MEET RACHEL ACKLEY
Rachel Ackley is a breathwork facilitator, 500-hour yoga instructor and healer with a Master’s in Health Promotion. She has advanced trainings in reiki, restorative yoga, health coaching and physiotherapy. As a teacher, her intention is to bring light to the shadow and help students move closer to a life that feels free on the inside. She believes that once we shine light of conscious awareness on the parts of ourselves that we keep hidden, the darkness loses its power over us and we free up vital energy and the unique gifts that we may not have known were there.
From her own experiences, she has learned that we will always be our best teacher. Rachel believes that the relationship that we have with ourselves is one of the most important relationships that we can build. Her work comes from using tools from her own path of healing. Her intention is to help others become more aware of their internal environment by becoming aware of their thoughts, feelings and emotions. She helps students identify where and why resistance shows up in the physical, mental and emotional body so they can gain a deeper meaning of life and connect to their purpose and truth.
Breathwork is one of the most powerful tools that Rachel uses to help students access their unique gifts of creativity and open the heart. It is a self-healing tool that heals wounds at a cellular level and connects you to your internal space. It has the power to change ways of being, anxiety, trauma and depression, while enhancing feelings of love and joy. Rachel works around the seven chakras and teaches that each energy center holds a universal spiritual life lesson that we must learn to evolve into higher consciousness. The breath does the work of shifting any stagnant or blocked energy around the chakras that keeps you feeling low in energy and stuck in life. Leaving breathwork sessions you feel lighter, softer and renewed. You may even experience a feeling of being “high” on energy, love and light.
Breathwork for Harnessing your Divine Feminine
Part of our spiritual journey is gaining insight to the nature of our inner feminine energy – otherwise known as the Divine Feminine. Our consciousness is divided up into the ‘masculine side’ and the ‘feminine’ side, and we need both to achieve our highest creative potential. The Divine Feminine is the healing force that connects us to everything and speaks to our authentic power. The energy of the feminine embodies the nurturer, the healer and the peacemaker. It represents the connection to the part of our consciousness responsible for nurture, intuition and empathy regardless of gender. It’s the aspect of the self that is connected with “creation, intuition, community, sensuality and collaboration.
The world is calling out for more compassion, empathy and warmth. The feminine nature has been overlooked and neglected in society for a long time. When we integrate more feminine energy into our lives, we are connecting to our true power and giving ourselves permission to be who we really are.
We can learn to increase our connection to the Divine Feminine and connect to our most authentic self when we understand the chakra system. To understand ourselves on a deeper level requires work. Breathwork is a natural healing technique that raises our vibration and allows us to connect to our highest self. It’s a practice of self-discovery that connects us to our spirit, intuition and invites awareness in by cleansing the emotional body. Together we journey through an active breath and work to bring awareness to each chakra to release any blocks. Blocks can show up as fear, anxiety, trauma, negativity, addiction and limiting beliefs. They are ultimately what prevent us from living our best life.
In a breathwork session, you might experience a natural high, waves of color, love and joy. The work is done laying down so dress comfortably.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED
A blanket or mat to lay on, an extra blanket to cover up with, a white candle to light, ideally palo santo or sage, if not available, any incense that you have to hand, a piece of paper and pen, any crystals, stones, feathers or something sacred or symbolic that you would use to put on an altar. Altars are special because they are healing and keep us grounded. The work is done laying down so dress comfortably.
WHAT IS BREATHWORK?
Breathwork is a natural healing technique that works with the chakras to clear energy of heavy emotions like anxiety, sadness and anger. It has the ability to shift traumas, old patterns, habits and ways of thinking. It can be a powerful experience that can bring up strong physical sensations and intense feelings that give you an emotional release. You may see waves of colour and experience a feeling of being “high” on energy, light and love. The main purpose of breathwork is to open the heart and invite more creativity into your life.
INFORMED CONSENT
Breathwork is a powerful experiential tool and process that allows deep self- exploration, transformation, and healing at all levels of self. Drawing on ancient healing and spiritual practices, Breathwork uses the power of breath, mantras and music to help you access a non-ordinary state of consciousness. Because this process can bring up intense emotions and strong physical experiences, you should understand that issues arising from your participation in Breathwork may require additional therapeutic or supportive interventions. By reading this and participating in the Breathwork, you are acknowledging that you understand and accept full responsibility.
