85: Research Roundup: A Stroll Through the Breathwork Landscape

Today hosts Tiffany and Katja take you on a stroll through the breathwork landscape. In this episode, the pair gives an overview of the origins of different breathing practices – covering Eastern traditions from India to China, techniques founded by “psychedelic”-transformational and scientific communities as well as practices stemming from Eastern Europe.

If you’ve ever wanted an overview of where Conscious Connected Breathing, Tummo, Resonant Frequency breathing and Buteyoko came from – this is the episode you’ve been waiting for.

We also discuss the bigger picture of breathwork as a whole and how Pranayama as a very multi-faceted practice fits into it.

“It is becoming popular to use breathwork as a way to induce recovery, that parasympathetic response, even just simple diaphragmatic breathing or slow deep breathing.” – Tiffany Cruikshank

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“Everyone is going to respond a little differently, so understanding the energetics of the practices and the nuances helps us to kind of formulate a practice for our students when we’re working therapeutically one-on-one that really suits them.” – Tiffany Cruikshank

Show Notes:

• Indian breathwork traditions [2:21]
• Tibetan breathwork traditions [7:57]
• Chinese breathwork traditions [15:55]
• Transformational, “psychedelic” breathwork origins [21:06]
• Scientific origins – Resonant frequency breathing [32:54]
• Eastern European breathwork traditions [38:34]

Links Mentioned:

• Watch this episode on YouTube
• Pranayama Yoga Teacher Training
• Connect with Katja Bartsch:

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“In Pranayama we have so many different techniques, pathways, and ideas that we also find in yoga practices.” – Katja Bartsch