12 Oct
Irish Independent Interview with Dr. Cathy Scanlon
Breathwork – the guided manipulation of your breath – has many forms and can be used for a variety of benefits. Our reporter talks to Cathy Scanlon about how she started work in the field, and tries out some of the techniques. It’s a Monday evening and I’m lying on a bed at my in-laws’ house, listening […]
11 Aug
Given up on Meditation? Here are 5 reasons to try Active Breathwork
1. Breathwork is fast acting Meditation is worth it and a practice I use often. When I started out with transcendental meditation many years ago it took me a couple of months of meditating twice everyday to start noticing an affect in my everyday life. I wasn’t overthinking so much, my anxiety wasn’t as noticeable […]
05 Jul
IMAGE magazine Article
Oh just me hanging out on a full page article in the summer edition of IMAGE, Ireland’s leading women’s mag! ?⠀So grateful to be able to spread the breathwork word in Ireland and for the team at @image.ie for getting on board the breathwork wagon!
10 Mar
Breathwork and the science of “Flow”
Improved states of mental clarity after a Breathwork practice is consistently reported anecdotally as well as through research studies, but is there a known physiological mechanism behind using the breath to enter a state of optimal flow … and on demand?⠀ The ‘Flow State’ describes a feeling where you become fully immersed in whatever you […]
01 Mar
20-min Interview about Breathwork [Video]
Check out this 20-minute interview with the wonderful Christine Gioia from Freedom Physio. We talk about Breathwork and my background as a Neuroscientist and why I found it life-changing! How we are ruled by ‘shoulds’ and ‘have-to’s leading to stress and overwhelm.. We touch on my experience with vipassana mediation and plant medicine journeys and […]
01 Jan
The Benefits of a Deep Breath: What the Science says
The Benefits of a Deep Breath: What the Science says – Dr. Cathy Scanlon. Published in Yoga Therapy Ireland magazine. January 2021. “My mind is so clear, I don’t think I’ve ever felt so relaxed, I feel so in tune with myself”, is a typical reaction after a 40 minute Breathwork session. It sounds almost […]
01 Sep
The Rise of Breathwork
Readers may be familiar with the breathing practices experienced in many yoga classes, based in the yogic tradition of pranayama. However, taking pranayama as a standalone practice of Breathwork Meditation, is a whole other experience. Breathwork is quickly becoming a go-to method for clearing old emotional energy, gaining clarity and becoming more centred. In our […]
22 Feb
Breath Therapy
We’re not consciously involved in digestion, keeping our heart beating or most of the other amazing physiological workings of our body. Maybe we can actively surrender to emotional healing in our body too. Maybe we don’t have to be in charge, don’t have to fix it, don’t have to manage it.⠀⠀⠀⠀Actively surrendering to the healing […]
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