How do you release trauma with breathwork?

Somatic breathwork can help to release stored unresolved emotions linked to experiencing a traumatic event. Holotropic breathwork, therapeutic breathwork, is known to reduce symptoms in victims of trauma (16).

How do you feel after somatic breathing exercise?

You feel utterly relaxed and calm after somatic breathwork as all your emotions of anger, grief, loss, and sadness melt away. Somatic breathwork can be quite cathartic.

What breathwork calms the nervous system?

Somatic breathwork can calm the parasympathetic nervous system or the body’s fight or flight response by bringing a sense of calm. As the reaction toggles off, you may feel peace, and your body lets go of the tightness and frustration.

Is breathwork just hyperventilation?

Somatic breathwork is not similar to hyperventilation, although they both involve the respiratory system. In Somatic breathwork, controlled and mindful breathing promotes relaxation, self-awareness, and overall well-being, and you feel a sense of calm and relaxation, as opposed to hyperventilation, fast and shallow breathing, which often occurs when you feel uneasy and anxious.