Directions, Layers, & Pressure: Breathing in Somatic Practices... If breathing is one of our most fundamental behaviors as a human being, why is it so hard sometimes? Perhaps it is also why the study and practice of breathwork can be so healing. This talk addresses both HOW we breathe (mechanically), but also WHY we have begun to breathe the way we do (energetically).

Nicole Smith Levay, somatic therapist and breathwork meditation teacher, will guide experiential exercises to help you understand how and why your breathing changes throughout your days and life. Additionally, take home three simple meditation practices to befriend and enhance your breathing using the concepts of directions, layers, and pressure.

More about Nicole:

Nicole Smith Levay is an energy healer and coach who integrates somatic therapy, meditation and breathwork to help womxn with anxiety and depression live and love better. She is an experienced yoga teacher and teacher trainer (E-RYT, YACEP, 700hr+), trauma-informed somatic therapist, workshop facilitator at esteemed venues like Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, and lifelong improvisational dance artist. She holds a MA Somatic Psychology from California Institute of Integral Studies. Using her training and experience, she guides Kundalini meditation classes, transcendental movement experiences, and Breathwork Circles. Her specializations are in learned emotional regulation, trauma informed care, embodied spiritual connection, and astrological studies. She is available for one-on-one sessions via Zoom. Follow her @power_within_healing on IG or on her group class membership platform pwhonline.com