Master Your Breath w/ Tom Richter Tom Richter

Today I sit down with Sebastian Pucelle from with-yinyoga. Together with his partner Murielle Burellier he offers workshops and teacher trainings around the world, sharing the practice and teaching of Yin Yoga since 2010.

We talk about his life's path, moving from busy London to Asia, how he recovered from a spinal injury using Ashtanga and Yin Yoga, Yin principles of Yoga therapy, the often missing Yin qualities in today's life, how to incorporate them into our daily schedule, how to assess and deal with pain and much more.

I hope you enjoy our conversation.

More info about Sebastian's work: https://www.with-yinyoga.com/



If you want to incorporate more Yin qualities of surrender, letting go, and simply being into your life, consider joining the upcoming MasterYourBreath course. More info:

https://tomrichter.yoga/learn-myb/

Enjoy five minutes of breath exploration to connect to yourself, and get calm and present. You can use this as a reset when you notice your energy and focus fading.

Today's practice is focused on resetting your breathing rhythm.

Enjoy!

Enjoy five minutes of breath exploration to connect to yourself, and get calm and present. You can use this as a reset when you notice your energy and focus fading.

Enjoy!

How do you ideally breathe during your (vinyasa or hatha) yoga practice?

Many get the guidance to breathe voluminous, effortful, and noisy breaths with strong engagement and tension in the abdominal area.

In this episode, I talk about the benefits of breathing calmly, diaphragmatically, and rhythmically, but with less volume and noise.

Enjoy!

Pausing the breath can be a peaceful moment - but many experience it as suffocation and have a strong reaction - physically, mentally, and emotionally.

This can drastically affect the way we experience our day. If the body has no capacity to calmly notice higher levels of carbon dioxide or to sustain a momentary breath hold (whether voluntarily or involuntary), anytime our nervous system is triggered, we will have an overshooting fight/flight response which makes it much harder to stay focused on solving the situation.

However, this situation can be improved as we can teach the body to remain calm during breath holds. All it takes is practice and a step-by-step approach so we don't overstimulate our body.

In this episode, I explain a simple approach to improving this sense of suffocation and guide you through a short exercise.

Enjoy!

In this episode, I have my first guest: Marko Kovač. We talk about Meditation, Breathing, and living life with more awareness. In fact, that's what we always do, even if we just sit down for a coffee. That's why I thought that Marko was the perfect first guest because I always leave our conversations with a sense of joy and inspiration. I hope you enjoy our conversation.

Marko is part of the ManCore team, offering retreats and workshops, helping men discover who they truly are: https://mancore.co/

Find out more about Marko's offerings: https://www.corecordis.com/

Marko is also a MasterYourBreath Instructor. Find out more about the training here: https://tomrichter.yoga/myb-academy/