Magick Matters

“Awakening the Sacred Body: Tibetan Yogas of Breath and Movement” by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

"Awakening the Sacred Body brings the ancient art of Tibetan breathing practices to the mainstream. Teacher Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche outlines the theory and process of two powerful meditations—the Nine Breathings of Purification and the Tsa Lung movements—that can help you change the way you think, feel, and experience the world. The simple methods presented in Awakening the Sacred Body focus on clearing and opening your energetic centers to allow the natural human qualities of love, compassion, joy, and equanimity to bloom. These practices, which bring the mind and breath together with specific body movements, can help you connect to your inner wisdom and achieve a relaxed yet aware state of mind."...>>

“Breathing Embodiment: A Study of Middendorf Breathwork” by John Donald Howard

"Knowledge derived from direct experiences of breathing, sensing, moving, and touching is traditionally held to have no authoritative moral or intellectual significance. Such an approach devalues embodied human experience and narrows the field of rationality. This book challenges that traditional view, arguing that it at the root of many of the crises that we face today. It takes as a starting point an experiential breath awareness practice based on sensing subtle bodily movements that occur with breath as it is allowed to come and go on its own. While describing this minute awareness practice the book evokes the relation of that activity to larger issues posed by social thinkers, psychologists, and cross-cultural theorists. It...>>

“A Little Book of Self Care: Breathwork: Use The Power Of Breath To Energize Your Body And Focus Your Mind” by Nathalia Westmacott-Brown

"Use breathwork to transform every area of your life. New science has revealed the effectiveness of breathwork to balance the body, relieve stress, control anxiety, boost self-esteem, and more. In a beautifully illustrated package, Breathwork gives you 50 step-by-step practices that you can use at home, each with expert advice on body position, depth of breath, speed of breath, visualization, duration, and repetition. Techniques include conscious connected breathing, pranayama, and qigong breathwork. With internationally renowned author and teacher Nathalia Westmacott-Brown, you'll learn how to breathe mindfully and with control, using different breath practices for targeted outcomes - from overcoming insomnia to releasing anger or relieving depression. Breathing with purpose can help you to heal...>>

“Self-Healing with Breathwork: Using the Power of Breath to Increase Energy and Attain Optimal Wellness” by Jack Angelo

"Conscious breathing practices for health, healing, and connecting with the sacred • Provides 57 conscious breathing and visualization practices • Shows how awareness of the breath can relieve stress and anxiety, improve sleep and digestion, increase creativity and mental focus, promote emotional calm, boost energy levels, clear negative energy, and provide support for physical healing • Explains how to use breathwork to commune with the elements and the sacred as well as how to train your voice for more effective chanting and prayer All effective healing begins with the breath, for our breath carries life force into our bodies. By becoming aware of our breathing, we can refine our receptivity to subtle energies for both self-healing and healing...>>

“Breathwork: How a Daily Breathing Practice Can Drastically Improve Your Mind, Body, and Spirit” by Jane Rivers

"Taking Charge of Your Life One Breath at a Time: A Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Breathing Techniques & How to Unleash Your Full Potential By Practicing Breathwork At one point, we all received oxygen from our mothers. But, as soon as we came into this world, our lungs were ready to do their job. From that day forward, breathing became our responsibility. We breathe to stay alive, but do we truly live? Do we appreciate every breathing second? Or, do we take it for granted? It sounds strange when somebody tries to teach you how to breathe. After all, we’ve all been doing it our whole lives. What you certainly know is that our...>>