Thank You for Reading MAD ONE. Today I am offering a breathwork workshop that includes the art of beatbox. Founding Members are invited to join the group on Feb. 5.

(Meditative Music, Oud Playing by Om Ben Avraham)

You will go through hard times.

When all you have is your BREATH.

It may be the type of situation that puts you right on the edge of living or dying 

Your body and your mind are in the same vessel called yourself

When they are separated you may feel like you lose yourself

Did you lose it?

You can get it back.

Here is a method for going through something that seems like it’s “too much”:

Put your left hand on your stomach and your right hand on your heart

Start counting your breaths.

Count in three parts, exhale, inhale, and hold. Count for 5 each time. Count for 4. Use a number that works for you.

An ancient yogic breathing formula for these counts is 4-7-8. 

Inhale for 4.

Hold for 7

Exhale for 8.

Do this 4 times and notice how you feel.

Do this practice in the morning to ground and in the evening to put your mind at rest.

After a month, increase to 8 times. Keep it at 8 times.

You may find yourself in pain, or you may find yourself in a world of stress or uncertainty.

Do this breathwork, to feel better, ground, and not lose yourself. Or if you do, get yourself back.

They were coming back. Always coming back. 

BEATS

Maybe you need a breath experience that incorporates rhythm. This can be useful when you can’t sit still, the pain is just too much, or you need to fill your ears with something other than silence and your thoughts. 

Mimic the sounds of a drum kit. 

*Kick Drum - “PB”

*Snair (Many to choose from: “Cha”, “Ka”, “Tsa”, “Psh”)

If you want to add *high hats (t, t, t, )

This is a way of making music with your breath

It is a way of singing to the silence

When the silence becomes the song that you sing

Make Music with your mouth

And let your breath be your…

BALANCE

While you are breathing.

Making Beats.

Notice how you feel.

You Can’t Stop,

You Won’t Stop.

You will always be feeling something.

Feel all your feelings.

Don’t shy away from what it is you have going on inside you.

There’s nothing to be afraid of,

We are all eternal,

There’s nothing to be afraid of,

You are not alone.

While it’s hard to learn to breathe and beatbox reading the written word, this formal outline of what our hour will be like on Feb. 5th at 11PST. Some of the ways I am connecting with others are from my current state of recovery. Reach Out!

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