Breath, Ice & Connection Workshop

This group experience will leave you feeling rejuventated, connected to yourself and others, and give you tools for becoming resilient to life stress.

Learn how to strenghten your mind and control your inner world by being more in your body using the breath, movement, group support, connection, expression and playfulness in a non-judgemental space.

Together we will go into the cold, finding comfort in discomfort, using regulation techniques - making you stronger for life.

• Those who want to connect with others on a deeper level in a non-judgemental space
• Anyone who just wants to laugh, connect and have fun
• Those who want to be less ruled by their thoughts
• Those who want to develop greater inner strength and resilience
• Those who are willing to challenge themselves
• Those who want to try a different version of themselves - peeling back the masks

The cold has many well documented physiological benefits (listed below) but for me it is even more potent as a tool for training myself to better handle life stress.

When we are tipped off balance by everyday events that are out of our control, e.g. an argument, an email, or just a sense of overwhelm, our body senses danger before we are conscious of what is happening. It is hard not to become tense and reactive, and we lose access to calm, rational thought. Our thoughts convince us that we need to fight, run or shutdown.

By wilfully going into adversity (cold water), coming into our body, by focusing on, and slowing down our breath, we signal a sense of safety to our nervous system. Physically we soften, then our mind follows. The other way round is almost impossible.

Over time, by repeatedly creating new evidence to our mind and body that we are safe in this experience, we learn a process for expanding our 'window of tolerance' to stress at the level of the automonic nervous system, beneath conscious awareness.

As a result, we have more capacity to function through events and situations that we once perceived as threatening.

This process is transferrable to everyday life events.

This process can change your life.

Some benefits of cold exposure include:

• Improved immune system
• Improved blood circulation
• Increased energy
• Decreased Inflammation
• Improved Sleep
• Regulate stress response
• Increase mental control
• Better mind body connection - Interoception
• Better focus
• Release positive hormones

This experience is about connection. When we feel seen, heard and witnessed without judgement we are co-regulating - we realise that we are not alone.

Yet connection can feel out of reach. Cultivating connection requires a level of openness, honesty and vulnerability. The more I reveal myself the more I invite others into connection. And this can be scary if at the core I believe that if you truly knew me then you wouldn’t want to be around me.

This limiting belief is pervasive in society and leads us to present only the surface level, perfect, manicured versions of ourselves creating disconnection. We can be physically among others yet feel alone and unexpressed.

This group experience is about breaking this paradigm. With intention and non-judgement we go on a journey into self regulation and co-regulation. Engaging the five senses and the magic ingredients of playfulness, breath, movement, sound we have more capacity to let go of our ‘armor’ and begin to gently explore the edges of our comfort zone (where the magic occurs) and notice our inner experience. This is where profound growth happens.

You will be guided into a SOMA breath journey where you can tap into your higher self and the healing power of ancient wisdom through guided meditation, rhythmical breathing and amazing music.

A few benefits of the breathwork

• Improves CO2 tolerance and nitric oxide production.
• Improves oxygenation of tissue cells.
• Reduces tension.
• Trains oxygen efficiency.
• Improves cardiovascular health.
• Trains concentration and meditation.
• Stimulates both hemispheres of the brain.
• Stimulates neurogenesis and ‘brain change’.

This day retreat experience is priced at £80. Currently, tickets are on Early Bird Sale at £35 (until 6th May or the first five people to buy them).

• 5 min walk from Ravensbourne station
• 15 minute walk from Shortlands
• Taxi ride or easy connection from Bromley South or 30 minute walk
• The exact location will be sent to you on ticket purchase

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My name is Tom and I am a coach and facilitator. I combine life coaching with somatic coaching and the breathwork to help you to get to know yourself better and empowering you to step into the life that you want.

Much of what I bring comes from my own experience with an autoimmune condition which taught me that stepping into challenge and the unknown is where I thrive, the opposite of the life I was living in a reactive, survival state.

At the heart of getting what we want is learning to surrender and let go.

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Tel:07793846136

• A lot of fun!
• Learn what it means to be connected to your whole body and less controlled by your thoughts - Why embodied presence is so important.
• Learn to accept more of yourself through sharing with others (in pairs)
• Connect with the child in you
• Access deeper parts of your mindbody through a guided breathwork journey
• A chance to express yourself verbally and non-verbally in a playful and non-judgemental environment
• Learn somatic practices and tools for being more regulated when life is happening
• Confidence to be yourself more – care less about what others think

" [I gained] the insight that I can actually self regulate during times of anxiousness, stressful events, I guess I used to be stuck in the freeze or fight/flight state, and it’s amazing how body and breath can be used as tool to bring ourselves back!!"

“For me it was everything, it was the breathing, the people and I really liked the ice breakers and connection at the beginning, just to kind of ease some nervousness and tension…and I really liked the chanting, definitely something that I’d revisit.”

“For me the breathwork was by far the most powerful [part] because it almost takes you into an alternative reality and it really gave me a lot of clarity and insight and it's something that I’ll be able to take into my day as well”

“It was really nice to be in an environment where everyone was listening really deeply to one another and I really enjoyed the musical accompaniments to the deeper internal work, which was really nice and worked really well together”

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

BR2, Near Ravensbourne station, BROMLEY, United Kingdom