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Brooke xo
What does healthy breathing actually feel like?
When I ask this in a room of yoga teachers, there’s often a pause. Many of us have learnt breathing techniques without learning much about the breathing we do throughout the rest of the day.
Over the next week, you’ll begin exploring your own patterns and the reasoning behind the practices. My aim is to make the science understandable and the experience tangible, so you can take what you learn into everyday life.
Hi, I’m Brooke!
My first encounter with yogic breathing was in Thailand over a decade ago. For three months, we sat for an hour of pranayama each day. I felt an extraordinary sense of energy and creativity, and became fascinated by what breathing could reveal.
Then I returned to Australia, and my daily practice disappeared.
I’d experienced something powerful, but I hadn’t learnt how to carry it into a life with work, responsibilities and competing demands. An hour in an ashram was one thing; finding a way to practise at home was another.
My own experience of chronic over-breathing later made this work deeply personal. Learning to understand my everyday breathing changed how I approached pranayama, and eventually how I taught it.
That’s the foundation of what I share today. We begin with healthy, functional breathing, then build towards more subtle pranayama practices, bringing modern science into conversation with yogic wisdom.
This challenge gives you a place to begin, with short practices and explanations to help you understand what you’re doing and why.
I look forward to practising with you.
Brooke xo
Hi, I'm Brooke!
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Breath Back Story
Have you ever been intrigued by the idea of a breath practice but never had it presented in a way that truly captivated you?
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My first encounter with yogic breathing was in Thailand 10 years ago. For 3 months, we sat for an hour of pranayama each day. These sessions gave me so much energy that I only needed 4 hours of sleep each night. My skin was glowing, and creativity was flowing through me.
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However, when I returned to Australia, my daily practice disappeared. I had experienced the transformative power of breath, but I lacked the systems to integrate the ashram-style training into everyday life.
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It wasn’t until life threw some curveballs that I began to rely on breath rituals as a fundamental pillar of my well-being. Breath, after all, is the primal tool for meeting intensity. Often, we are intuitively drawn to our breath when facing a significant life shake-up or navigating the aftermath of an intense realignment. This was the case for me. Nowadays, breath is seamlessly woven into my everyday life, and no matter what your life looks like, it can become a part of yours too!
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Using my breath to establish a functional breathing baseline, and then building on this foundation with pranayama, is the single most transformative and powerful tool I've ever used to tap into my body’s own healing mechanisms. The intention behind this art has largely been lost or taught as 'out of reach.' The truth is, pranayama is tangible, measurable, and practical. It can help you navigate almost any situation in life with piercing intentionality, focus, calmness, and ease.
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