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.
Rachel Ackley | Breathwork for Love and Belonging
Brene Brown states that love and belonging are essential to the human experience. When we want to fully experience love and belonging, we must believe that we are worthy of love and belonging. When we let go of what other people think and own our story, regardless of the circumstances – we gain our worthiness. Worthiness is the feeling that we are enough exactly as we are. Worthiness is believing that we are lovable and have a place in this world.
When we try to separate ourselves from the parts of ourselves that we don’t feel fit in, of who we think we are supposed to be, we fall into people pleasing, perfectionism or always trying to win our approval. We have a hard time recognizing shame and are not willing to feel vulnerability, instead we ignore or numb it. There are ways that we can work on ourselves to reverse the trauma that we carry, to gain a deeper and more loving sense of wholeheartedness for ourselves and others.
Through discussion, intention setting and breathwork, we will take a deeper look at the destructive voices that play in our minds and work to shift any limiting beliefs around worthiness and our ability to receive love. Breathwork is a natural healing technique that journeys into the subconscious and works to shift negative energy, heavy emotions, limiting beliefs, trauma, illness and stress out of the body. It works with the chakra system and is a tool to cultivate more love, light and peace. It builds the relationship that we have with ourselves through awareness and connects us to our truth and purpose.
When energy moves it feels electrical and opens up our emotions. Leaving breathwork sessions you feel lighter, grounded and refreshed. You may even experience a feeling of being “high” on energy, love and light. The work is done laying down, 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.