Breathwork Ceremonies

Like a massive cleaning session, or as if an enormous blow-dryer sweeps everything that is no longer needed out of my house. That’s how it felt – one hour of focused connected breathing with Mela Mariposa. And this is how I feel now – an hour later: released, vibrant and wide open. Smiling for no reason other than being alive and feeling it. It seemingly opened up a few floodgates as well. Creative ideas and answers to questions I recently had are pouring in towards the end of the session.

Being a lover of Yoga, guiding other people through all kinds of embodiment modalities and just now coming back from my own Yoga retreat I thought I was relaxed and open already. But the “going through” some of the motions and emotions that moved me during this potent breathing process is what brought the ultimate relaxation and the feeling of having experienced a big clean-up at the same time.

Not that it was all that messy, but contraction is sneaky and tightness in body and mind a daily occurrence.
Welcoming whatever arises with a thorough inhale and letting go of it with a sigh-like exhale. This is pretty much all there is to the technique. But girl, does it get to you, when you do it more than half an hour!

Embracing whatever there is, welcoming all, is the mantra in Mela’s guidance. Yes to what is. Yes to life. Letting go of the holdings, the contractions. Both are teachings for life, nothing less.
And an invitation: Expanding into the vastness of being. Feeling joy in every cell. Vibrating with energy. And then me wanting to jump up and embrace the world instantly, starting half a dozen new projects at once.
Mela keeps us on the ground, guides us back to our everyday consciousness. Gentle and caring.
No session is like another, is what she tells us right from the beginning. Leave your expectations outside. Open up for something new.
It worked. It was a truly unique experience. Thank you, dear Mela, for holding such an exquisite space!