What is Breathwork?

The origins of Pranayama stem back thousands of years to the Hindu and Tibetan traditions. Prana means breath, but also life energy, Yama means to control. Practitioners have been amazed for thousands of years as to what control of the breath can do for us. “Breathwork” is a Western umbrella term for a modality that has ancient roots in working with our physiology, mind and spirit.

It’s important to honour lineage in and credit in any practice.

The breath is both an action, a movement, the motion of of the inhale and the exhale and it is also a place of deep inquiry into the self. It is an incredible tool to be able to shift the subtle and not-so subtle deeper parts of ourselves.

I first walked into a Breathwork class in 2019 and was transported to what I can only recall as deep space, stillness and an inner knowing.

Breathwork has since then helped me through tumultuous times (and good times). Working with the breath allows us to regain control of our physiology when experiencing anxiety, it can uplift and energize us when we’re really feeling down, it can enable us to access deep clarity, stillness and our intuition, especially in the chaos and business of a big city, and it also allows us to process stuck emotions through the body and helps everything to just “move through”.

Since 2019, I have studied many modalities of breath. I’ve immersed myself in daily prana practices and yogic philosophies and teachings, I practiced Wim Hoff’s techniques endlessly during the pandemic. In 2022 I undertook a 6 month Breathwork training to become a facilitator in Conscious Connected Breath.

I am currently also training in Transformative Energy Work by Kenneth Jover.

My group Breathwork classes are often focused on building community, processing collective and personal trauma through the body and allowing a safe space for all parts of you to be there.

I also honour the roots and the lineage of Pranic practices and also incorporate them in my 1:1 offerings depending on what clients need. I offer my classes on a sliding scale.

The sliding scale aligns with my ethos and the way I’d like to contribute in what way I can to building a non-capitalist reality through my offerings.