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I would say I am a living example of how it can! When practiced consistently and alongside other supportive methods, which are dependant upon the individual. I needed rest and the space to explore previously unlooked at emotions and cPTSD trauma, so breathwork and meditation, along with a programme of self development and learning really helped.

Breathwork shows promise in helping manage symptoms of depression:

  • Stress reduction: By lowering cortisol levels, breathwork can help alleviate stress-induced depressive symptoms.
  • Mood regulation: Certain techniques may help balance neurotransmitters associated with mood.
  • Increased oxygenation: Better oxygen flow to the brain can potentially improve mood and cognitive function.
  • Mindfulness promotion: Focusing on breath can help break cycles of negative thoughts.
  • Autonomic nervous system balance: This can help regulate emotional responses.
  • Sleep improvement: Better sleep quality, often resulting from breathwork, can positively impact depression.
  • Physical activity: Some breathwork practices involve gentle movement, which can be beneficial for depression.
  • Self-empowerment: Having a tool to manage symptoms can provide a sense of control.
  • Potential for neuroplasticity: Regular practice may support brain changes that could help with depression.

While research is ongoing, some studies have shown positive results. However, breathwork should not replace professional mental health treatment. It’s best used as part of a comprehensive approach to managing depression, ideally under the guidance of a mental health professional.

“Results” is an interesting concept as the idea in itself is subjective, so the timeline for seeing results from breathwork can vary depending on the individual, the results that are hoped for, and the specific practice:

  1. Immediate effects: Some benefits, like reduced stress or improved focus, can be felt after a single session.
  2. Short-term results: Consistent daily practice for 1-2 weeks can lead to noticeable improvements in stress levels and sleep quality.
  3. Medium-term changes: After 4-6 weeks of regular practice, many people report significant improvements in overall well-being, anxiety management, and energy levels.
  4. Long-term benefits: Sustained practice over several months can lead to more profound changes in stress resilience, emotional regulation, and even some physiological markers.

We are all individual, with a complex mix of body needs, soul needs, mind needs, and emotional needs all intertwined. Some individuals may notice changes more quickly than others. It’s important to approach breathwork with patience and consistency. While some benefits can be immediate, the most significant and lasting changes often come with regular, long-term practice.

A transformative two-hour breathwork workshop – “Lottie seems to be a natural at creating environments where people are able to lean into that vulnerability without fears of judgment or doing things wrong”

Facilitator

Lottie Hall – Breathwork with Lottie

Place / Venue

Lifefitcomplete Studio
10 Port Hall Ave
Brighton BN1 5PL

Date and Time

Sunday 10th of November 11:30-13:30
Sunday 24th of November 11:30-13:30
Sunday 1st of December 11:30-13:30
Sunday 15th of December 11:30-13:30
Sunday 22nd of December 11:30-13:30

Description

A transformative two-hour breathwork workshop. The session begins with a meditation, leading into the 60-minute conscious connected breathwork session, you will be guided by Lottie throughout. There will be time at the end to share and connect with others (optional), alongside grounding exercises and time for a cup of tea.

What attendees have said:

“Almost immediately after the session I felt like a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders, it was brilliant.”

“One of my most profound breathwork experiences”

“Lottie seems to be a natural at creating environments where people are able to lean into that vulnerability without fears of judgment or doing things wrong”

Cost and Link for Tickets

Tickets are £25.
Find them on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/breathwork-with-lottie-81511895953

What do you enjoy about breathwork and how has it helped you?

Breathwork quite literally saved my life. That sounds dramatic doesn’t it? I have moon in Leo, I need to been seen and heard, and sometimes drama helps! It’s not a lie though, since I’ve found breathwork and built a relationship with my own breath, the suicidal ideations have almost stopped. It’s a little like being in recovery, I think I’ll always travel with depression, but somehow it’s bearable, and even enjoyable, to walk this life with the breath as my companion.

Where did you complete your training (or where are you still in training)?

Graduate Facilitator, Mentor and Teacher at Breathing Space
Licenced Aria Breath Practitioner

Are you trained in any other modalities?

