Breathwork

What is Breathwork?

While breathing is essential for keeping us alive, it’s also a gateway to deeper self-awareness and wellbeing. It’s unique among bodily functions in that it operates both automatically and under our conscious control. Without a thought, we take around 20,000 breaths a day. But unlike other automatic processes—like our heartbeat—we can choose to slow down, deepen, or hold our breath at will. This makes breathing a powerful tool for transformation when practiced with intention.

Breathwork has been practiced for centuries across cultures, from meditation and yoga to techniques like pranayama. It’s a broad term that includes a variety of practices focused on intentionally changing the breathing pattern. There are many forms of breathwork practices that involve breathing in a conscious and systematic way, often performed to improve mental, physical, and spiritual well-being. No matter what you’re seeking, there’s a breathwork technique for it—whether it’s for mindfulness, deeper self-awareness, healing, performance enhancement, or relaxation. At its core, breathwork is about reconnecting to our own life force, getting out of our head, and back into our body with all its wisdom. By consciously altering our breath, we can shift how we feel and how we experience the world around us.

Benefits of Breathwork

Tuning into your breath offers a wide range of benefits for your physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing. Some of the main benefits include:

Reduce Stress and Anxiety: Breathwork techniques promote relaxation, helping to lower cortisol levels and alleviate feelings of stress and anxiety.

Enhance Mental Clarity: Improved oxygen flow to the brain can boost focus, creativity, and cognitive function, allowing for greater mental clarity and decision-making.

Improve Physical Health: Regular breathwork practice can enhance lung capacity, improve circulation, and support overall physical vitality.

Support Emotional Release: Breathwork can help you process and release stored emotions, fostering a sense of emotional balance and healing.

Promote Mind-Body Connection: By tuning into your breath, you cultivate awareness of your body and its sensations, strengthening the connection between mind and body.

Encourage Personal Growth: Engaging in breathwork can open doors to self-discovery, helping you uncover insights and foster personal transformation.

“The breath is a mirror, reflecting our physical,
mental, and emotional states.”

- Dr. Andrew Weil

1:1 Session

1:1 sessions offer a deeply personal and transformative experience, tailored to your unique needs and goals. They provide the opportunity to explore emotional, mental, and physical patterns without distractions, with my full attention and guidance. In a safe and private environment, you can freely process and express emotions while learning tools to integrate breathwork into your daily life. Whether you’re addressing specific challenges like stress or simply deepening your connection to yourself, a 1:1 session is a powerful space for growth and transformation.

  • It depends what you are looking for. Please see below a few examples:

    • Breath retraining: This builds the foundation of any breathing practice that follows. The goal of restoring your natural flow is to breathe light, low, and slow. Functional breathing should feel effortlessly and silent, in and out through the nose with almost invisible movement from the diaphragm.

      It’s a step-by-step process to identify and replace unhelpful breathing habits with healthier, more functional patterns. When we breathe well, we support healthy airways and enable the proper function of all the systems in our body. Book a free discovery call if you have any questions and let’s chat.

    • Transformational Breathwork Journey: This includes intention setting, connection exercises, body and breath awareness, the breathwork journey itself, and time for integration and sharing. Music and sound healing are usually a part of these sessions, adding depth and creating a truly immersive experience.

    • Relaxing Breathwork and Sound Healing: A soothing combination of calming breathwork and sound healing, designed to promote relaxation, ease, and a sense of inner peace—perfect for unwinding and reconnecting with yourself.

    • Breathwork and Movement/Embodiment: This pairs breathwork with movement practices to help release tension, connect with your body, and deepen self-awareness.

    Every session is designed to help you feel more connected to yourself.

  • You might benefit from a 1:1 session if you:

    • Want personalised guidance: Every session is designed around your goals, challenges, and experiences, ensuring you receive support that’s truly aligned with where you are and where you want to go.

    • Prefer privacy: In a 1:1 setting, you can openly express emotions, share vulnerable moments, and work through personal challenges without the distractions or pressure of a group environment.

    • Want tools tailored to you: Receive breathing practices and techniques uniquely suited to your needs, whether it’s stress management, nervous system regulation, or restoring functional breathing.

    • Feel the need to go at your own pace: Unlike group sessions, 1:1 sessions allow you to move through practices in a way that feels comfortable and natural for you.

    • Seek space to release and recharge: With personalised breathwork, sound healing, or embodiment practices, you’ll have the space to let go of tension and connect with your inner self on a deeper level.

    • Initial Session (90 minutes): AUD 200

    • Breathwork Session - Follow-Up (90 minutes): AUD 160

    Available online (Zoom) and in-person (Sunshine Coast Area).

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Group Session

Group sessions offer a powerful way to connect with others and release what no longer serves within a supportive environment, creating a safe space to heal, process, and let go.

Breathwork is definitely the main focus, but there are plenty of other modalities we can weave into your session to create an amazing experience for your group. We’ll work together to design something that feels just right for your needs.

  • Here are a few examples of what works well in a group setting:

    • Transformational Breathwork Journey: This includes intention setting, connection exercises, body and breath awareness, the breathwork journey itself, and time for integration and sharing. Music and sound healing are usually a part of these sessions, adding depth and creating a truly immersive experience.

