isn’t just for us, it’s for future generations. See how big that is? Once you move beyond the limitations imposed by these past traumas and emotional baggage, is real freedom in your body. Total liberation. But here’s the tricky part…it takes work. it takes leaning into some discomfort. But I promise you on the other side of the struggle it’s going to be worth it. After all, it’s just deep breathing for a little over 45 minutes. If you can get through all the crazy challenges you’ve been through in your life, you can get through this no problem. So decide right now that when things start to get uncomfortable you’re going to lean in, not out. The more you breathe deep, and stay with it, the more you will unlock the hidden mysteries of your body and subconscious.  This type of breathwork is not a relaxing thing (until afterwards).  But this breathwork IS a beautiful thing for you to do for yourself, and after the deep breathing, you do definitely feel relaxed and blissed out.

Overcoming Blocks or Fears

Here’s one thing that happens sometimes. We may decide that we’re going to lean in and go deep, but we’ve all got these blocks that live inside of our bodies. These blocks present themselves as shallow breathing. If you find yourself breathing shallow this is going to be a nice meditation, at best.  So, if you feel that happening, then that means you need to flex your will and override the shallow breath by coming back to nice deep, full breaths.

Depth Over Speed

It’s not about the speed of your breath in any given session. It’s about the depth. Even a nice slow, deep, full breath is enough to activate your system and unlock a powerful experience. So, just focus on taking big full deep breaths from start to finish.  The deeper you breathe, and maybe just a little faster, the more opportunity you give your body to release and just remember one very important thing.

The Importance of Feeling Safe

You are safe. Breathwork has been deemed a safe practice by the scientific community. As long as you are fit to practice, and we’re going to go over the contraindications in a minute, then the worst thing that can happen is you faint, which is quite rare. Even if you were to faint, laying down on your back is the safest place for that to happen.  But don’t worry, like I mentioned this is very rare, and as long as you don’t push yourself past your limits then there’s absolutely nothing that can go wrong. So just make sure to keep coming back to that felt sense of safety in your body.

Self-Modulation

One very important thing to remember is you are the captain of your own experience. You’re in full control. You have the ability to go deeper if you want, by breathing deeper, or slowing it down by taking what’s called a “Reset Breath.” If you start to feel like it’s too much at any point, simply close your mouth and start breathing through your nose. This is going to reset your system back to a parasympathetic rest and relax state in just a few breaths and then when you feel ready you can come back in. You’re in FULL control. Just remember that. And just remember your mantra is, I'm safe. I'm safe. I'm safe. Because this isn't like ayahuasca. It's not like psychedelics. When you're in one of those plant medicine trips there's no off button. If it's going sideways, you got to ride it out. In breath work, if things start to feel a little bit tricky on the inside, you can pull yourself out. It's called self-modulation. Close your mouth, breathe in through your nose nice, slow, deep breaths into your belly. Activate that calm parasympathetic rest and digest. And then you come can back in when you feel safe. If you feel like you can really get into it, you go a little bit deeper, a little bit faster. Really drop in and go for it. But for whatever reason, if you feel like you're losing connection with that felt sense of safety, slow it down, pull yourself out, and come back in when you're ready.

Physical, Mental, & Emotional Preparedness

Let me walk you through a few elements of this experience so you can feel safe and ready no matter what comes up. There’s a physical, mental and emotional aspect to somatic breathwork.

• On the PHYSICAL side, we’re going to be activating all sorts of energy centers in the body. We’re overloading the body with oxygen and off gassing all of our carbon dioxide, DMT is being released into the brain, as well as dopamine and serotonin, all the feel-good chemicals, this is going to activate all the energy centers in the body. The way the body releases trauma is through sensation. Some of these sensations can feel nice and pleasant while others quite uncomfortable. There’s a whole spectrum that will happen. Breathwork can bring up various sensations, and some may feel uncomfortable. This discomfort is part of the healing process. You’ve managed so many challenges before! This is simply breathing deeply for about 45 minutes. Embrace the experience and go deep, knowing you’ll emerge feeling lighter and more at peace. Lean into the discomfort knowing you are on a profound journey of release! During deep breathing, you might notice unique sensations in your body. One common experience is Tetany, where your hands may start to contract or form what we call “lobster claws.”  They will buzz and vibrate.  It can be quite uncomfortable.  Just know that if it happens it’s completely safe. This happens when CO₂ levels drop due to the increased oxygen, causing temporary muscle contractions in the hands, or even in the face. While it can feel intense or uncomfortable, this is completely safe and signals the release of stored energy. If it feels too strong, pause and take a few slow breaths through your nose to reset, then return to deep breathing when you’re ready. This way, you can stay in control without losing the flow of the experience. Depth Over Speed It’s not about breathing quickly but deeply. A steady, full breath activates your system, unlocking powerful shifts. Breathe deep and slow and allow the transformation to unfold.  It helps to keep one hand on your chest and the other on your heart, that way you can make sure you are breathing fully into the belly and then the chest before releasing. 
• Then there’s the MENTAL side. Pretty simple, just like meditation, if your mind wanders just bring it back to your body, back to your breath. At times, mental blocks show up as shallow breathing. If you notice this, return to a deep, full breath to unlock the full release. Remember, the deeper you breathe, the more profound the experience.
• Then finally there’s the EMOTIONAL side. The most important aspect of this entire process. This breathwork can unlock years/generations of pent up and suppressed emotions allowing a cathartic release. All the emotions we didn’t feel at a time in the past, when leaving the body and mind, can be a cathartically emotional experience. If you feel the need to cry, scream, kick, writhe, moan.. let it flow!  Just take notice of what’s around you and don’t hurt yourself. Whatever your body needs to do to let go of all that energy just let it. On the other side of a deep release is so much healing, so please just lean into it. In a group session you may hear others, and this could be a distraction for you!  In this case, send the person love and return your focus to your own journey. The more you put into a transformational breathwork session, the more you will get out of it.  Always go with your rhythm.  If you find that you begin crying or screaming, absolutely let the sound go and go with that, when you are ready, come back and resume the deep breathing.   Remember, I am monitoring the session and I GOTCHU all!

