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stillness, through breath…

breathe

You know by now, if you have been following my blog,
my journey, my connection to myself, my family, AND my mission.

My passion is to work with moms!
I want to share the message that we do NOT
need to struggle with food, and our body, NOPE not anymore.
My desire is to not spend any more time in my life and guide women
in LIVING their most vibrant LIFE.

I want the diets, the emotional and binge eating, the overexercising, or working out for punishent to STOP. Let go of restriction, the good foods, the bad foods, its all BS really….just LIVE YOUR LIFE!

My mission is clear, and you know what else is…..
I wear my heart on my sleeve.
I am passionate, I am energetic, I am an extrovert.

BUT, when I do breathwork, when I choose to be intentional with my breath,
EVERYTHING changes.
My heart rate slows down,
the voices, the noise, the chatter in my shuts down.
I am grounded.

The more I choose to use integrative breath (throughout my day, with my eyes wide open), I am ME, I am sweeter, kinder, and have sooooo much more patience. The creativity is flowing, and I am sooo much more productive in all areas of my life.

I know that Moms spend so much time, trying to do it all…..I want all Moms to feel and experience breathwork. I am going to create the Calm Mom Breathwork challenge and Workshop Series this fall. I am heading to San Diego in September to learn even more about this amazing tool that we all carry with us EVERYWHERE. Our breath is calm, and our breath is power!

Our breath, your breath is the only thing that we are born with, and that stays with us throughout our life….that doesn’t age, doesn’t shift, or change. BUT boy, oh boy, can it transform.

I love the stillness I feel when I do meditative breathwork. For me, as GOER, a DOER, that active, busy woman that I am, it GROUNDS me. I am excited, open, and look forward to creating space to lie down, with just me, my breath and the guided audio, 4-5x’s per week.

Slowing down,
calm,
energy and emotional release,
connection, and the
stillness, oh the stillness,
that I get to feel in my body, and my mind.

In these moments, throughout the day, I get to let go of the overwhelm, and the worry, and with the meditative sessions, I feel so much freedom as the anxiety, and stress are released from my body.

BREATHWORK is just as important to me in my world these days as moving, sweating, stretching, nourishing, drinking my water, eating whole foods and veggies, because it provides that connection to myself, and slows me the hockey sticks down.

If you desire more stillness, more calm, less stress, worry, overwhelm and anxiety in your day, your world, your life……keep following me. I am stepping up the BREATHWORK game. I will be asking for women and Moms for my practicum after September 15th for Group sessions (in person and online) and individual sessions. Message me if you want in on this experience!!

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creating the space to feel….

breathe

The time is NOW to breathe….
life is busy, so much to do, overwhelm, living on autopilot,
breath is a tool….within that we carry with us everywhere AND
truth be told, we have been breathing since the moment we were born,
but what if you learned how to use breath to let go…..

What would happen if you could use breath to
let go of the worry,
the stress, the overwhelm, AND
the anxiety.

If you have been following me on FB, IG listening to my podcast or right here
in my weekly blogs, you know that overewhelm, stress, worry doesn’t really exist
for me anymore…..

WHY? HOW COME?
For me, it’s about using my breath….
every day, to be able to create the space to FEEL,
it’s amazing what an intentional inhales and exhales,
will offer you, your body, in those moments.
When I create this space, I notice the stories, the outcomes I
have attached to the worry, the stress….
I have learned to respond, NOT react,
I use integrative breath (you know the kind, with my eyes wide open),
moving through my day….when I am parenting, in meetings for work,
AND on coaching calls ALL THE TIME.

I have had my boys say…..”mom, I know you are more mad on the inside, YOU
just aren’t showing it”. AND yes in momnets of life, I am angry, upset, disappointed, worried about something that hasn’t happened yet…

BUT this is where breath comes in….
elongated inhales and exhales,
nostril breaths, exhales only through the mouth….
I pause, I notice what I actually feel.
AND I take action, choose, respond from a more calm,
GROUNDED space.

Then there is meditative breath….this was not always my thing, so if this
sounds weird and ‘out there’….be open and know that we get to be curious,
and try new things in life.

I have been working Samantha Skelly, with her plan to bring PAUSE Breathwork, to every city in North America and around the world. I am soooo stoked to be the Mentor for the 6 month experience to guide 55 women to join us in San Diego in September for the PAUSE Beta Facilitator Training. This is where Samantha will guide, train and teach women to become leaders in the breathwork arena. PINCH me…I am going to be by her SIDE….learning more, breathing and creating soooo much space to FEEL.

WHY meditative breath and what is meditative breath anyway…..the simple version, it’s meditation for the body…it’s using different types of breath patterns to connect to your own body, eyes shut, lying down. If you have ever done a meditation, sometimes it’s hard to turn your mind off…RIGHT? I have heard so many women I coach…”yup I have tried meditation, but it’s not for me”…..IF that’s you, YOU gotta try breathwork.

In breathwork, the focus on your breath naturally quiets the mind….the noise, the negative self talk, the doubt is become silent and your body FEELS, all the things, physically and emotionally…

During the meditative breath sessions are different for every person, because we are different people, with a variety of experiences, with energy, with emotions in our body…wanting, waiting to be expressed. There are tears, laughter, and gutteral cries of sadness, grief, or loss. There are epiphanies, there is lightness and surrender.

Sometimes I get tingly, I almost always get cold, so I wrap myself in a blanket, and I always see things…..purple starfish, stormtroopers, and a rubiks cube, just to name a few. The breath sessions are a part of my weekly routine, they are intentional and they ground me……completely.

