Embodiment Lesson 5: Elevator Breathing

Take the breath and your consciousness down and in

I am a multidimensional being (just like you are by the way). The concepts I share in these videos are a result of years of study and my own practice. Because of this, there is not one specific root to what I teach. The practices you will encounter are based in Energy Medicine, Kundalini Yoga, Tai Chi, Qi Gong, Dance, and Breathwork. I will do my best to give sources and credit as required. I have found for myself that by engaging in multiple types of movement and philosophies makes it so I can utilize what is right for my body as it changes. You are invited to do the same. Don’t judge what doesn’t work. Just be open to trying something new!

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It’s amazing how many of life’s problems can be solved through some sort of mindful embodiment practice. This doesn’t need to be taken very seriously either. It’s just a matter of recognizing that to feel connected in a meaningful way to our lives, we need to feel connected in a meaningful way to our bodies. Step by step, slowing down and playing with the myriad of techniques that exist to support this process is what I am using Substack to teach.

All of my embodiment posts are meant to be easy to access and non stressful teaching platforms that incorporate the vital concept of becoming alive to your own body.

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Welcome to the fifth lesson in my series teaching you simple steps towards Embodiment or, as I like to call it:

Embodiment Practices and Teachings for Less Than 15 Minutes A Day!

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To actively start to engage in any embodiment practice, it’s important to gain more and more tools that support your own capacity to consciously breathe. This means PRACTICE. AND practice in my world means PLAY!

By engaging in these short videos with a mind that is willing to just relax and let go and open to see what happens, you will start to bridge that ever so important connection between your brain and sensations in your body that go beyond thoughts.

As you learn to bridge mind and body more, you’ll eventually be able to feel sensation without needing to immediately turn it into a thought to undertand it. This is what creates the ability to have the body be an unlimited resource for growth into body as teacher and self as embodied being.

The elevator of breath creates a capacity for learning how to simply touch into sensation without being overwhelmed by it. In this exercise, I am sharing how you can use the breath to take you down and up at will into and out of your mind. When you use intention to bring your consciousness with with breath, you can start to get used to sensations without long body scan meditations or a demand that you have to work hard to get in to yourself. As you pay attention to the result, you will learn that travelling from body to mind is as simple as choosing where you want to be. That’s it.

Using the breath as an elevator up and down into body sensations is such an amazing life tool. It teaches patience. It teaches you how to feel your sensate self without coming to conclusions. It builds vitality by literally shifting the energy in your body. Instead of being a walking and talking head with all the energy being stuck, here is your chance to become a being with flow and connection.

I am currently working on classes to embellish my embodiment series, so don’t worry if you aren’t called to subscribe to my substack. You’ll be able to purchase a class down the road with extended teachings, videos, exercises, and philosophies.