Breathwork

Breathwork

Engage in controlled purposeful breathing patterns with breathwork.

From 2 minute tutorials to breathwork meditations, explore our building library of various methods and teachers who lead you through forms of breathwork aimed at reducing anxiety, connecting to consciousness and inspiring mindfulness.

Breathwork
  • Mindful Breathwork and Meditation (20 min) - with Nora Lim

    Start your day with Kapalabhati and Ujjayi, mindful and energizing kriya (cleansing) and prānāyāma (breathwork) techniques respectively, with considerations of Ȧyurveda. This awakening practice balances the mind and body by reducing excess Kapha, associated with water, which accumulates in the bo...

  • Reconnect with Your Breath Flow (45 min) - with Aaliya Noorani

    In this 45-minute practice, Aaliya guides you through a series of mindful movements to reconnect with your breath. Focus on breath to dive deep into each pose. All levels welcome.

  • Inspired by Air Flow (50 min) - with Aaliya Noorani

    Connect with the element of Air in this breezy Flow class. Aaliyah focuses on breathwork (pranayama), opportunities for inversions and touching on the Hindu god of the wind - Vayu.

  • Meditation: Observe Your Breath (10 min) - with Kyra Morrison

    This meditation focuses on observing and connecting to the breath. You will notice the flow of breath, where your breath is coming from, and how it feels within you.

    Find a comfortable seat or lie down. The physical position you are in doesn't matter, what matters is that you are comfortable and...

  • Breathing Through Uncertain Times (10 min) - with ElizaButler

    Welcome to Eliza's breathwork and meditation around managing feelings of uncertainty. This is something we have all had experience with in the last few years, but it is something that can come in many shapes and forms moving forward.

    Find a comfortable seat, settle in, and let Eliza guide you t...

  • Breathing Through Uncertain Times (10 min) - with Eliza Butler

    Welcome to Eliza's breathwork and meditation around managing feelings of uncertainty. This is something we have all had experience with in the last few years, but it is something that can come in many shapes and forms moving forward.

    Find a comfortable seat, settle in, and let Eliza guide you t...

  • Breathing Through Uncertain Times (10 min) - with Eliza Butler

    Welcome to Eliza's breathwork and meditation around managing feelings of uncertainty. This is something we have all had experience with in the last few years, but it is something that can come in many shapes and forms moving forward.

    Find a comfortable seat, settle in, and let Eliza guide you t...

  • Progressive Breathwork: Upregulation (22 min) - with Eliza Butler

    This is Day 5 of a 5-day progressive breathwork series. It's the final video of the series and should be done at the end of your breathwork journey.

    Breathwork for Upregulation: In this final breathing practice, Eliza guides us through an exercise that will help build more resilience in the body...

  • Progressive Breathwork: Calming Focus (16 min) - with Eliza Butler

    This is Day 4 of a 5-day progressive breathwork series.

    Breathwork for calming focus and balancing the nervous system: Eliza guides us through breathing techniques that help bring a sense of focused calm to our mind and body. These exercises are intended to be used at any time throughout the da...

  • Progressive Breathwork: Diaphragmatic Breathing (14 min) - with Eliza Butler

    Diaphragmatic Breathing & Exhale Emphasis for Parasympathetic Activation: When we are stressed, we often breathe into the upper chest. Eliza guides you to breathe back down into the belly to engage and strengthen the diaphragm, our most important breathing muscle. She also explains the importance...

  • Progressive Breathwork: Yawning & Sighing (14 min) - with Eliza Butler

    This is Day 2 of a 5-day progressive breathwork series.

    Yawning & Sighing: In this class, we bring intention and awareness into breathing patterns that we often do subconsciously throughout the day. We often try to suppress our yawns and sighs, but often they can be very beneficial to our overal...

  • Progressive Breathwork: Breath Awareness (15 min) - with Eliza Butler

    This is Day 1 out of a 5-day progressive breathwork series.

    Breath Awareness: Embodying the difference between meditation and breathwork is important. This class will guide you into becoming the observer of the breath so you can become aware of the quality of the breath. This work lays the foun...

