Breathwork
with Nicola Price
Episode 3 , The Chakra Series
The Solar Plexus Chakra
In this episode Isabelle and Tam focus on the third chakra and talk with Nicola Price founder of Inspirational Breathing, a community dedicated to sharing the power of the breath.
What are its main attributes?
The third chakra is called Maṇipūra, which means “lustrous gem.” Located around the area of the solar plexus, it is a source of self-esteem, warrior energy, and the power of transformation. The Maṇipūra chakra also controls metabolism and digestion.
With this in mind, we invited a guest that could not only talk about this subject but also weave in the hugely interrelated concepts of mind, body and soul in one conversation.
“Ancient wisdom and modern science shows breathwork has an array of benefits through accessing the body’s innate physical and emotional intelligence, and for many, a spiritual connection.”
Why do we have a dysfunctional breath in the first place?
Firstly, there’s social conditioning. Just think of the phrases that reduce people’s truth, for example “big boys don’t cry”. When we hear others questioning our truth, what happens is that we stop the free flow of the breath. This is a direct result from not allowing ourselves to cry, scream or show any other emotions.
Ideally, we let emotions be felt, understood and flow. To let the breath take its natural course would be healthy, but what happens is that actually we block that process!
When emotions are held in the body at a cellular level, it’s called the ‘Emotional Charge’. Candace B. Pert was the first scientist to demonstrate how the chemicals inside our bodies form a dynamic information network, linking mind and body. The in-depth findings of this research can be found in her book “Molecules Of Emotion.”
How can the breath be used?
“The breath allows us to feel our emotions the moment they come up, and to clear those that we have stacked up over long periods of time (i.e. grief, anger, sadness etc.).”
To listen to full interview, breath-pattern-analysis and curated tracklist click here!
[00:00:04] Tam introduces us to Maṇipūra the third chakra
[00:05:15] Breath analysis with Nicola Price
[00:22:17] Isabelle and Tam chat with Nicola about breathing
[01:07:00] Nicola’s five songs
[01:29:00] Songs for the Solar Plexus
“The power of your breath. Simple, sustainable and a total game changer.”
Follow Nicola:
For more information and to book a session head to https://www.inspirationalbreathing.com/ and follow @inspirationalbreathing.
Tracks:
Free Tibet, Hilight Tribe
Corsica, Petru Guelfucci
Green Onions, Booker T & the M.G’s
The Departure, Max Richter
Fire, MAVICA
Culture, Ganga Giri
Fire on Fire, Sam Smith
Danjahrous, Haile Supreme
Wabi Sabi, Clem Beatz
Venice Beach, The Egg
Folha de Jurema (Xique-Xique’s Dragonfruit Mix), Nicola Cruz, Salvador Araguaya, Spaniol, Arteria FM, Xique-Xique
