nature, and as energy it wants to move, inward to the self and outward to others. All protections block the movement of energy and keep us reacting in repetitive and usually negative ways, which profoundly affect our relating. Utilising movement and breath, body
psychotherapy and breathwork reveal these protections and embrace the premise that the body is a rich and accurate archive of our unintegrated personal history. It holds the energy of gross and subtle traumas, incomplete expressions, withheld communications and difficult feelings as chronically held tension in the body. You could even say that the body holds the key to each person’s life task in its structure, by the way that it points to what we protect against and hence what we probably most long for. By breathing properly in a safely
held therapeutic space, we can gradually and carefully energise and activate armoured parts of the body
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that have been blocked, overcharged or disconnected. This process brings out a spectrum of thoughts and feelings, giving way to more authentic expressions of the self. It’s a liberating process of reconnection that touches every aspect of life. It can feel limitless in its potential, resulting in easier, more responsive and flowing relationships. We can all use more of that. n
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Irena Lo Bue is an advanced breathwork therapist & body psychotherapist running a practice in Sydney. She is passionate about body-
oriented therapies and helping people have radically fulfilling lives and relationships. She's also a wife and mother of three, and operates a retreat and workshop partnership, called Architects of Joy, with fellow therapist Martin Wilks.
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