— by Tony Lo Maestro, 2025

Tony Lo Mastro is a renowned breathworker who has been helping people unlock the power of their breath for many years. Through his breathwork sessions, Tony guides individuals to tap into their inner wisdom, heal past traumas, and find a greater sense of connection to themselves and the world around them. With a focus on creating a safe and supportive space for his clients, Tony’s work has had a profound impact on the lives of many. In this article, Mystic Mag and Tony dive deeper into the transformative power of breathwork and explore Tony’s unique approach to this powerful practice.

— by Maureen Malone, 2024

In 1980, I took a seminar called The Loving Relationships Training. It was an extraordinary seminar for its time and among the many things addressed one of the most intriguing to me was the section on rebirthing. The trainers spoke about birth, about the moment the first breath is taken – you’ve left the safety of the womb – the connection with your mother is physically severed with the hasty cutting of the core, held upside down – slapped and forced to breathe. Welcome to the world.

— by Ambrose Gage 2024

To begin: pull on the inhale, release on the exhale.

Seek the subtle circular released breath.
Relax the body. (A hint: relaxation feels like: breathing out!)

Let the breath reflect the condition of the body/mind: ‘every breath different’, without preconceived pattern.

From “Rebirthing: The Practice of Released Breath”
- Garth MacDonald

— By Gayle E. Carlton

Rebirthing is a relaxing and energizing technique of breathing in a gently connected rhythm. Its valuable results can be far reaching physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. It most often leads to a deeper sense of self-appreciation, self-acceptance and inner nourishment.

Each person is individual in needs, desires, perceptions and experiences. By fully honoring and accepting oneself, one opens to life, energy, an inner sense of ethical choice and individuation. As the experience of life expands…

— by Leonard Orr

Conscious energy breathing is an art and a science. It has been called spiritual breathing, intuitive breathing, conscious connected breathing, and rebirthing breathwork.

It also has been called a biological experience of God. It is very simple and easy to do, especially in the presence of a well trained, experienced, breathing guide. When we connect the inhale with the exhale…

— by Leonard D. Orr

Energy becomes what it thinks about.

This is the most basic truth about Life.

If you really understand these words, you are spiritually enlightened. Energy becomes what it thinks about. Energy is the Source of all things. Energy is Infinite Being, the Eternal Spirit; Energy is Substance. Energy is God. But Energy is evenly distributed throughout space and time…

— by Sondra Ray & Markus Ray

WHY BREATHE? Reason #1

Because if you don't, you will die.

The most essential element in our everyday life is air. It's a food we could not live without. 5 minutes without air, and we are dead. Breath is Life and Life is Breath. Everything breathes. Even the Rocks and the Trees. Especially the Trees. In fact, the Trees Breathe in what we Breathe out; and we Breathe in what the Trees Breathe out. So it's a good deal we have with the Trees. In fact, we should be better friends to them. Really. It's what they call in science a "symbiotic relationship." They could not live without us; we could not live without them. We BREATHE TOGETHER.

Breathwork

Breathwork is a general term for various breathing techniques used to promote physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing.

NZAB Inc practitioners which include Breathworkers and Rebirthers, teach Conscious Connected Breathing (CCB). Generally, breathing patterns tend to be unconscious and disconnected. CCB, a powerfully transformative tool, supports a client in accessing their essential nature and in developing their true potential. Conscious Connected Breathing supports us to clear unresolved issues…

— by Tony Lo Mastro & Sue Sipos

The sanskrit word for altar is Assan, and it means a seat for God.

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In many cultures an altar is a home fixture; some homes have an altar in every room. An altar is used as a focal point for the family to become united toward sacred worship, meditation, celebration and gratitude. an altar gives you a place to put things that have a lot of meaning for you, like a beautiful fabric to cover the altar, sacred pictures, family pictures, oils, candles, crystals, gems, stones, incense, shells etc. An altar is also a place for your requests and goals.

La respiración es vida, cualquier pensamiento negativo que retenemos, cualquier emoción que bloqueamos inhibe la respiración, lo que significa que se interrumpe la conexión fluida con nuestra nutrición espiritual. Muchos pensamientos negativos están relacionados con nuestra primera respiración fuera del útero materno, es decir, con el temor mismo de respirar, el cual lo asociamos con cambios irremediables, o sea con la lucha. A través de la respiración consciente y conectada movilizamos energía y esto nos lleva a la habilidad de respirar tanto energía como aire, logrando un beneficio orgánico y el poder accesar a nuestro archivo emocional. La respiración Consciente y Conectada de la energía nos permite contactar con los grandes puntos limitantes:

— By OSHO

We are breathing continuously from the moment of birth to the moment of death. Everything changes between these two points. Everything changes, nothing remains the same.

Only breathing is a constant thing between birth and death.

The child will become a youth; the youth will become old. He will be diseased, his body will become ugly, ill; everything will change. He will be happy, unhappy, in suffering; everything will go on changing. But whatsoever happens between these two points, one must breathe. Whether happy or unhappy, young or old, successful or unsuccessful – whatsoever you are, it is irrelevant – one thing is certain: between these two points of birth and death you must breathe.

Meditation Poem (On breathing)

From The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching, by Thich Nhat Hanh (pronounced Tick-NotHan)

The fourth element of our body is air. The best way to experience the air element is the practice of mindful breathing. “Breathing in, I know I am breathing in. Breathing out, I know I am breathing out.” After saying these sentences we can abbreviate them by saying “In” as we breathe in and “Out” as we breathe out. We don’t try to control our breathing. Whether our in-breath is long or short, deep or shallow, we just breathe naturally and shine the light of mindfulness on it. When we do this we notice that, in fact, our breathing does become slower and deeper naturally. “Breathing in, my in-breath has become deep. Breathing out, my out-breath has become slow.” Now we can practice, “Deep/slow.” We don’t have to make an extra effort. It just become deeper and slower by itself, and we recognize that.

– by Dan Brule

So many people around the world are doing this work now. And each person brings his or her own style and focus to the process. As we learn and grow, what we teach and how we teach, naturally changes: as we change, our work changes.

But one thing has not and will not change: it is the specific way of breathing that defines the Rebirthing movement. So I’d like to offer my understanding of it…