Feeling Safe

Breathwork has been recognized as a safe practice, and as long as you’re in good health, it’s a risk-free experience. If you feel any discomfort, take a “reset breath” by breathing in through your nose. Return to a calm state and join back in when you feel ready. Self-Modulation: You’re always in control. If things feel too intense, simply take a few slower, gentler breaths to reset. This “self-modulation” technique lets you adjust the intensity of your experience, moving in and out as needed. If things feel overwhelming, you can even close your mouth and breathe through your nose to calm your system before diving back in when you’re ready.

Contraindications

I have gone into these in great depth in my course but to re-cap here - please take note if you have any of the following:

1. Cardiovascular related health issues? Low or high blood pressure? Hypertension?

2. Anyone pregnant? Doing this breathwork when pregnant is dangerous.  Please breathe through your        

     nose.  Pregnant women have had releases even just LISTENING to the journey and breathing  

     normally.

3. Asthma?  Please have your inhaler with you in case you need it.

4. History of epilepsy or seizures?

5. Just got out of a recent surgery.

6. On any heavy-duty medications?

7. Have any diagnosed mental health issues? (i.e. schizophrenia, bipolar, etc.)

If yes to any of these, you can still get a LOT out of this type of breathwork. Essentially, what you're going to be doing is, instead of breathing in through your mouth, you can breathe in nice and slow, gentle breath through your nose. You want to feel into when you feel safe, if you feel safe enough to breathe a little bit deeper, a little bit fuller, it's okay. But if you have any of those health conditions, please just go really light and very gentle and listen to the intelligence of your body. Breathe in a slower, gentler way through your nose, and tune in to your body’s needs. If you get the signal that it’s ok to breathe through your mouth, trust your bodies’ intelligence.  But pay attention to warning signs, and if need be, return to breathing through your nose.

Technique Instructions EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!

First thing you want to make sure you’re laying down flat or in a super comfortable reclined posture. A yoga mat, sofa, or even your bed is completely fine. Make sure you don’t have a big pillow behind your head, a small one is OK. Place one hand on your belly and one hand on your chest. The first breath is going to be a nice big full breath and you’re going to pull it down into your belly, down into your lower diaphragm - and really make sure you can feel your belly expand. This is how you know you’re breathing deep enough, you then pull the breath into your upper chest, and feel your chest flare out a bit. Then the exhale is just a relaxation, release and let go without force. Once you get into it, it should feel less like two parts and more like a wave. If for whatever reason breathing down into your belly OR into your upper chest feels challenging or uncomfortable - you can just focus on taking nice big full deep breaths in and let the breath go wherever it wants naturally. In transformational breathwork we breathe in through our mouth , (unless you fall under one of the contraindications) which allows for more oxygen intake and faster activation, but if mouth breathing feels very uncomfortable you can always shift to breathing in through your nose. Don’t overcomplicate or overthink the technique!  No one is going to do it perfectly! Just do your best. Remember the most important thing is taking in nice big DEEP breaths on every inhale and relaxing and letting it fall away on every exhale. You can start nice and slow in the beginning but keep it deep, and then as the musical intensity builds up you can breathe a little bit faster and a little bit deeper. Just remember you’re in full control and you’re safe.

The Scream

A very important part of this experience is you’re going to build up the energy and then do a guided big breath hold followed by a massive somatic release loud scream. Sometimes two screams in a session! This releases a huge amount of pent-up energy from the body, like an “atom bomb” of energy being released from the body. Trust me—you don’t want to skip this part. It’s insanely powerful so really lean into the scream when it comes! It’s an incredibly freeing experience, so lean into it and let yourself go. In a group session we’re going to raise the roof! In some sessions, we’ll also use a breath hold and release with a sigh instead of a scream, and you’ll be guided through it.  For those in an online session, if you’re not in an environment where you can scream, then just have a pillow nearby and when the scream comes just scream into a pillow. 

Final Preparation

• Use headphones and an eye mask. Headphones will help you fully engage with the guided session and music, and an eye mask can eliminate visual distractions, allowing you to go deeper into the experience.
• Let people in the house know you are doing a breath journey and may scream.
• Empty Your Bladder: Use the restroom just before beginning. Breathwork can be quite physical, and an empty bladder ensures you can stay comfortable and fully focused.
• Eat Light: If possible, avoid eating 1-2 hours before the session, and go easy on liquids. This will help you feel comfortable as you engage in deep abdominal breathing.
• Have some water nearby in case you need a sip.
• No pillow under your head except maybe a small one.  Find a comfortable place like your bed to do the session and have a blanket in case you get cold!  

Integration

Remember to pay attention to your body, dreams, and feelings over the next few days after a session.  You may also get a little cold or sore throat or feel achy.  If this happens, pamper yourself and celebrate!  The lymph system is the buffer between the body and the subconscious. It means you are releasing and integrating the release of harmful energy patterns! It’s your body’s way of clearing out what’s no longer needed. Get a massage, take a bath, rest, meditate, talk with a friend, go for a gentle walk in nature; anything you can do to process, pamper, and acknowledge yourself! 

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