Since founding gaiatri, a yoga teacher training program based in Canada, she’s made a name for herself within the wellness community as a silent but powerful source of wisdom specifically in the practice of cultivating attention through asana, meditation, yoga Nidra, and breathwork. “The practice of meditation and breathwork engages the subtle body, the intuitive body, the all-knowing body—that part of the body that knows and sees and hears the unseen and the unstruck,” Bogard said. These are the things that, by keeping ourselves busy, we tend to push down. These are the things that grip on our organs, digestion, and musculature when we don’t allow them to release. The diaphragm orchestrates a lot of this tension and release, Bogard said. In order to facilitate a diaphragmatic release, try this breathwork routine Borgard teaches often at workshops and trainings. For more on the healing power of breath, check out this mbg class.
