I’m delighted to share this conversation with one of my fave people on the planet, Steph Magenta. Steph is Breathwork Facilitator and Teacher and co-founder of Integrative Breath school of Breathwork Training, a leading breathwork school.
Steph shares all about breathwork, what it is, how she defines it, why breathwork is growing in popularity, the importance of safe practice in breathwork and what safe practice looks like, how the quality of our breathing affects our lives, the difference between mouth and nose breathing, the benefits of mouth taping and how breath and presence are the foundations of intimacy.
We also had a great chat about health and wellbeing as Steph shared her key lesson from her experience of burnout, why it’s important to taking your well being into our own hands, Steph’s journey with cold water exposure and fitness, the difference between pushing and allowing in her fitness journey, and life and more.
Steph shares:
- What breathwork is
- What conscious connected breathwork is
- Steph’s definition of breath work
- Why breath work is growing in popularity
- Why you might have a breathwork session
- The importance of safe practice in breath work and what safe practice looks like
- How the quality of our breathing affects our lives
- How breath and presence are the foundations of intimacy
- The difference between mouth and nose breathing and where they are appropriate
- The benefits of mouth taping
- Steph’s key lesson from her experience of burnout
- Why it’s important to taking your well being into our own hands
- Post menopausal wellbeing including Steph’s journey with cold water exposure and fitness
- The difference between pushing and allowing in her fitness journey, and life!
Steph Magenta is Breathwork Facilitator and Teacher, licensed bodywork therapist and shamanic practitioner. She has a background in research and development in relation to addiction and substance misuse with over two decades of work in sexual freedom activism. She is an award winning writer and blogger for sexual freedom campaigning and a presenter & curator for two ground breaking conferences in this field. She is the co-founder of Integrative Breath school of Breathwork Training which she established with her dear friend Dr Rae Reidel, a U.S based Doctor of Chiropractic and Functional Medicine.
Steph’s work has a strong focus on healing trauma using a wide range of somatic modalities, which she uses to guide each person or group she works with to rediscover a strong sense of wellbeing, purpose and vitality in life.
A mother of three grown up children, Steph is committed to raising healthy human beings who value conscious communication and integral ways of living. She has worked extensively with plant medicines, shamanism and the breath to create lifelong healing for herself and her clients.
Steph is an international retreats and events leader, one to one and group work facilitator. She is currently based in Glastonbury, UK.
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