Hey, welcome to sensual self.

I'm Evian Whitney, and this is a space for you to slow down, tune in, heal and feel the sensations

and pleasures of your sensual body. Thank you for being here.

I have a question. Are you breathing? If me asking that question prompted you to become more aware of your breath right now, then great. That's exactly why I asked that question. Of all the questions I have in my arsenal, and I have many, many questions in my arsenal,

just check out my book, Sensual Self.

Are You Breathing is one of my favorites to snap me back into presence with my sensual body.

I don't know about you, but I am a chronic breath holder.

It's something that I do without thinking about,

and it was only recently that I started to notice just how often I do it.

I've actually already had to check this habit a couple of times as I'm recording this.

It happens so frequently. I didn't always have this awareness that I am a breath holder.

I didn't even really notice when I was doing it. But one of the things that helped me notice this

pattern and begin correcting it was breathwork. Now, I don't want

to assume, but I feel like people who are in these woo-woo wellness, let's raise our vibrations,

higher type of communities have heard of breathwork before.

I definitely see a lot more people talking about it today than I did say five years ago.

But in case you don't know, breathwork is a practice of breathing in an intentional way

to achieve altered states of consciousness and connect with

yourself in a deep healing way. And baby, let me tell you. My first breathwork experience was a trip.

I went into it not really knowing what to expect,

and I walked away feeling like I was high on some kind of psychedelic drug. It was powerful.

It was a little scary. And it was really, really healing. I processed through more trauma and shame in that one hour

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