As we embarked on this session, I felt this deep appreciation for how powerful it is to do breathwork in a group setting. In my message to the group, I shared what has become very evident to me over the past several years. In a group, we are networked together and we become greater than the sum of our parts.
When the individual experiences peace, freedom, healing, love, happiness, harmony ultimately there is an accelerated awakening that happens. We create healing and stability not only in our nervous system but in each other as well.
Through this work, there is a connection to pure consciousness. That connection links each individual not only to each other but to the unified field worldwide. To put it another way, we link our toroidal field to our neighbors, and, as if by magic, we connect to the toroidal field of the earth. There are many studies conducted by The Heart Math Institute that show scientific proof of this during meditation. It is happening with breathwork as well.
The following are notes I took the day after our Friday and Saturday sessions from 10 of the 100+ participants.
"I didn't know what was happening. I was breathing and toning with the group. I began feeling the intensified energy in my whole body. Then in an instant, I felt a flash of energy and suddenly I felt I was standing a few miles from the venue in the middle of the desert, totally alone. I looked down realizing it wasn't my body standing there. I knew my body was laying over there in the festival, on my mat yet there I was. I looked up and saw the sky open up as if parting just for me to see the most magnificent sacred geometry vibrating in the sky...like a net of light. Just as quickly I felt snapped back into my body. I lay there with my mind blown wide open, not knowing what just happened. In retrospect, it is shocking but I suppose this is proof that I am a spirit in a body."
Matt - San Diego, CA
"At one point I found myself out of body, soaring upside down learning not to fear my wings. I felt peaceful. Suddenly I was grounded. I became aware of the soil beneath me. I became the soil, to be moved by the breeze, I became the dirt."
Todd W. – Park City, Utah
"This felt like a culmination of all the breathwork I've done. In the past, I've struggled so much during breathwork. I felt safe to breathe this time. For me it's painful. I'm terrified. I'm feeling the cramping and tingling come on… I think to myself, "this is for me". I breathe for me. The breath fills me. Then on an exhale, I let out a surprising low sound... "my noise"?! I don't know what it is. Suddenly I was in the lightness of what felt like a balloon heart. I could feel the lightness in my heart for the rest of the day."
Sessie W. – Salt Lake City, Utah
"I was keen to just listen to what was happening around me. I could feel the collective. Right now I'm in my grief. I resit thinking to myself only I know how and when and what works for me. When toning with the group I felt like I went greyscale. I was encouraged by seeing others in their process to tone the grey feeling out and to shake. Then suddenly I could feel my mom and dad! They are both on the other side now, both having passed in the last few years. They were with me! It was bitter-sweet. I was emotional but I didn't allow myself to cry. I felt I was surrounded by multiple energies doing the same thing. I felt that you all (the facilitators) were totally in tune with each other. Then I felt the sand beneath me. I thought I was at the beach. I had to open my eyes to see where I was."
Arissa D. 16 yr. old from– Lake Elsinore, CA.
"I'm lying on the mat and I'm feeling Arissa who is lying next to me. I'm in the flow of breath and energy is moving through me. I realize I'm releasing for Arissa and the collective. Jenn came over to me and we began toning. Then, I went into my own experience. I'm crying. I'm releasing grief. I'm hearing everyone toning together and I began feeling my ancestors. I felt my mother and father come in and I cried some more. Then, in the end, I smiled for the first time in a long time."
Amber D. – (Arissa's older sister) – Ojai, CA.
"In regards to breathwork, I am very careful, very mindful of when and how I approach it. I've been doing breathwork with you gals for some time now and I know the potency of the experience. This weekend, the first day was energetic. It was all light and so nice. In the past, I was in fear. It was enjoyable this time. I found the deepest depth of my primal self. It felt pure love for ME. I was lost to where I was like I was laying down in some other location. On the second day, I felt so much energy running through my body that I felt like I needed to dance. So I did. I saw five of you helping a hundred or more. I was taking in the effect you had on them. It was amazing to see…tears came. I'm so proud of you. Here's what I know… sometimes it's going to be hard and sometimes it is going to be pure bliss."
Justin W. – Salt Lake City, Utah
" In the first session, there was so much energy running through me. SONIC BALLS! I felt like all that energy was stuck. I couldn't release it. Then Juliet came over to me and helped to push it through me. I released so much. At the very end of the session when we were relaxing I saw my inner self. In a sigh of relief I said to myself, "Hey mother fucker, I'VE GOT YOU". I cried… All the "SHOULDS" were released. Then the tingles and the good vibes came. I relaxed my arms to my side and felt my friend's hand, I held his hand and we were breathing together. Then when I woke up it wasn't Justin. It was some guy I'd never met. I felt so connected that it didn't feel weird at all."
Shawn - Ogden, Utah
"First of all, I'm very logical. When Justin told me about his sister Jenn and the girl's work I was in my analytical brain saying "I don't believe it". I went to do it anyway. I was there doing the breath as instructed. I did well, I felt the energy. I thought I'm OK, I'm doing this right. I found I was in my mind and felt the chaos but it was OK. I began to surrender. My body began squirming around then out of nowhere Juliet came over and helped move all this chaotic energy through arm compressions and toning. I released something. I don't know what it was. I didn't want to let it go the first day because I was so in my head. But, on the second day, I released all of the chaos. In my Mexican family, it was not acceptable to show emotions of any kind. There were no hugs. In realizing the pain of that I felt in the area of my heart the clashing of the logical and the emotional. In the portion where we relax, I fully drifted into bliss. I felt lighter all day long."
Oriata – Salt Lake City, Ut.
"I didn't get held as a child. I was directed to a young man who was struggling. I asked him if it was ok if I hugged him. He said yes and I used the special hold that the girls had shown me. As he lay in my arms, I felt the healing for both of us. I think to myself "I am helping". There was this dynamic dance- an exchange of energy that was so powerful. I moved on to help with another. A man with top surgery… I realized I was holding someone who was transitioning. My child is currently transitioning. I felt a velvet hammer to my temples. I was processing my fear for my child's safety and this person's safety. I just want my child to be safe. I said to this beautiful being… "You are enough, you are perfect as you are for WHO you are. You are a seed of love, you are medicine" Healing tears were flowing for both of us."
Andy C. – Santa Barbara CA. (assistant)
"If you have or are considering the opportunity to work with Juliet, in any capacity, I highly recommend that you do so. After many experiences with her, I feel that her ability to hold space and intuitively facilitate what is needed for an individual, is evident. It is difficult to describe in words, but I'll share that it was a deep and meaningful experience. She is attentive and available to guide, in so many ways."
Kay M