Christchurch AFTERNOON Sound + Breathwork Journey 03/11/24

PM SESSION 12PM - 2PM
Price Includes Day pass to IHF for non members. 
Or Day pass for current members to gift 

IHF Health Club
166 Cashel Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011

Presented by Joshua Fankhauser & Ellie Cooper

The breath is the gateway to taking back control of our autonomic nervous systems. Fight or flight (sympathetic) vs. Rest and digest (parasympathetic).
It is the literal light switch to fluctuate between the two.

In this session, we will learn tools and techniques to help regain control of our nervous system and unlock healing that we never knew before.

We will then take a deeper dive into the breath where we will unlock emotions, traumas, and energy that has been suppressed so that we can feel, heal and experience true freedom from within.

Detox: Breathwork releases toxins from the body and provides powerful health benefits from increased energy and immunity to reduced inflammation.

Trauma release: Breathwork is helpful for people from a wide variety of backgrounds and life experiences and can assist in individuals in processing traumatic past experiences, resulting in an increase in wellbeing, confidence, inner clarity, and emotional freedom.

The quality of our breathing greatly impacts our experience of daily life and is intimately connected to our state of consciousness. change your breath and you can change your life.

Sound Journey: The recorded practice of healing through sound dates back thousands of years to Ancient Greece and Ancient Egypt.
Doctors would tap into the vibration of sound to help patients with sleep deprivation, aid digestion and help treat mental illness.

We can also look to indigenous cultures around the world that have been using mantra, chanting and drums to aid in the journey of healing and recovery since the dawn of time.

But it wasn’t until the end of the 19th century that the modern west clocked on to the benefits of sound and started researching the benefits. From their observations, they found that sound healing helped reduced blood pressure, improved sleep quality, aided in stress management and assisted nervous system regulation.

In our session together Ellie will be using crystal singing bowls to help you restore and recover after your break work journey. The vibration from the beautifully orchestrated song from the bowls is intentionally created to help energy or prana in the body move freely- unblocking energy channels so you feel more rested, balanced and restored.

A sonud bath can help you undo the knots of everyday stressors or big life changes and challenges, allowing your body the chance to let go and unwind so you can find a state of calm.

Joshua Fanks - TwoSix Wellness

Joshua has been in the wellness industry for the past 12 years. 

 After spending a few years in corporate managing another startup he saw there was a large gap between people’s mental and physical health.

Joshua then spent 2 years as head coach & nutritionist for one of the world's top trainers before breaking away to bridge that gap with a more holistic approach. 

 Through his own battle with depression, anxiety and losing family members to drug use he now makes it his mission to help others out of their dark places and ensure no one has to be there alone. 

Josh teaches individuals and large corporations how to mitigate “stress” as a whole and take back control of their lives. 

Through private retreats, in-person workshops, online programming, regular check-ins and evidence-based protocols to integrate into large businesses and people's lives. 

Ellie Cooper:

Ellie is a yoga teacher and sound bath facilitator, originally from Vancouver, Canada. She has been teaching and facilitating for the past 5 years and has been the lead yogi at IHF since it opened in 2021.
After working in the retail industry for over 13 years, she burnt out from trying to climb the corporate ladder which led to a lengthy battle with anxiety and depression.

Along the way she found meditation and yoga which were the catalysts in helping her heal and rebalance her life. And after losing her mum earlier this year, she deepend her practices within sound healing through crystal singing bowls to help people move their energy, release trauma and find calibration within.
Her mission is to help people reconnect to their hearts through movement, breath and sound.