It was a great and inspiring time at the GIC 2022, the Global Inspiration Conference in Landshut at the beginning of August. Over 200 people breathed happily together and there were exciting workshops and talks on the topics of breathwork & trauma and shame & guilt. A rich buffet turned the 7 days into a celebration and in the evenings you could dance with live concerts and drum rhythms. I particularly enjoyed meeting people from all over the world and talking to them, feeling that our hearts and breathing connect us. We all marvel, we laugh and cry, we let ourselves be touched and are allowed to show ourselves as we are. We are one human family and everyone belongs to it, just as he/she is and how he/she personally experiences the journey here as a human being. Many nations and countries came together, and each individual let their light shine naturally and almost naturally. There were people from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, USA, Canada, Ukraine, Australia, Kenya... and all those I won't name. You look into each other's eyes and you can see it, the sparkle of the soul, that special something in every person.
And as the 7 days slowly came to an end, I asked myself: Couldn't it always be like this? Can't we take something of this sense of community into our everyday lives? What would it be like if we were to actively create a new togetherness and remember to see the miracle in others, even if they are going through their own personal human experience? Wouldn't that be empowering and inspiring to feel that we belong, that we are meant and that we see ourselves as an important part of the whole? I take a deep breath...
... and then I started my journey home. My heart was light and I had a smile on my face as I boarded the regional train to Nuremberg. But the pull of everyday life had inevitably begun to affect me. The train was overcrowded, it was hot and stuffy and everyone was wearing a mask as required. There it is again, the feeling of separation. Everyone is struggling alone and you can't see how the other person next to me is doing. The other people's gazes are absorbed and you don't really meet anyone. What a difference to the sense of community I had just experienced, I thought to myself. So I also turn my focus inwards and breathe. I let all the impressions sink in again and am completely with myself. I wear an FFP2 mask and meditate... after about 20-30 minutes, I suddenly notice a strong feeling of discomfort in my body. Sweat appears on my forehead, my body starts to shiver and tremble slightly. What had happened? I try to calm down and take a long, deep breath through my mouth. Unfortunately, the only thing I breathe in is the air I have just exhaled. It gets worse with every breath and now I feel like I'm starving for air and like I'm running out of oxygen... After a few unsuccessful attempts at self-regulation, I finally pull the mask off my face and take a few deep breaths of fresh air. Lo and behold, my state of health normalizes after just 5-6 breaths. Interesting I think ... I always suspected it, but now I've felt it on my own body. Wearing an FFP2 mask is ok for a short time and can be easily compensated for by the body if you are in good health. But in the long term, the composition of the blood is probably derailed. So much depends on the quality of my breath, it's what regulates the whole body. So poor breathing can actually imbalance the whole body. I switched to a normal medical mask and my symptoms disappeared.
A few days later, I was supposed to be able to consciously study my breathing again. I was diagnosed with Covid and had to consciously pay attention to my breathing. Climbing stairs had suddenly become a feat of strength and I observed how my body tried to compensate for the effort by breathing heavily through my mouth. I felt myself blowing with every breath. And when I finally reached the top, I was completely exhausted and had a headache, sweating and dizziness. Exhausted, I lay down in bed and my breathing calmed down again. I now breathe gently through my nose and remember the prana breathing I had learned at the breathing conference. Intercostal breathing, in which you absorb a lot of prana, or life energy, into your body with little breathing intensity. My body is completely relaxed and sinks into the mat. I simply let the exhalation happen. Very quickly I notice an inner peace, a calmness, a serenity. Time seems to dissolve and I simply AM ... it breathes me, I start to smile. Suddenly I realize how feelings of happiness flow through me. What is that? I didn't expect that... I keep breathing and it stays. I feel a deep sense of gratitude for my life and for myself. Now I can feel what I always instruct: every breath is an umbilical cord to my soul. I am completely part of my inner presence in which I can feel that everything is my energy. The ocean of my consciousness carries me and the breath gently cradles me so that I consciously experience this moment.
Even days after my illness, I still felt strangely decelerated and very consciously in touch with myself. The time of inner reflection and conscious breathing have changed something in me, I realize. I also have the feeling of being more deeply connected in contact with other people and I can consciously receive what I feel from others, their words and the presence of their energy, without judgment and initially without reaction. I am able to simply be with it more than before. To let it sink in, to give the experience a feeling space inside me. And it feels good...
With this in mind, I wish you inspiring breathing moments in the golden month of September. And perhaps you would like to breathe with me? Then you are very welcome to take part in my breathing workshop „Breathing life - receiving abundance“ on September 17-18.
I look forward to hearing from you...
All love
sandra
