Frequently Asked Questions
Breathwork is the term used to refer to any type of breathing exercises or techniques. Breathwork is performed to improve mental health, physical health, and spiritual well-being by intentionally changing your breathing pattern.
Think of breathwork as a remote control that can instantly change the state of your nervous system. In this example, the state of your nervous system relates to your state of being. In other words, breathwork can instantly change the state of your being giving you a direct response on how your body feels.ย
There are several benefits of breathwork which makes these breathing exercises an important technique you should master. Breathwork can:
- ย ย ย ย help with finding calmness and peace in phases of high stressย
- ย ย ย ย boost your immunity
- ย ย ย ย help you process emotions, heal emotional pain and trauma
- ย ย ย ย develop or increase self-awareness
- ย ย ย ย improve relationships
- ย ย ย ย increase confidence, self-image, and self-esteem
- ย ย ย ย increase joy and happiness
- ย ย ย ย overcome addictions
- ย ย ย ย reduce stress and anxiety levels
- ย ย ย ย release negative thoughts
Consider breathwork as being a massage for the soul. Itโs a natural process allowing your mind and body to detox. The experience is very different for everyone but people compare it to either an immense emotional release, offering insights to major questions or also a drug-like experience of happiness (getting high on your own supply in a healthy way) and union with everything around them.
Please wear comfortable clothes (yoga-style clothing is perfect). For maximum benefit from each session, practice breathwork laying down, donโt practice while driving or in water. Please make sure you are in an undisturbed place, you have your yoga mat or somewhere cosy to lay or sit, a blanket (if needed) and good headphones available. It is also important to not have a heavy meal before the session.
Breathwork might not suitable if you do suffer from any of the below conditions. Please consult a doctor before! :
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD-II and COPD-III)
- chronic diseases with symptoms of decompensation or terminal illness
- individual intolerance of oxygen insufficiency
- acute somatic and viral diseases
- not recommended in serious cardiac and hypertension cases
- cancer, unless IHT is prescribed by a doctor
- people with epilepsy, pacemakers or heart arrhythmias, unless treatment (including Intermittent Hypoxic Training) is under direct medical supervision
In case of pregnancy specific Breathwork can be practiced but breathholding is advised against. Please get in touch with us at hello@tiger-turtle.com.
Hey, we get you. You optimise your nutrition and your relationships. You do several courses focused on improving your performance and you go to the gym.
Butโฆ Did you ever consider what you do most subconsciously from the start of your life to your last breath?
The problem is... most of us get it wrong. If you donโt breathe fully, your cells are not able to do proper O2 and `CO2 exchange which is crucial for proper health.
The way you breathe has a direct impact on your energy, health and wellbeing, but also on your relationships, your performance and wellbeing.
Breath has always been the most underestimated thing. Luckily, itโs changing now and scientific research validates what yogis have been claiming to be super valuable to your health already for thousands of years.
The coolest thing about breathwork is that itโs instant and easy! If you find meditation hard, breathwork is for you!
Breathing right is now more important than ever. According to the World Health Organization 9 out of 10 people breathe in polluted air - at least we would want to breathe right to minimize the effects of polluted air!
Did you know? Many people breathe wrong.
Now is the time to breathe right again to step into the person you want to be!
People like Tony Robbins have their own breathing coaches. Wim Hof, the Iceman, is considered a super-human purely due to the way he works with his breathโฆ
There is a reason why executives, firemen and athletes have used breath coaching to optimize their performance. If you breathe right, it has a myriad of benefits. Breathwork can:
- help with finding calmness and peace in phases of high stress
- help you process emotions, heal emotional pain and trauma
- develop or increase self-awareness
- improve relationships
- increase confidence, self-image, and self-esteem
- increase joy and happiness
- overcome addictions
- reduce stress and anxiety levels
- release negative thoughts
Breathwork is for you if:
- you struggle with feeling anxious and stressed
- you feel disconnected from your body and soul
- you are having a difficult time finding that sense of flow and connection in life
- you are overwhelmed and find it hard to make decisions
- you have physical sensations such as a tight chest and/or lack energy and sleep
Cancellation Policy
When cancelling:
- Up to 35 days before the start: 60% of the listed price,
- Up to 15 days before the start: 80% of the listed price
- within 14 daysย or less until the event I am no longer able to provide a refund.
I invest a lot of love, time, energy and costs in preparing the sessions. Usually, in the case of last minute cancellations a space that could have been used by someone else is unused. There are no exceptions to the above conditions.