Sometimes you just have one of those bad days. You know the kind I mean - the ones that everything seems to go wrong, on top of already being stressed about something. Maybe your job is in jeopardy, you're not sure if you're going to survive the next round of layoffs. Or maybe your relationship is in trouble and you're feeling up against a wall about what to do. Or maybe you don't have a relationship and the loneliness has become overwhelming; or your health has taken a turn for the worse and just can't imagine how you're going to get through another day.

Whatever the reason, however dark it may seem, there are a few simple steps you can try that may just help you get through another day, or another hour or even the next moment. Here they are:

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An extraordinary event.

FREE internet conference with 24 world leading theorists and practitioners of Breathwork, including Stan Grof, Leonard Orr, Sondra Ray, Jim Morningstar, Gay Henricks and ...

There are 4 days of live interviews
1-4 February 2012
or
you can download the programmes and listen at a time that suits you.

This world first in bringing together in the one programme leaders in different schools and aspects of Breathwork. I am delighted and honoured to be part of such an illustious group.

The conference is entitled: The Power of the Breath to Heal Your Life and your World.

E-book - The Complete Breath. Articles by speakers at this conference available at: www.jimmorningstar.com

I am sure you will find it an inspiration and resource in your journey.

After disturbed beginnings, Rebirthing seems to have entered a new phase of development. Following 30 years of what some have described as a troubled childhood and adolescence, characterised by ‘sibling rivalry’ (to use Leonard Orr’s vocabulary) and disputes, rather than healing and harmony, there are now clear splits between different schools or approaches.

An outer sign of the split between approaches is the change of name by many schools to mark their difference from the original Rebirthing developed by Leonard Orr, Sondra Ray and other (mainly Californian) therapists in the 1970’s. A generic term that has emerged to encompass all the different schools is Breathwork. To my knowledge, it was first coined by the first Global Inspiration Conference (when the conference focus was on establishing Breathwork as a professional technique alongside other established forms of psychotherapy).

If a child is given love, he becomes loving ... If he's helped when he needs help, he becomes helpful. And if he has been truly valued at home ... he grows up secure enough to look beyond himself to the welfare of others. ~ Dr. Joyce Brothers

I have a wonderful story to share with you about a recent Breath Therapy session with an 11 year old girl. I received a call from her mother asking me if I would be willing to do a session with her daughter, whom we will call Lisa for the purpose of this article. As a student of the work, her mother was wondering if a session of IBT (Integral Breath Therapy) would be beneficial to support Lisa during a difficult time.

After a short discussion, I asked mom to check with Lisa to be sure that she understood what it meant to have a Breath Therapy session. It was important to me that Lisa had an under-standing of the process and wanted it for herself. She did not hesitate and an appointment was made for the following Saturday. This article describes the experience along with the outcome of the session.