Breath by Steph

11/09/2024

If you’re new here: 👋 My name is Stephanie Alirkan and I am a holistic, somatic psychotherapist 🧠currently working online. 💻 I have a Master’s of Science in Mental Health Counseling.
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In my practice, I’m passionate about helping you get back into your body.

As newborns, 👶🏻we’re as deeply embodied as it gets, our breath fills us all the way into our toes. 🫁From this place, we’re able to find our own answers and take Radical Responsibility for our lives and get back into our Truest Selves. ♥️

If you’re here right now, you may feel some dis-ease or discomfort being in your body, or the idea of returning back into right relationship with yourself. Maybe you are facing the difficult task of understanding yourself deeply, after facing significant traumas and noticing its effects on your present. Perhaps you find yourself under a lot of pressure, overwhelm, leading to low self-esteem and anxiety. Grappling with our identity and meaning in our lives can be difficult and it does not have to be done alone.

🩵Click the LINK IN MY BIO for a free consultation where we can explore how we can work together.

# anxious overachiever

15/07/2022

06/05/2022

Happy Friday! Hearing this was life changing for me something like 7 years ago that helped the inner people pleaser in me find permission to prioritize my wants. As always, still a work in progress.

Don't believe me? Something to consider👌🏼:

The prefix "de-" means "of" or "from"
And the suffix "sire" is an old fashioned term for "Father"

“Desire”, the word, comes from Latin. “Sidus”, in latin, means “star”

If this resonates, comment below something you’d like - big or small. Sky’s the limit.

16/04/2022

Introjection is a lesser spoken of defense mechanism. I found it helpful for understanding how inner dialogue starts to form. Have you heard much of introjection? How might being aware it exists help?

Maybe you also grew up with something of a Tiger Mom, or with parents with quite the standards. And maybe they introjected into your standards “for yourself.”

In psychology, this is textbook introjection.

It is one Freud’s 12 defense mechanisms, (posited by Sigmund Freud, and further developed by his daughter, Ana). It occurs when a person internalizes the ideas or voices of other people-often external authorities.

03/04/2022

📣I am now taking bookings for breathwork sessions and introducing 3 different offerings! 📣

A 45 min, 60 min and 75 min session. The 60 min one is designed for you to invite a friend 👯‍♀️ (as per its name, “Friend Date”)

Breathwork is my favorite. My Star. 🌟 My Still Water. 🏝

A reintroduction for new followers, I’m a Certified Breathwork and Yoga Teacher and purveyor of and aspiring connoisseur of embodiment practices. I’m also a Master’s Level Mental Health Counseling student. I specialize in connection to self through somatic healing practices. The following is what it’d be my pleasure to share:

1. *Wellness Refresh* (45m)

2. *Friend Date* (60m)

3. *Yoga > Breathwork* (75m)

Disclaimer: This is absolutely more of a “breathing class with light movements” as our asana flow portion will be somatically ground into our body for ease of breath. 🌎

*Every 3rd session supports World Central Kitchen in efforts to in its efforts to bring warm, nourishing meals to Ukrainian families in need in southern Poland. 🇺🇦

Come for the cellular healing, the guided self-healing, the inner peace and stillness.
Bring a friend, or ground with just me for a deep nervous system reseting. Take restful space for you and you alone. ❤️

✨TO BOOK- click the top link in linktree profile 🔗
https://stephaniealirkan.com/booking

11/02/2022

Breathwork is my #1 practice for clearing my energy after heavier talk therapy sessions with clients @ my internship. A common ordeal beginning mental health therapists struggle with is taking on the energy of our caseload and letting it effect our own moods. I mean, it’s only human… 😳

Whatever work you’re in, if you work with people, in any capacity, I’m sure you can relate. 😅

If you’re new to me, I’m currently on my last semester in my MS in Mental Health Counseling. It’s my dream to combine talk therapy and somatic breathwork practices because it is the only thing that’s ever really helped me feel better. Or even capable of feeling better.

Sometimes I like to share the physiological components since I can’t quite translate the spiritual and physical sensations immediately to you unless you’ve tried it yourself or book a session with me. 😉