Hawthorne: Breathing through stressors and self

My adventure was an intimate experience of breathing techniques to ease my mind and lead me into an altered state where concealed emotions and traumas can be revealed

I was looking for some adventure on a Friday night. But instead of asking a friend out for bowling or bouldering at a local climbing gym, I had booked in for a group session for self-discovery with a Toronto breathwork and sound therapist, Mike Tsirakidis ( @tsirakidis1 ). He’s also a firefighter and registered massage therapist, so an interesting guy.

A friend of mine had been and highly recommended it. It’s called an “inward experience” where you lie on yoga mats with eye masks on and a blanket for more than an hour of breathing and exploring what’s deep inside you. A little scary? Yes, because my mind has difficulty be