Questions & Answers
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"What is Rebirthing?" |
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Rebirthing Breathwork is a body-centered therapy that uses a gentle yet powerful breathing technique, to help activate and release stored stress, pain, and emotional trauma of all degrees. The results are often profound as this process works directly at the core of these issues whether conscious or unconscious. The process also includes identifying limiting beliefs that are formed before, during, and after birth. Rebirthing can effectively reverse such beliefs bringing about changes that may have been previously difficult to achieve. It creates space in your life for joy, love, health, prosperity and functional relationships. Rebirthing, developed in the 1970's by Leonard Orr and Sondra Ray, is now recognized as a powerful, efficient healing method. |
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"How does it work?" |
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Rebirthing works predominately through a simple breathing process called "conscious connected breathing" or the "circular breath". This technique, through the breath, brings in more life force energy than one is normally used to having in their body. This extra life force energy may appear in the body as heat, pressure, cold, tingle, "electrical currents", vibration and other body sensations. Specific areas of the body may become activated as this force flows through, bringing to awareness all the areas in the body/mind that are blocked. Emotions and memories may now safely surface about these blocks for the purpose of release. There may be areas of our lives that are currently not working due to these long ago blocked areas. Once released, our lives "majically" seem to change. People frequently report significant changes on long standing issues. |
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"What does a Rebirthing session look like?" |
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Each session involves a consultation and approximately an hour of connected breathing. Initially we will discuss what you know about your birth, childhood, and family patterns, and how they may be affecting your life. We will discuss your current issues from the perspective of resolving them by changing your unconscious beliefs. Then you are coached and guided in a gentle rhythmic breathing pattern in which the inhale is connected to the exhale without pausing. Identifying and dissolving negative, suppressed feelings and thoughts allows us to replace them with positive feelings as well as with thoughts of self-esteem and love. An average session lasts about two hours.
As "homework" a rebirther will give you tools such as personalized affirmations, Forgiveness Diets, and other suggestions. If these suggestions are followed they will accelerate the healing and releasing process greatly. By the time of the next appointment, you will have progressed much more and will probably be able to go to a deeper level of healing than without the extra "in between" work. |
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"Are any of the sessions in water?" |
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After 2 or 3 sessions in the office, you have the option to have a Rebirthing session in a pool using a snorkel. Sometimes water Rebirthing is helpful to go deeper into the subconscious to loosen long held emotions and thoughts. These can be very powerful sessions and are highly recommended. |
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"How many Rebirthings sessions do you recommend and how often?" |
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We recommend 10 sessions with a female Rebirther and 10 sessions with a male Rebirther. (You may begin with either, although it's common to begin with your own gender.) You may schedule your appointments every week to every month. It is NOT recommended to go longer than a month because the benefits of the session decrease greatly. The optimum is a session every one to 2 weeks. I believe you will see the greatest change with this schedule. The purpose of this is to build a relationship of trust between you and your Rebirther and to maintain that relationship long enough to realize and integrate the cumulative results. |
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"Is Rebirthing Safe?" |
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Conscious connected breathwork, or Rebirthing, is an extremely safe and gentle process. It's natural because you're using your own breath! A trained Rebirther NEVER at any time touches you in a manner other than loving. A Rebirther may pat your arm or gently touch your forehead, but that's about it. We are here to support you and honor your healing process. Rebirthers have spent years on their own "processes" and, in fact, are required to continue Rebirthing themselves regularly to keep a clear heart and mind themselves. After all, aren't they supposed to be your guide in this process? |
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"What is an LRT Trained Rebirther?" |
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I am an LRT Trained Rebirther. It is a Rebirther who has had extra advanced training, specifically the 6-month training with Sondra Ray . |
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"How much do sessions cost? |
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Sessions usually last 2 to 2 1/2 hours and are $100. Phone sessions lasting one hour are $45. I appreciate a 24 hour cancellation notice.
I am also available for group sessions and workshops. |
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