Breathwork and Self-Inquiry Process
Dissolve emotional tension | Release trauma | Enhance mental clarity
Emotions from the past often store themselves in our bodies, influencing our breath, movement, and thoughts. Our past experiences often affect our relationships and generally the way we walk through the world.
Deep, connected, and conscious breathing serves as a bridge between mind and body, between past and present, and ultimately offers a doorway to create space within and reawaken our appetite for life.
This process is structured in two parts:
Circular Breathing: A powerful and cathartic breathwork technique that promotes relaxation and emotional release. Continuous breathing without pauses creates a seamless flow of air, helping to release tension, increase oxygen flow, and enhance focus and mental clarity. Circular breathing offers profound physical and emotional benefits, making it a valuable tool for healing and increasing inner-spaciousness. It helps cultivate presence and the ability to be in the here and now, sparking your creative force and inner potential.
Inquiry: Following breathwork, integration and exploring what arises is essential. We use dyads as a self-inquiry method where two participants take turns speaking and listening without judgment or feedback. This approach allows for honest and uninterrupted sharing, and helps you articulate and process your thoughts and feelings, working them out through expressing them. By listening and being listened to, we are able to put ourselves in the shoes of others, and thus become more compassionate to others and ourselves. It helps us become more self-aware, as well as have profound insights into our essential self.
PROGRAM
Friday 18th April, 20:00-22:00, €50
Breathwork & Awareness
We will use this session to connect our awareness to our willpower, and to train the muscle of our attention. Through clear and focused intention, we will awaken our vital energy and begin to learn how to channel our attention.
During this process, we may encounter different layers of our unconscious and subconscious mind, such as pain & fear, limiting beliefs, physical blockages, etc. The ability to maintain our focus on our breath will help disentangle our vital energy from the content of the experience, which we identify with, and allow our natural state of balance to come to the foreground of our being.
Saturday 19th April, 15:00-18:30, €95
Breathwork & Release
In this longer workshop, we will have the opportunity to go deeper into the process and to work with a partner through self-inquiry. Through dyads exercises and precise questioning, we will investigate our consciousness. We will present our true selves, moment by moment, by fully embracing our feelings and experiences. By doing this, we will gradually dissolve the obstacles in our mind. Once each of us has identified these blockages, we will use our breath to dissolve them.
You can join any of the session separately, however we recommend to join both sessions to make the most out of this process.
LEVEL AND CONTRA INDICATIONS
You don’t need any previous experience to join this workshop. However, due to the nature of circular breathing, certain contra-indications apply. If you have a history with epilepsy, cardiovascular diseases or psychosis we would recommend to not participate in this workshop. If you have high blood pressure, use any type of medication or you’re pregnant please share this with us before the session starts. If you suffer from asthma, please bring your inhaler along to the workshop and inform the teacher. By registering for the workshop, you acknowledge that you have taking responsibility for your own health and well being. If in doubt, please reach out via [email protected] with your questions or concerns.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Dates & Prices :
Friday 18th April, 20:00-22:00, €50
Saturday 19th April, 15:00-18:30, €95
Both sessions €135/€125 for YC members
NB: Yoga Circle Members : please send an email to [email protected] to request your discount code BEFORE registering for the workshop
Location : Yoga Circle @ De Clercqstraat 66-68 (shala 2)
Cancellation : You will get a full refund if you cancel up to 3 weeks prior to the start of the workshop. Within 3 weeks there will be no refund, but you can of course arrange to transfer your spot to someone else.
ABOUT MARIO SANTONI
Mario is a multi-disciplinary holistic practitioner with over 30 years of experience in Shiatzu, breathworks, craniosacral therapy (CST) and Reiki. His utmost passion and strongest accomplishment is through Tai Chi Chuan, which he practices daily since 1997. Mario studied Tai Chi Chuan and graduated from several schools in Asia, Latin and North America and Europe.
In 2005, he became a Tai Chi Chuan traditional teacher of the Yang Family and until today is continuously committed to improving his techniques through different classes and masters, in particular the Buddhist lineage of Lohan Qi Gong.
His interest for personal growth and consciousness materialized with a 15-year study journey with the Charles Berner Institute where he deepened his knowledge and experience in practices such as self-inquiry, breathwork and dharma teachings.
Mario is the precursor and the founder of Xin Dao, one of the most important schools of Tai Chi Chuan and Qi Gong in central Italy, where he was born. After running the institute in the city of Jesi for 18 years and taught over a thousand students, he recently moved to digital teaching to reach beyond geographical borders. Building on his unique knowledge and experience, Mario is now combining online training with individual coaching, while collaborating with several holistic centers to organize workshops in different cities in Europe.
Mario’s approach focuses on enhancing the power of visualizing and feelings, using intention to lead the flow of energy and empowering the connection with Mother Nature’s elements. His classes are never the same, as he adapts and tailors each session to his students’ needs and qualities. He believes in bringing them joy and always creates for them a safe space conducive for relaxation, self-compassion, peace into daily life and dwelling in the state of being.
Mario is one of the residents teachers at Mandali Retreat Centre, part of the Mandali Experience teachers team.
