Simple Practice, Deep Transformation
Breathwork is practiced laying down, with guidance and coaching, amidst dimmed lights and energizing music. RSL Director Harrison Blum, a certified breathwork teacher, begins by explaining the technique, what to expect, and how to modulate the intensity of experience. The practice elicits a state of transient hypofrontality in which the default mode of managing experience (or we could say, the ego mind) quiets down. Participant feedback on Harrison's sessions include: "transcendent, alive, powerful, visceral, amazing, deeply emotionally touched, at peace, more open."
Contraindications for participation include severe and persistent pulmonary, cardiovascular, or mental health (i.e. schizophrenia) diagnoses. Please contact Harrison with questions at hblum@amherst.edu.
This can be a powerful individual or group practice, and can be combined with other group process work or individual spiritual counseling. Contact Harrison with requests, including to guide pre-existing groups (such as sports teams, classes, and residence hall floors) or new ones!
