Conscious Breathing: How Shamanic Breathwork Can Transform Your Life

by Joy Manne

Conscious Breathing presents contemporary Breathwork methods in a comprehensive, structured way for modern readers. Emphasizing the practice as a way to access the most elevated states of consciousness and the deepest states of meditation, author Joy Manne shows how Breathwork can be applied to transpersonal, existential, past life, chakra, Kundalini, shamanic, and other experiences. Using detailed examples, case histories, and exercises, Conscious Breathing covers basic grounding and awareness, advanced breath and body-centered explorations, and explorations of biblical and religious teachings.

320 pages, Paperback

First published August 13, 2004

Reviews

[Niamh · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book feels scattered and lacking a coherent centre. Rather than building around a clear organising framework, it moves from topic to topic in a somewhat meandering way, which makes it difficult to follow a strong through-line or sense of progression.

While there are individual sections and ideas of interest, they are not anchored by a unifying structure or central argument. As a result, the book can feel unfocused, requiring the reader to do much of the work in terms of synthesising and extracting meaning.

Readers who enjoy exploratory or loosely structured texts may find value here, but those looking for a clearly articulated framework or a strong guiding perspective may find the experience uneven.