Harnessing the Power of Breathwork: Transforming Mind, Body, and Spirit featuring Sekou Ayo Handy-Kendi and 8 other Breathworkers' Articles

Dejan Editorial Coordinator,   Updated On February 24, 2025

Breathwork is a transformative practice that harnesses the power of conscious breathing to heal the mind, body, and spirit. In recent years, it has gained significant attention for its profound ability to unlock suppressed emotions, release physical tension, and restore balance to the nervous system. Through the intentional use of breath, individuals can tap into deep reservoirs of healing, accessing a higher state of self-awareness and emotional freedom. At Mystic Mag, we explore the remarkable potential of breathwork as a tool for personal growth and healing, offering insights into its ability to facilitate lasting transformation in one’s life.  For the full article see the link; https://www.mysticmag.com/psychic-reading/experts-breathwork-2/

 

Certified Breathologist Ayo Handy-Kendi: “Breath is Life”Ayo Handy-Kendi, Certified Breathologist and Founder of Optimum Life Breathology (OLB), explains how to overcome a key obstacle when starting a Breathology/Breathwork practice.

“I began exploring breath techniques at 19, and now, at 73, I continue learning from the way I breathe. Breathwork has helped me age with clarity, energy, and purpose, and I’ve shared its benefits with millions. However, the biggest obstacle for many people is that breathwork seems too simple to be powerful. Many dismiss its impact, only noticing their breath when struggling with health or stress.

Breath is life. It’s the first thing we do when we enter this world and the last when we leave. Yet, most of us breathe unconsciously—about 20,000 times a day—without realizing its impact on our health, emotions, and mental clarity. Studies show that 9 out of 10 people breathe inefficiently, numbing pain, dulling presence, and limiting their full potential.

At OLB, we teach people to “Relearn How to Breathe™.” Awareness is the first step—observing how we breathe and how it affects our body, mind, and emotions. Simple techniques, like placing one hand on the chest and another on the belly, help identify breath patterns. Adjusting our breath can shift our state—reducing stress, sharpening focus, and deepening spiritual awareness.
Mindful breathing shifts us from automatic survival to conscious living. As we breathe more freely, we feel lighter, more optimistic, and emotionally balanced. Our intuition strengthens, our spiritual connection deepens, and we gain greater control over our well-being.

If you’re considering a Breathology practice, start with awareness. Mastering the breath is the foundation for mastering life.”

Somatic Breathwork Instructor, Adam Carbary: “Breathwork Can Help Release Stuck Energy”by Adam Carbary, a Somatic Breathwork Instructor and Practitioner, explains how breathwork aids in releasing stored tension or trauma in the body:

“Breathwork, specifically Somatic Breathwork, can help tap into our body’s nervous system, where tension, stress, and trauma have become stuck. Somatic Breathwork utilizes two rounds of consciously connected breathing to help release this stuck energy and move it out of the body, allowing the body’s energy to flow freely once again.

In the first breathing phase, we utilize an accelerated mouth/belly breath that triggers the sympathetic, or fight/flight/freeze, side of our nervous system. It is from this state that the tension, stress, and trauma were first stored in the body, so it is from this state that we have to express it. Through somatic expression, we move that energy by allowing our body’s innate wisdom to complete the initial process it was not able to complete. For many, this looks like laughing, crying, yelling, shaking, or achieving deep relaxation.

We then slow things down in the second phase and switch to a more gentle style of nasal/belly breathing, triggering the parasympathetic, or rest and digest, side of the nervous system. Through this breathing, we bring the body back into regulation and can begin to reprogram our nervous system with how we would like to be and feel. Clients experience deep feelings of love, joy, purpose, gratitude, and connection through this phase.

In this way, we can use the power of our breath to bring our nervous system back into a state of wholeness.”

For the full article which includes 8 other Breathworker segments.  See the link to Mystic Magazine; 
https://www.mysticmag.com/psychic-reading/experts-breathwork-2/