The word 'Yoga' is derived from the Sanskrit root 'Yuj', meaning 'to join' or 'to yoke' or 'to unite'. As I was taught during my teacher training, the highly physical forms of yoga such as Vinyasa (asana/posture practice), are actually considered the ‘lowest’ form of yoga. The ‘highest’ form of yoga is actually meditation. It is in preparation for meditation - to sit still and focus the mind - that the highly physical disciplines of yoga come into play.

Shamanic Breathwork as I have come to understand it is the practice of guiding your breath into a rhythmic flow which induces a state of trance under which you are able to access and clear out trapped emotions, psychological trauma and blocks. Shamanic breathwork transcends the perception of breathing as just a physical phenomenon and allows you to understand the connection of breath within the mental and spiritual planes.