    • Breathwork and Ice Bath Challenge: We’ll start with a breathing practice to prepare you for the cold, then take the plunge! Afterward, we’ll reconnect with movement and reflection.

    • Breathwork and Cacao Ceremony: A beautiful combination of cacao’s heart-opening benefits with the transformative power of breathwork—perfect for connection and reflection.

    • Breathwork and Movement/Embodiment: This pairs breathwork with movement practices to help release tension, connect with your body, and deepen self-awareness.

    Every session is designed to help you feel more connected to yourself and others, and I’m here to make sure it’s a safe and transformative experience for everyone involved.

  • There’s something deeply transformative about practicing breathwork and other mindfulness practices as a group. The sense of belonging and shared experience can be incredibly validating. Connecting with others on a deeper level can provide an understanding what you’re going through which can foster encouragement and support in a way that’s hard to replicate elsewhere. This shared energy can amplify the experience, making it even more impactful for your personal growth and healing journey.

  • A minimum of 3 people is required, with group sizes typically ranging from 5 to 10 participants. If you’d like to organise a larger group, that’s absolutely possible—let’s chat to explore the options!

  • This is perfect for you if you’re looking to build more meaningful connections. Bring your friends or even your family along—I’m confident you’ll walk away feeling more connected, not just with yourself, but with others too.

    If you want to meet and connect with other like-minded people, please check my public events and workshops.

    • $555 (2 hours) for maximum 10 people

      If you would like to get together a bigger group, please get in touch with me to discuss the options.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • A typical session lasts between 1 to 2 hours and includes a quick check-in to set an intention, breathwork practice, and integration/closing discussion. Each session will be tailored to your needs but will leave room to go with the flow.

    Here is an example of how a session might look like:

    • Discovery call and pre-session check-in (a couple of questions to get a feel for where you are at)

    • 15-30 minutes check-in

    • 30-60 minutes guided breathwork practice

    • 15-30 minutes of integration and closing discussion

  • The breathing portion of a session can last anywhere from 15 to 60 minutes, depending on your unique journey and what feels appropriate. You’re encouraged to stay open to whatever arises—this might include:

    • Emotional Experiences: Strong emotions (both pleasant and challenging), release of tears, laughter, scream or temporary emotional volatility.

    • Physical Sensations: Tingling, muscle contractions (tetany), temperature changes, or other temporary sensations.

    • Movement: spontaneous movement, shaking, changing position.

    • Resistance: It’s normal to encounter resistance during breathwork. Your mind may spin stories like, “This isn’t working,” or you might feel unfamiliar sensations. Leaning into and moving through this resistance often leads to profound breakthroughs.

    • States of Awareness: Deeply restful or ecstatic states, vivid reliving of past experiences, spiritual experiences, or experiences from other transpersonal areas of consciousness.

    These sensations and experiences are temporary and a natural part of the breathwork process, especially in transformational sessions.

    You can’t do it wrong! The only thing I encourage you to do is to keep breathing and see what unfolds. You’ve got this and I’ve got you!

    The session may also include sound healing, music, scents, or (with your consent) touch and bodywork to support releasing stuck emotions or energy. I will clearly communicate and demonstrate any touch beforehand, ensuring you feel comfortable and informed at any point, if you prefer to remain in your own process without touch, you can easily signal this.

    As your facilitator, my role is to guide you, hold a safe space, and ensure your wellbeing throughout the session. Your experience is my top priority.

  • It depends! While breathwork is a great tool to incorporate into your daily routine—the majority of the techniques are simple and can be practiced every day—I don’t recommend doing transformational breathwork sessions daily.

    Transformational breathwork can bring up deep, stuck emotions and energy, which can sometimes feel confronting. It’s important to take the time to properly integrate these experiences. This might include talking to someone, whether a trusted friend or a professional, journaling your thoughts, or grounding yourself through mindful practices.

  • Yes, you can attend a breathwork session if you are under 18 years old, but only with the supervision of an adult. This ensures that the breathwork session is conducted in a safe and secure environment for everyone involved.

    In addition to safety considerations, breathwork sessions (especially transformational journeys) are likely to be more appropriate for those aged 18 and above as for some experiences emotional maturity or life experience would be useful to understand or benefit from such a technique.

  • Breathwork offers many potential benefits, but certain conditions may create risks for some individuals. There are some contraindications and breathwork may not be suitable for you if you have the following conditions:

    • Pregnancy

    • Detached Retina

    • Glaucoma

    • Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure

    • Cardiovascular Diseases (e.g., angina, previous heart attack or stroke)

    • Diagnosis of aneurysm in the brain or abdomen

    • Uncontrolled thyroid conditions and diabetes

    • Asthma (if you have an inhaler, please bring it)

    • Epilepsy

    • Prior diagnosis of bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or previous psychiatric condition

    • Hospitalisation for any psychiatric condition or emotional crisis within the last 10 years

    • Any other medical, psychiatric, or physical conditions that would impair or affect your ability to engage in activities involving intense physical and/or emotional release.

    This list is not exhaustive. If you have a condition not listed, consult a physician before starting breathwork. If you have or have had any of the listed conditions, I strongly recommend consulting a physician before starting breathwork.