So many! I’m an Accountant and Chartered Manager from my corporate days which I bring into my Cosmic Business Coaching. I’m also an Astrologer, Advanced Soul Plan Practitioner, Clinical Hypnotherapist, NLP Practitioner, Tarot Reader, Spiritual Coach and Counsellor to name but a few of the certificates I’ve gathered on this journey of self discovery.

How do they integrate with breathwork?

It’s my view that everything we were before we found breathwork, and everything we do afterwards will all integrate with our breathwork facilitation. In fact I believe we should look into our past and our passions to find our most beautiful path ahead – filled with moments of complete competency and moments of complete terror as we go the edges of our comfort zone (like launching an online magazine for example!)

What is your personal journey?

I live in the North of England, and have a 33-year-old daughter, a grand-dawg called Alan and a grand-baby, who recently arrived earth-side! No pets of my own (partner with allergies; jury is still out on the cat vs. partner debate!!).

I have experienced a successful corporate career (finance, leadership, marketing, and business growth) that didn’t cause any real stress beyond manageable eustress. Being self-employed has almost broken me many times.

Having navigated a breakdown without medical aid (not a recommendation, just my story), I now use nature’s cycles and rhythms to manage all four quadrants of life: body, mind, emotions, and spirit. The breath being the first cycle we encounter and that holds so much magic!

I have incredible resilience built up over many challenges, but it’s only relatively recently, I would say, that I’ve experienced a dark night of the soul. But that’s a story for a chat over a cuppa.

I’m now passionate about bringing the sacred into the mundane, reflecting the wisdom of nature in all aspects of life. Supporting people to find their own place of belonging. Holding space within myself for all parts of me—the accountant, the hippie, the spiritual explorer, and the magician.

I love coffee, box sets on a Sunday afternoon, sitting by the lake, walking in the woods and dark chocolate! When I grow up, I want to be a life alchemist.

What do you stand for, and what do you stand against?

I stand for – Equity and fairness, Freedom, Learning and Exploring

I stand against – Rudeness, Unkindness, Dogma and Judgement

What is your greatest wish for your clients

To remember their true nature and live in stress free alignment. Stress is the silent killer that slowly creeps up on us. My friend warned me for many years, and I just thought she didn’t quite have my resilience. How the not so mighty fell .. with a bump!

To find Soulitude and Peace in the chaos – Creating little pockets of calm each day with the breath, allows the nervous system to rest and reset.

En-life-enment – To live this life in full technicolour. Body, Mind, Emotions and Spirit in harmony with the breath.

Contact Details

Where did you complete your training (or where are you still in training)?

I am a trainee Breathwork Facilitator, expecting to graduate my 10 month training in December 2024, Shakti Tracy is my teacher. I’ve got quite a busy practice at the moment. Things are really building up and i’m so excited after having spent 4 years rebuilding my life after having to leave my teaching career.

What do you enjoy about breathwork and how has it helped you?

Oooooo where to begin. It is something we all do – the only system in our body that is both automatic and we can control. It impacts so much on every aspect of our physical and mental well being. The science of the breath astounds me and the woo-woo aspect delights me. I’ve moved mountains – ancestral, generational and childhood trauma. It has enabled me to find me after a very traumatic and life changing injury 4 years ago when i was a teacher. It has give me a new lease of life.

Are you trained in any other modalities?

Im a Master level qualified teacher with 25 years experience working in trauma informed edication settings. Im a qualified Forest Bathing guide. A Reiki Master A qualfied counsellor and art therapist. Im wanting tolearn more about IFS and Spinal Energetics

How do they integrate with breathwork?

All of life integrates with Breathwork! Using my skills and vast experience in teaching and leading, i can not only guide and support using Breathwork to enable and enhance others but i can teach them how to do this for themselves. Through my person centred approach, im happy to coach women along their journey with the breath and help them integrate this into their everyday lives. Im a huge advocate for the poer of nature in our lives and encourage participation in our stunning natural landscapes to drop into themselves and find what they need in the expansive magic we lives amongst. Reiki is a huge part of everything i do in life as everything, including us, is energy and supporting people to vibrate on a frequency that is right for them is such a huge honour.

What is your personal journey?

