I was able to keep up with the tempo/rhythm throughout the entire session.
Due to the extreme heat that week, I was struggling with fluid regulation, had oedema in my ankles and lower legs. During the breathwork, this system was apparently activated, as the fluid started to drain and found its way out through perspiration.
One of the invitations beforehand was to allow yourself to let go completely, both vocally and physically. Expressing myself vocally I wouldn't necessarily do spontaneously but I tried during this session. By exhaling audibly in sync with the music. Because this did not really create a sense of release I tried to release via movement. By moving (sort of shaking) my arms and legs to the rhythm of the music while maintaining the breathing. This did have an effect. I felt myself becoming lighter, somewhat dizzy, but in a relaxing way. For a brief moment, it even felt as though I was floating.
After the first breathhold an opening emerged to come closer to my soul and allow that inner voice to be heard.
At one point, while a piece of music featuring a child's voice was playing, I found myself inside a kaleidoscope of mandala-like patterns. My attention was drawn to the colours because they differed from what I would normally expect in such imagery. Instead of bright, luminous, or rainbow-like colours, the mandalas appeared in deep shades of emerald green and aubergine. Although the colours themselves were dark and richly saturated, the experience carried no sense of negativity, only curiosity and fascination.
After the session, at first, it didn’t feel that I had gone particularly deep. However, when I tried to stand up, I had considerable difficulty finding my balance and simply had to sit down again for a while to allow myself to fully ground before getting up.
In the days that followed, I didn’t notice many changes in my daily functioning. However, the dreaming continued, which wouldn’t seem so special, but I normally don’t remember my dreams and the last 3 weeks I did. Also my sleep rhythm remained better than it had been before the breathwork sessions began. From all 3 sessions the last session was the one in which I experienced distinct psychedelic phenomena.
Great playlist and live performance 🎶! 🙏🏻