SOLD OUT: Breathwork Across Spiritual Traditions and the Practice of Introspective Breathwork™ (In-Person Program)

This program has reached its capacity and is now sold out.  We have created a wait list should a current registrant be unable to attend. You may add your name to this wait list here. (Be sure you include an up to date email and phone number so we may contact you if a spot opens.)

Introspective Breathwork™, a form of conscious connected breathwork, is a therapeutic modality which invites us into deeper relationship with ourselves and our breath. In this session, Certified Introspective Breathwork™ Facilitator, Amy Kulesa, will begin by sharing about approaches to mindful breathing which have been employed by spiritual traditions for millennia around the world. We will explore how these traditions are now supported by scientific research on the beneficial use of deep breathing for regulation of the nervous system and healing trauma. Breath is a bridge between matter and consciousness, and its intentional, mindful practice can ease stress and heal nervous system dysregulation and bring us to a greater degree of integrated peace, embodied presence and self-insight.

Conscious connected breathwork is sometimes called “circular breathing.” This involves deep, diaphragmatic inhalations followed by natural, unforced exhalation, without a pause at the top and bottom of the breath. During the session, we will breathe this way for an hour, lying down on a mat or cushion, to the accompaniment of ambient music. When breathing in this way, a person is in conscious control at all times of their own experience and can slow down or quicken the breath at any time, pause to get a drink or use the restroom. The Breathworker, Amy, supports the breathers by compassionate and soulful presence: encouraging, when appropriate, through verbal prompts or gentle touch (only by prior permission) and holding space before, during and after the breath session, allowing each participant adequate time to process their experience.

The breath’s integrative benefits are felt as we come into contact through deep presence to ourselves with an embodied experience of our emotions, memories, physical tensions and spiritual dimensions. This can allow us to behold ourselves in an expanded way within an enlarged, more cosmic field of love and unitive consciousness. Conscious connected breathwork can gently support us in healing from stress, the everyday tensions of our lives and deeper-seated unresolved effects from trauma. The environment for an Introspective Breathwork session is a nurturing, safe space for self-exploration and coming into a deepened experience of transcendent Love. Each session and each person’s experience is unique, as the breath facilitates movement of emotional energy up and through into consciousness and release, and supports inner unity of body, mind and spirit.

PLEASE NOTE: This program is being held in the Upper Room at the Well. Participants will need to walk up the stairs to the 3rd Floor. The length of the program will be 2.5 to 3 hours depending upon participant sharing. Additionally, participants will be required to sign a release form after registration and return it to Amy for review.

Please register early! Registration is limited to 8 people so that Amy can give personal attention to each participant.

DATE: Saturday, February 22, 2025

TIME: 10 AM – 1:00 PM

COST: $55

LOCATION: Well for the Journey – 120 W. Seminary Ave, Lutherville-Timonium, MD 21093

REGISTRATION is now at capacity; you may join the wait list here.

CANCELLATION/REFUND POLICY: Please read our policy, here.

IMPORTANT: You will receive an email from programming@wellforthejourney.org at least 24 hours in advance of the start of your program. If you are unable to find the email, please check your SPAM or JUNK email folders. This email will include details to help you prepare for your program including any pertinent handouts, location information, and the ZOOM link for online programs. Please be sure you have received and read this email a minimum of 24 hours in advance of the start of the program. Thank you!

FACILITATOR: Amy Sorensen Kulesa, M.Div., M.S.W.

FACILITATOR BIO: 
A resident of Frederick, MD, Amy is a spiritual director, retreat leader and certified Introspective Breathwork™ facilitator. She earned a Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Master of Social Work in clinical social work from Rutgers University. She is a graduate of One Breath Institute, the Epiphany Academy of Formative Spirituality in Pittsburgh, PA, and the Bon Secours Spiritual Direction Institute. Amy is a Secular Franciscan, is married and enjoys life with her husband and their four furry family members. She finds it tremendously life-giving and enriching to hold space in which people have the opportunity to discern the narrative of their own lives within the larger story of God’s abundant healing, grace and mercy.