From a wild youth – raving, partying, being dysregulated and forever searching from some inner peace but constantly self sabotaging, i learnt how to soothe my soul about 12 years ago when I admitted to myself i have some deeply ungrained trauma issue that I hadn’t faced into, even though I had always thought i had. My constant addictions – be in booze, weed, recreational drugs, Horlicks or shopping made me see how much my inner child was searching for something. I became a mum at 18 – was barely an adult myself and i always felt like i was playing ‘catch up’ with life. so at 38 (and 1 divorce and 2 more kids later) I stepped away from the party scene (that my present hubby and i were part of) and took the bold move to work on myself. I was a teacher – teaching in SEND schools and colleges and i felt like i was in a rat race but the money was needed so i combine my own self healing journey with a very busy wife, mum, career woman lifestyle. In 2020, just after the pandemic, when schools returned, i got badly injured in my classroom by a student which led to 2 spinal surgeries and a should surgery. This ended my teaching career abruptly causing great pain and loss. Whilst i was worn out trying to do it all, id worked very hard in my single parent years to get my life on track and was very proud of my Masters level education and my career. I loved all of the students i had worked with and the loss of all of this was hard. In the 4 years since that happened, I’ve had to learn to live with lifelong disability, a lot of pain and a huge amount of upheaval. My tagline, however, about all of this is….’My spine will never be aligned but as a result of that day – my life is now aligned’ Having the time and space to truly…like really ‘do the work’ and start to fully heal has been priceless. Along that journey of rediscovering who i was always meant to be, i came across Conscious Connected Breathwork and it blew me away. Last year, after my 2nd spinal surgery, i signed up to the 10 month coaching training with Breathing Space and my personal and professional transformation has been incredible. I really feel like I’ve found my thing and i want to gift the world the knowledge of what the breath can do for everyone.

What do you stand for, and what do you stand against?

I stand for women – all women everywhere. My aim in life is to be the woman i needed in my younger years. I want to support, guide, stand alongside women working through their own journeys and be there to watch them find the tools to rise. I stand against injustice, hatred, mean behaviour and those that make it their mission to belittle others.

What is your greatest wish for your clients

My wish for them is that they find their ‘thing’. The thing that makes their hearts sing and souls glow.

Contact Details

What do you enjoy about breathwork and how has it helped you?

I love absolutely everything about breathwork. The power of the breath, what it brings, and what it can teach us never fails to amaze me. Breathwork has helped me the most with grief. It helped me become friends with it, rather than fearing and repressing it. It helped me understand and connect with myself, teaching me that I am strong enough to face whatever is thrown at me.

Where did you complete your training (or where are you still in training)?

Graduate Facilitator, and 2nd Year Mentor and Teacher at Breathing Space

What is your personal journey?

I came to breathwork through a bit of an unconventional way. I was on a placement year from university, working in an NHS immunopsychiatry clinic, and my supervisor offered me a selection of projects to become a research assistant for. A project on breathwork caught my eye, and joined the research team for the first year and then creating my own breathwork research project for my final year dissertation. All through this I still hadn’t actually tried breathwork. After learning every in and out of breathwork, I was really apprehensive as I knew I had a lot to come out and I didn’t feel ready to face it.
I was invited to a session (by none other than Duncan Bailey of Breathing Space) and fell in love.
Yes a LOT was released but, as we know, the breath never takes us where we are not ready to go, and I began to foster a relationship of trust and strength within myself. This grew with every breathwork session and eventually i knew this was something I had to train in and share with the world.
I graduated at the beginning of October 2024 and run (almost) weekly sessions now. Every session teaches me more and more, and allows my love for breathwork to grow exponentially.

What do you stand for, and what do you stand against?

I stand for safety, comfort, love, creativity, non-judgement, respect of boundaries.

I stand against prejudice and judgement.

What is your greatest wish for your clients

My greatest wish for my clients is that they are able to release their trauma, heal their emotional wounds, and awaken their power within.

Contact Details

website :- www.breathworkwithlottie.co.uk

email :- lottiebreathwork@gmail.com

instagram :- @breathwork_with_lottie

tiktok :- @breathwork.lottie