What Is Rebirthing, Really?

Notice your breath for a moment. Inhale... a tiny pause... exhale... another pause. Those pauses are our default. In circular breathing — we let them go.

Breathing Without Pauses

Circular breathing is conscious breathing where the end of the inhale connects straight into the exhale, and the exhale rolls straight into the next inhale — one continuous circle. Around this simple technique, a whole approach called Rebirthing was built in the 1970s.

Why Does It Work?

Because emotions we never expressed don't go anywhere. They're stored in the body — as tightness in the chest, a lump in the throat, tiredness with no explanation. Our mind excels at keeping them there: "not now," "you're overreacting," "pull yourself together."

Continuous circular breathing doesn't argue with the mind — it simply bypasses it. After a few minutes of unbroken breath the defenses soften, and what's stored begins to rise: sometimes a wave of sadness, sometimes laughter out of nowhere, sometimes just a pleasant trembling. You let it pass — and it passes. And after the release comes the part everyone falls in love with: deep calm, lightness, clarity.

And the Acupressure?

In the method I work with, I add focused pressure on the body's energy centers during the breathing. Think of it as opening the door exactly when someone is already about to walk out: the breath floods the blockage, and the pressure helps it release. The combination deepens and speeds up the process in a way you have to feel to understand.

Important to Know

• We work only with a facilitator — deep circular breathing is not practiced alone at home.
• The method is not suitable during pregnancy, for people on psychiatric medication and in certain medical conditions — all contraindications on the method page.
• This is a supportive personal-development process — not a substitute for medical or mental-health care.