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TO LIVE MINDFULLY...

"Om
Sahanavavatu, Sahanaubhunaktu, Sahaviryam Karavavahai, Tejasvinavateetamasthu, Ma vidvishavahai,
Om Shantih Shantih Shantih"

OM, May we be protected, together.
May we be nourished, together.
May we progress with vigor, together.
May the fire of knowledge be kindled in Us.
May we never be in conflict. OM Peace Peace Peace.
- Taittiriya Upanishad, 600 BCE

Breathe Meditation is a nourishing space to explore the rhythm, stillness and meditative power of your breath. There are as many ways to meditate as there are beings. Find one that suits you.

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Mudra Meditation

CONNECT

WITH YOUR BREATH

Learn to cultivate the basic and advanced breathing techniques of Pranayama, to help balance and connect with your life-force energy, Prana.

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Whether you're a beginner, intermediate or advanced practitioner, there is a range of guided meditations with a diversity of modalities to choose from. You'll find short 30-minute offerings as well as longer contemplative sessions to help you relax, embrace your breath, and cultivate clarity, awareness and peace.

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YOUR BREATH, YOUR EXPERIENCE

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“The breathing had an effect of quieting my mind so that I could see or sense the general attitude and emotion that was coloring my awareness of the present moment.”

Randy Chugh, Washington D.C.

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Mahalakshmi

Individual classes are by appoinment and will be led by Mahalakshmi Mahadevan, who has completed a 100-hour Raja Yoga training specialising in Meditation & allied Philosophy at Haven-on-the-Lake in Columbia, MD. Mahalakshmi has a regular Kriya Yoga Practice, which she recevied from Indian spiritual guide, social reformer and educationist, Sri M.

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Breathe Meditation DC founder Mahalakshmi Mahadevan

ONE BREATH AT A TIME...

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Our classes help you relax, slow down and find concentration, ease and balance through the simple act of deep, controlled breathing. The intimate connection between breathing and regions of the brain that control attention, sleep and stress regulation means that loving attention to your breath can make it easier to manage your mind and emotions. Each class ultimately helps guide you to a regular, fun, home practice, which once established, serves as your own nurturing space for self-care, creativity and insight. 

 

 

BREATHE BLISS

ALL LEVELS PRANAYAMA AND MEDITATION.

WHY "BREATHE" IS A MISSION

Breathe Meditation was founded in January 2020 in Washington D.C., in order to cultivate the breath not just as a powerful tool for calm amidst chaos, but as the most effective catalyst for deep meditation.

 

Just months later, the world was reeling under the onslaught of a pandemic, which is re-orienting the very paradigm of our lives, and compelling us to prioritize space and peace within our inner landscape.

 

The practices offered here are a timely and modest attempt to support and foster concentration, meditation and peace in our communities, using the one tool that is powerful, supremely nurturing and always available - our breath, our life-force, our Prana. Our breath is that which connects us with our life force energy, Prana, which in turn controls the mind and indeed the entire cosmos. By balancing our breath, we bring our life-force energy Prana, and thereby the mind into a state of balance and equilibrium, endowing us with equanimity. Explained variously in Sanskrit as sthitha prajna and sarvathra sama buddhaya,  equanimity is considered the supreme quality of a yogi.

 

Breathe Meditation is rooted in the infinite love, discipline, devotion and dedication (maha-tapas) with which the sacred knowledge (atma-vidya) of Pranayama has been cultivated and transmitted over millenia by the various lineages of teachers from the Indian sub-continent. The practices offered are infused with the organic flow of mindfulness approaches, my own personal practice of Kriya Yoga and inspired by insights from the field of contemplative neurosciences.

 

- Mahalakshmi Mahadevan, Ph.D., Founding Member, Washington D.C.

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"The mind is the lord of the sense organs, as the breath is of the mind."

- B.K.S. Iyengar, Light on Pranayama

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ONLINE SERVICES
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BREATHE MEDITATION started offering its services in the historic DuPont Circle in Washington D.C in January 2020 and continue to offer our services in Washington DC. We now have a new physical location in Bethesda, Maryland at 5700 Ridgefield Road for online (currently) and in-person classes (by request).

 

Due to Covid-19 pandemic, all our services are

virtual and available to join

on a pay-what-you-can/by-donation basis.

 

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service offerings. Or send us an email: breathe.centre@gmail.com

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Before you attend any class, kindly:

☑ Complete the Liability waiver form

☑ Add your signature, and

☑ Email your form to breathe.centre@gmail.com

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