Breathe  4  Peace

The breathwork will mainly consist of circular breathing, also known as conscious connected breathing. Simply said it is breathing with no pause between inhalation and exhalation. It’s a beautiful and simple practice that helps connect to your body, let go of old emotional baggage, and stimulates a feeling of inner peace and love.

There will be many breathwork coaches, at least one per eight participants. We will ensure a safe and loving space and an intimate environment within this unique location. Freke van Nimwegen is guiding the overall breathwork directions combined with a healing sound bath led by Bonita.

It is a very safe and effective practice, but if you have any of the following medical indications, you can not participate unfortunately.

* Cardiovascular disease (angina, previous heart attacks, or strokes)
* Detached retina
* Glaucoma
* Aneurysm in the brain or abdomen
* Kidney disease
* Severe Asthma (mild asthma is ok, bring your inhaler)
* Epilepsy
* Any other medical, physical, or psychiatric condition that would impair or affect the ability to involve in deep physical and emotional release.
* High Blood Pressure that is not controlled with medication

All profits go to Palestina Fonds by planteenolijfboom.nl. A beautiful charity, with an important mission focused on providing aid to the people in Gaza, with food, water and medical help. Moreover, the work this foundation is doing to raise awareness around the suppression in Gaza is incredible and so important.

We really HOPE we can reach an amount of 4000 euro, so we need you to join us! Whether we reach this, depends on the amount of people joining and the actual cost. Costs for this events are for example location rent, sound systems, marketing and IT, snacks for the participants and of course VAT (BTW 21%).

Everyone involved in this initiative is contributing Pro Deo / as a volunteer.

In the preparation workshop, we will prepare you for your breathwork experience.

Please let us know by sending an email! We want to be an inclusive event and everyone that feels the call should be able to join. We have some free tickets available for people who cannot afford to join us otherwise.

In October 2023, when the war in Gaza and Israel started I was feeling so much sadness, powerlessness and grief, like many people. How can these horrible events happen… again and again?

One day that month, I woke up after having a very vivid dream. In my dream I saw a large group of people lying in a circle in De Koepel in Haarlem. The image was really specific and felt weird, because I have only visited the building once, two years ago. This building is a monumental domed prison, once holding people in captivity so it couldn’t be more symbolic to create a circle of light there.

The dream was a beautiful message to feel that I’m not powerless. I have the ability to start from within. To start spreading peace from our own hearts.

It even has been researched that if a group of people come together to meditate, it has the power to affect a whole city, which they call the "field effect of consciousness".

As a breathwork coach I feel the call to contribute with what our breath can do for us, which is my experience goes even further than meditating. I gathered a group of like minded people, talented musicians and breathwork coaches, that resonated with this. And I’m very grateful so many people are contributing to this dream to spread a wave of peace to the rest of the world.

Love,
Freke van Nimwegen
(Tools to Thrive)

Everyone is welcome, definitely!