I get to create space to feel on the daily, in my everyday world, AND while
lying down, choosing the meditative practice. It’s truly changed everything for ME. And it can for you too.

If you wanna try the free PAUSE Audio…here is the link….create the space, don’t plan to go to work after, just be still, listen to your body AND message me to tell me all about it.
https://hungryforhappiness.com/pausebreathworkaudio

I want you to know that I am currently planning my BREATH Workshops for the Fall. I will also be doing 1:1 sessions, in person AND online teaching, guiding women, moms about using integrative AND meditative breath in their life.

TO FEEL MORE.

Message me or comment below if you want IN on this opporutnity. Dates are being secured this week for the 6 week Workshop Series…..”The Calm MOM”. I cannot wait to share the power of our own breath…

There is so much to learn ourselves and the ripple effects of teaching the power of breath to our children……AMAZING!

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leading with my heart…

breathe

What if I just slowed down, let go of the lists and just followed my heart?

I remember a time, where this would make me angry, annoyed and what is leading with the heart anyway? This woman said to me, “you will get done, what you are meant to, there is no need to stress or even have a list of things to do.”.

My heart started to beat faster,
color flushed through my cheeks,
was she serious?

Easy for her to say….no kids, no husband, no business, just going to work and taking care of herself….yeah right, no lists….SLOW DOWN

UNTIL I connected with the bigger picture….

What was it costing me to COAST through life on autopilot, disconnected from those I love, in the rat race, and wearing the supermom mask like a badge of HONOUR. Was I full of happiness and wonder?

Truth bomb,
it was felt awful,
I felt like a failure,
never getting ahead,
ALWAYS feeling one step behind,
and
RARELY being present and in the moment.

AND so…..

I started to let go of the lists,
as it turns out when I looked at them, some of the items had been there for weeks, even months.
I didn’t want my days to be measured in ‘things’ I checked off or didn’t.

I wanted CONNECTION, with myself, with my family, my friends
AND so….
The timers went on….several moments throughout the day, a song would
would soflty remind me that I AM HERE….ones like Kindly Calm Me Down, Having it All, Set it All Free (I love that one…gets all my anger released with ease).

There was feeling, connection, a BEING.
NOT to prove anything,
NOT to be the perfect wife, mom, trainer etc…
NOT because it was the ‘thing’ to do.

BUT because it was truly one of the first actions that really made a difference for me, and the women I coach. The timers guided to slow down and feel…
what were the messages in my mind, how did my body feel, was I showing up?

You see…

CHOOSING to be present,
being mindful,
while eating, while chatting,
noticing flavour explosions in our mouth,
noticing flecks of colour in the eyes looking back at you.

THIS WAS living….
not rushing around people pleasing, DOING, and getting things done.

LEADING with your heart is
feeling all the things…
the bliss, the joy, the fun on spring break with your family,
being silly, sleeping in, and staying up late,
creating memories,
NOT JUST FOR YOU,
but for your children and those around you.

AND leading with your heart is
being HONEST about what you feel,
so we can take action, to shift, change,
to live our fullest life.

Every morning when I awake, about 5 minutes before my husbands alarm goes off….to the tune of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles…..
I bring BOTH hands to my heart…..take 20 breaths…
SLOW inhale, SLOW exhales,
FULL, deep, belly breaths,
belly rises, chest lifts, HEART opens.

I choose in those moments how I want to show up in the world for the day to come,
it’s my life….
what I have realized….IS
how I feel, how I move through this world, impacts those around me.
I get to be ‘reel’, honest with what I feel….
on the days that feel heavy, dark, sad, and lonely….
I sit in it….feel it, include it in my day, WHILE
knowing, connecting to the whispers in my soul (ok I know some of you will feel this is out there) but truthfully, it’s been a game changer for me…
following my heart, slowing down, just being ME, has been a gift.
the gift of LEADING with my heart.

What would happen if you lead your life, from a heart centered place? What would it feel like?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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slow down…

breathe

I remember when the first time someone, likely my husband…slow down, just sit, you don’t have to do it all.

JUST SLOW DOWN…..did she realize that I have a family, 3 active boys, a business, a mortgage, needed to workout, the meal planning and the list went on and on…..

Wanna know what was underneath the DOING, the lists, the superwoman mask……just me. Not feeling good enough, hustling, trying to do it all, and wearing myself thin…

MY SOUL, MY CORE, MY HEART was exhausted…the type of exhaustion that sleep wouldn’t, couldn’t fix, couldn’t fill, DIDN’T fill.

There has been shifts….in me, my being, and for those around me. I am owning my truth, I am starting to believe, truly believe that I AM ENOUGH, as I am, in this moment. IN THIS BODY, sitting in this chair, with my chocolate lab at my feet.

I am important,
I am special,
I get to choose how to live my life,

AND TODAY,

I get to slow down and just BE.
Let go of the lists,
and
do what feels right in the moment.

Maybe a book, I am not quite done THIS IS ME, by Kate (in THIS IS US), if you watch this show it’s a MUST read.

I might zip downstairs to the office and work, head out for walk, run or hike. What I know for sure, is that the ‘hustling’ days are over.

There is a lot a more happening inside for me as I SLOW DOWN, and I feel more alive and free than I ever have.

TRY IT OUT…..see and feel what happens…..share it with me…I would love to hear!

“what would happen if….

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