WHAT IS TRAUMA
Trauma is often associated with accidents and physical violence.
However, most people experience trauma in early childhood. As children, we depend on our caregivers. When the needs for affection, tenderness, comfort, and security are repeatedly unmet, this can be a traumatic experience, leading the child to develop various strategies to protect and feel safe. These mechanisms unconsciously persist throughout life, influencing our social relationships and many important areas of our lives. This means that we often create our future based on old patterns from our past, without even knowing why we keep encountering the same situations. Through breathwork, one can access these patterns and transform them.​
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When we are exposed to a traumatic experience, our body reacts immediately.​
Stress hormones are released, and the body tenses up.
Since we often swallow our anger, grief, and despair, these experiences
remain as incomplete fight or flight responses in our system.
They can be unconsciously triggered by various everyday situations,
leading us to rage or withdrawal.
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Breathwork is about completing these unfinished
processes and releasing the information from the body without the mind being involved.
Afterwards, the experience is processed mentally in an integration conversation.
EXAMPLE OF A 1:1 BREATHWORK SESSION
A session lasts between 90 and 120 minutes and includes an initial conversation, various preparatory exercises, a roughly 60-minute a meditation and a breathwork session, and an integration conversation.
Each session is tailored the specific needs of my clients.
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I use various tools such as somatic exercises, bodywork, movement and sound. My approach is based on the system of psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich, which addresses different body areas where trauma can be stored.
To achieve long-term results, I recommend booking at least three sessions in a row.
I am happy to offer a free phone consultation to answer any additional questions.