Breathe: 33 Simple Breathwork Practices (Live Well) - Hardcover

Sattar, Shanila

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 163106827X ISBN 13: 9781631068270

Publisher: Rock Point, 2022

Synopsis

Breathe into a healthier and happier you.

We are often taught to disregard symptoms of anxiety, stress, chronic pain, and other common imbalances as part of our everyday lives. But what if you could completely change your life and balance your health just by mindfully breathing? Breathwork is a 2,500-year-old practice and one of the greatest healing tools used around the world. In this essential guide, you will learn how to breathe intentionally and properly, so you can live your best life.

Fourth-generation sound healer, wellness coach, and creator of AlwaysPlay Studios, Shanila Sattar will take you through the science behind breathwork so you can turn mindful breathing into a habit with thirty-three simple breathwork exercises that you can practice at any time. Broken up into five categories— mood, energy, inner healing, sleep, and relaxing and grounding—the exercises make it easy for you totransform your life. Learn how to use your senses to enhance your breathing practice. Check in on your breathing patterns with a breathwork inventory page. Create your very own breathing tool kit made by you for you.

With Breathe, you’ll be able to:

• Reduce feelings of anxiety and stress
• Boost your mood and energy
• Improve your sleep
• Find some inner healing
• Relax and ground yourself
• Better manage chronic pain
• And much more!

Follow along with each organized breathing flow, including a practice and reflection:

The Lion's Breath:
Reflection

• What does it mean to embody the lion’s energy for you?
• What sensations did you feel in your body?
• What did you experience physically?​

Breathe in the calm and find more joy in your days.
 

About this title

About the Author

Shanila Sattar is an integrative wellness leader, a fourth-generation sound healer, breathwork coach, and founder of AlwaysPlay Studios and The Integrative Healing Academy, a playground for healing and healers that mixes science with the mystical and having fun while getting it done. With support from California to bring holistic healing to women’s shelters, veterans’ legions, and underserved schools, her organizations support facilitators to learn the indigenous roots of holistic practices and create mindful, sustainable, soulful businesses. Sattar spent more than a decade working in the tech world before pivoting to pursue her life’s passion, including helping BIPOC healers hone their crafts and close wellness gaps in our communities. She has partnered with numerous brands, including Cannes Film Festival, GirlBoss, Nickelodeon, Papa & Barkley, Purple, Sundance Film Festival, Then I Met You, Warner Bros, and more. She has written for Huffington Post, Mind Body Online, and Asian Woman Festival, and appeared on many podcasts and other media outlets. Her community outreach initiatives include scholarships to healers from or working in underserved communities; coproducing a global wellness festival that brought free health and wellness classes to more than 20,000 people worldwide; and providing free community breathwork classes.       

Edition details

• Publisher: Rock Point
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 163106827X
• ISBN 13: 9781631068270
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160