Sofia Bothwell

Rebirthing Breathwork is a healing meditation on the breath. We all breathe but we do not breathe consciously. We are totally unaware of how deep we are breathing or if we are breathing through our mouth or nose. We also usually leave gaps between our inhale and exhale. There is a vast difference between that kind of unconscious breathing and the type of breathing we do in a Rebirthing Breathwork Session. In a Rebirthing Breathwork Session you are guided by your Rebirthing Coach to connect your inhale with your exhale - that means no gaps between inhale and exhale. Thus you become more aware of the Chi or Prana which is the Life Force Energy within the body. This is important because if you have suffered a trauma (we all have) that subtle Life Force Energy gets blocked. Blocked Energy / blocked Chi can be said to be a huge contributing factor in all addictions, disease, ailments, aches and pains whether they be emotional or physical. Through the breath you can liberate that blocked Li...

On a walk in the countryside today I heard the bleating of sheep. And as I sat down to rest I could notice one cry was almost like the cry of a human in deep emotional pain. I had to listen and it carried such agony of a mother frantically calling her young. If I could have translated it, it would have said, ''Where are you?!!!'' The utter desperation, pain and agony in all the cries became evident to me. I felt a deep sadness, and coming from a farming background I new exactly what it was all about. The mother sheep  were in one field and the babies in another. SEPARATED. The cries were about that. They did not want to be separated as no mother human or otherwise wants to be separated from her baby. It causes the greatest emotional and psychological pain across the animal and human kingdoms. When I was 17 years old and realising  where my meat came from and the suffering it caused, I became Vegetarian. I was lucky enough at the age of 13 to have had a friend who was ...