Phoenix Fire Breathwork

01/08/2026

This is a very effective coping mechanism that can help keep you alive when you're running from a tiger, (in survival mode) but it's actually detrimental to living a healthy life. Here's a better way:
Feel the feelings, but change the stories in your head that accompany them.

Start to notice your thoughts when you're feeling "negative" emotions.

So often, it's what our sweet little brains are making the feelings mean that's actually causing pain, not the feelings themselves.

Change your thoughts to more compassionate ones, speaking to yourself like you would to your best friend or a small child. No name-calling allowed!

Say things like: "I know it's hard right now. You're doing your best. This will get better. It's ok to feel sad. Tomorrow is a new day", etc.

Give yourself permission to cry, be grumpy, be pi**ed off or however you're feeling. Move it through your body, maybe with music. Take some long, deep, slow breaths. Pat your chest gently. Rock yourself and cry. Throw a temper tantrum! Whatever feels right, as long as it doesn't hurt you or anyone else. Stay in the feelings for as long as they're present, without judging them or trying to change or control them. Just allow them to be & allow the energy to move when it's ready.

Find something to be grateful for. I promise, there's always at least one thing!

Laugh if you can, but don't make mean jokes or discount your feelings. Laughter can be just as powerful a release as a good cry.

When the emotions pass, be gentle with yourself and take a nap, a bath, binge some Netflix or whatever feels soothing.

Later, reflect on what message the emotion was bringing you. Maybe journal it out. Feelings are messengers! What's the message? Have I been unfair to myself? To others? Does something need to change? How can I honor the message without making myself a victim or blaming anyone, and while staying true to the person I say I am? Can I see this from a different perspective? Can I love myself more? How would that change the story I've been telling myself? Write it all out, as it comes, without judging it or needing anything to change. When you have more clarity you can discern whether an action is needed & what it might be. For now just observe, with love & compassion. Just feel, knowing you can trust yourself to be ok. You've got this! ❤️

01/08/2026

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You and I are the Phoenix. Our lives ask us to die and to be reborn every time we confront change – change within ourselves and change in the world. When we descend all the way down to the bottom of a loss, and dwell patiently, with an open heart, in the darkness and pain, we can bring back up with us the sweetness of life and the exhilaration of inner growth.When there is nothing left to lose, we find the true self – the self that is whole, the self that is enough, the self that no longer looks to others for definition, or completion, or anything but companionship on the journey.
✍️ Elizabeth Lesser, Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow
🎨 Unknown Artist

Rivers in the Ocean

12/28/2025

My Dearest Beautiful Breathers,

As 2025 draws to a close, I’ve been reflecting on the energies we’ve moved through together.

This year asked a lot of us. Slowing where we wanted to rush, feeling where we might have preferred to bypass, and learning again and again how to stay present with what's real. It was a year of shedding, remembering, and recalibrating. Not always comfortable, but deeply meaningful.

I want to thank you.
For your courage.
For your trust.
For showing up for yourselves in the ways you could, when you could.

It has been an honor to witness your breath, your voice, your humanity.🙏💖

As we step into a new year, my intention is simple and clear: more Presence. More listening to the body. More honesty with our nervous systems. More reverence for the quiet moments that actually change everything.

If and when it feels aligned, I would love to continue exploring what Presence can open for you in the year ahead. You know where to find me.💛

With deep gratitude and so much love,
Cindy Howard
Phoenix Fire Breathwork

12/28/2025

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12/27/2025

January Breathwork events (plus one on February 1st). As we enter a new year, here's to remembering who we REALLY are and what really matters in 2026!💖

12/21/2025

I always breathe a sigh of relief on the winter Solstice, knowing that the light will return.

Just as the summer Solstice has a pang of sadness for me, in the knowledge that the days will begin to shorten.

Our forest has given me a beautiful opportunity to reframe my relationship with the darkness, with winter, and with my body's desire for deep rest.

I'll be taking some time off to honor this call, to surrender to the urge to hibernate for a season, and to allow space to integrate what's shifted in me during this amazing year. I'm looking forward to finding out what's waiting to be brought to light on the other side.

My Breathwork schedule is closed for now. I'll respond to messages if & when I'm able. Thank you for your patience and understanding. ✨️🧡✨️

12/17/2025

Anyone else feeling tender & emotional lately? 🫂❤️ I see you.
And I want you to know that it's ok to feel whatever you're feeling- even if that's guilt for NOT feeling. Give yourself kindness as well. Brighter days are coming, hang in there!🙏✨️