  • Cultivating Self-Compassion: Common Humanity (15 min) - with Eliza Butler

    This is part 3 of a 3 part Meditation series on cultivating self-compassion.

    Join Eliza in this 13-minute meditation and breathwork class. The pillar that we will be focusing on today is Common Humanity. This is being able to envision ourselves in the larger picture. This is recognizing that we ...

  • Cultivating Self-Compassion: Self-Kindness (13 min) - with Eliza Butler

    This is part 2 of a 3 part Meditation series on cultivating self-compassion.

    Join Eliza in this 13-minute meditation and breathwork class. The pillar that we will be focusing on today is self-kindness. This is actively being able to treat ourselves in kindness and love so that we can ultimately ...

  • Journey Into Breathwork (25 min) - with Sasha Smith

    Welcome to a journey of breathwork with Sasha! Sasha takes us through different breathing techniques that we can use to help give us certain energies. This class takes us through pranayama (control of the breath) exercises to help shift our energetic state.

  • Meditation to Infuse the Mind with Light (17 min) - with Miguel Lopez de Lara

    Join Miguel for one of his favourite meditations. This 17-minute meditation practice is meant to infuse the mind with light and peace. This class includes pranayama work with will lead into a meditation.
    Find a comfortable seat - whatever that looks like so that your back is at rest. This could m...

  • Meditation of the Breath (15 min) - with Miguel Lopez de Lara

    Join Miguel in a simple and beautiful meditation of the breath. When we feel stressed or overwhelmed by life, this practice is here for us. Finding time for a short and simple meditation can help us connect to our deeper self, and find peace.
    No props are required for this class, but please use ...

  • Hatha & Mantra (30 min) - with Crystal Rainbow Borelli

    Join Crystal for a 30-minute Hatha yoga practice called the Gayatri Kriya. Gayatri Kriya is a short Yoga sequence to balance all "Doshas". It is Akhanda Yoga's signature sequence. It's a great sequence to practice first thing in the morning and starts with a breathing exercise called "Kapalabhati...

  • Mellow Flow, Meditation & Breathwork (30 min) - with Alia Mai

    Join Alia for a mellow flow yoga-based movement class accompanied by a guided meditation at the beginning and end. We will begin with Nadi Shodhana, or “alternate nostril breathing,” which is a simple yet powerful technique that settles the mind, body, and emotions. You can use it to quiet your m...

  • Power-Flow with Guiding Breath (30 min) - with Alia Mai

    Join Alia Mai for a 30-minute Power-Flow class. This is a Vinyasa Flow-style class with powerful holds and postures. Alia invites us to play with our breath in this practice. This means deep inhales and long, controlled exhales. Let your breath guide your movement and not the other way around. R...

  • Hatha Yoga for Clarity & Peace of Mind (30 mins) — with Rachel Scott

    Enjoy this quick and accessible Hatha Yoga class to help clear your mind and connect to your body.

    Start in a seated position you'll connect to your breath. Rachel will then lead you through a fluid sequence filled with sweet Sun Salutations to bring you back to your body. You'll slow down the ...

  • Yoga Nidra for Deep Sleep (20 min) – with Sam Squire

    If you've been having some trouble sleeping or are just looking for a guide into a deeper, more restful slumber then this is the class for you. The intention of this meditation is to guide you right to sleep; so crawl into bed, grab your blankets, set your alarm, and press play!

    Using the power ...

  • Yoga Nidra for Surrender & Uncertainty (25 min) – with Sam Squire

    Enjoy this meditation practice focused on bringing you a felt sense of calm and surrender even if only for a moment. Using the power of the breath you'll be guided through a 25-minute meditation to help you let go of the things that are no longer serving you.

    Yoga Nidra (or yogic sleep) is one o...

  • Meditation for Emotional Healing (21 min) — with Lisa Sanson

    Whatever you're feeling needs to have space to move, shift, and share the message that it holds. As Lisa touches on, emotions needs to be expressed and this meditation will help you do that.

    We've partnered with TELUS Health MyCare™ on this Mindfulness Collection to bring you more ways to introd...