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The beginning

10/11/2024 No Comments

I attended my first conscious connected breathwork session early 2023 not really knowing what it was all about. Led by our very own weaver Shakti Tracy from Diamond Heart Network, I was blown away by the experience.

Having always been a seeker of ‘altered states of reality’ specifically in my younger years, I was fascinated by the concept of something as simple and accessible as our breath being able to support my journey of healing deep rooted wounding.

At first when I tried the continuous breath I struggled. I got a very dry mouth and was convinced I was ‘doing it wrong’. Imposter syndrome being a close companion of mine (we all know that one right?). We were journeying that day to meet our guides – divine masculine and divine feminine. I don’t remember who came through as my divine feminine in the first session (that I believed I was doing wrong!) as I was more concerned by ‘feeling silly’ and ‘getting it wrong’.

Before the second journey I sought out technique advice from my peers (whom I saw as much more knowledgeable!) I do remember thinking….’this wont work on me because my brain has been way too altered before by chemicals’ Self limiting beliefs were strong and I was resistant to allowing the natural flow.

We started the second session and I positioned myself more towards the corner of the room as I’d felt exposed in the first session being in the middle of room. I must add that the noises people were making during the session slightly baffled me. Screaming, crying, laughing, howling….what was going on that I just didn’t get? Nevertheless, I began breathing in earnest wiling myself to surrender and trust.

I can’t really describe what happened for the next hour. I was faced face to face with Thor and his mighty hammer along with a Minotaur. I came round a the end of the session wondering where the hell I was and what the heck had just happened. Pretty much like my first acid trip back in the 90’s. Just WOW! We all sat and shared and I was just so excited that I’d ‘got it right’ rather than focused on what the messages were for me. That processing came much later when in my own space.

My giddiness at my success overpowered the actual healing pathways it had provided for me. I knew then….I knew I needed more breathwork in my life.

My mum has raised me talking about how as humans we don’t breath properly and I’d often mused over her words but not really thought deeply about it. Having raised a son with chronic asthma, I knew he needed to breath deeper and I had often led mini ‘breathwork’ sessions with him when he was in hospital but suddenly all the pieces were coming together.

That summer I attended 5 wellbeing festivals leading Forest Bathing workshop sessions for folks in the conscious community and I made sure I attended as many breathwork sessions as I could. I paid for a 1:1 session with the amazing Julie Ann Horrox at LoveHerder “Getting High on Life” 2024 and she led me to shift some huge and painful blockages. She supported me with such love and nurture and the connection to her, her story and her presence filled me with joy. This consolidated my yearning to train as a breathwork facilitator. At Stone Cold Sober festival I was blessed to attended 6 sessions all with different facilitators and wow – this expanded my experience of how many ways there are to practice breathwork. I was hooked.

I became one of those people rolling around screaming, laughing, crying, chanting, howling and ultimately…releasing the stuff that wasnt even mine to begin with. Pure relief washed over me.

Early in Jan 2024, the universe served me another dose of health curveballs as my heart started to cry out with pressure. I listened but didn’t know what to do. Then I was released from a work situation that I hadn’t even realised had become very heavy on my shoulders (even though my neck was bad again needing surgery and I’d just had shoulder surgery – wakey wakey Lix!)

Once released from this time consuming role and with a long period of healing ahead – I had space open up in my life to again recreate and hone in on what I was being called to do. 1 week after my spinal surgery – I heard the call. I’d been growing closer with Shakti Tracy chatting about life, love and the universe and she mentioned that she was running a special April start course. She had felt the call to do an extra course this year and I took the sign. I signed up. Leapt hoping the net would appear. My finances being the worst they have been since I was young having had to surrender paid work because of my health.

I had been mediating hard on abundance, prosperity and more specifically doing a breathwork course for some time. My net appeared. Ok yes, it went more like ‘Dad? Please can you help me out?’

He has watched me since I had to leave my teaching career 3 years ago try to rebuild my life after my life changing injury at work and I know he chuckles at my ‘witchy’ ways but he had recently read about Breathwork in his daily paper and so he was ‘on board’ with this direction I wanted to take. He had only recently read this when I asked my favour….big ups universe.

So here I am now. A new neck, space in my life for a new venture, time and motivation to pour into the course and a really supportive network of wonderful authentic woman cheerleading me on.

2024 so far has been a wild ride of panic, fear, rejection, pain (mental and physical), confusion, challenges and heartache….but for each of those feelings it has brought authenticity, love, support, opportunities, huge joy, loyalty, progression, treasure and a vast wealth of excitement, growth and passion as all of it is a perfect sign of divine timing and absolute trust at the organic flow of our bloody beautiful universe!

Here I go with the truly transformational journey with my breath, your breath and the life with the universe breathes into us.

Lix from Elixir Breathwork – breathing is medicine for the soul.

To find out more about Lix take a look at her profile in Practitioners Corner

In Breath and the Mind

The Power of Breathwork

28/10/2024 No Comments

In a world that often feels chaotic and overwhelming, finding moments of true peace and clarity can be rare. At least that’s how I’ve felt for most of my life. My brain is often so busy that I can use the wrong words in a conversation because I’ve got so far ahead of myself that my voice can’t keep up with the chatter in my mind.

I tried so many things – reading, meditation, yoga, walking, music – but nothing really worked long term. I might get five minutes of distraction or hyper focus, but then my mind would start chattering again. And it was so frustrating! Where was this quiet, calm space in my mind that everyone has and I just couldn’t access?

It wasn’t until I found breathwork in 2022 that I understood I’d been going about it all wrong. I realised that I’d been trying to do something I didn’t have the skills for yet – jumping way ahead of myself instead of starting at the beginning. Five minutes of quiet mind space with no brain chatter is actually really hard without the “training” that leads up to it. And those people that can do it have been doing it a really long time!

Finding moments of daily clarity was the starting point for me. Because the mental quiet was so alien to me, my brain was finding ways to keep the noise going – it literally didn’t know what to do with the quiet, peaceful space. So just learning to stop, close my eyes and focus on taking a breath was so simple, yet so profound.

And as cliche as it sounds – it changed my life.

A simple breath can bring me out of the mental chatter and back into my body with very little effort. And over time, I’ve learned to lengthen those initial few seconds and sit with the quiet. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn’t – I have to keep reminding myself that I’m undoing a lifetime of chatter and it’s not the end of the world if I don’t get longer than a few seconds. What matters the most is that I take that conscious breath, and another, and another, and keep the momentum going.

The simple effectiveness of this snared my interest – if this worked for me, then what else was I missing? And of course, it wasn’t enough to just learn the techniques, I wanted the full on journey of learning for myself and then to take it out into the world. I was already a coach, so adding another string to my bow was a no brainer!

Over the course of the last year, during my breathwork facilitator training, I have learned so much more than I ever thought I could. More techniques, more clarity, and more personal development journey than I ever expected.

Learning to breathe consciously was the biggest game changer for me. Breath is the only automatic bodily function we can consciously control and it can significantly affect our emotional state. So learning to wield it as a tool as well as it being the thing that keeps us alive, is about the most useful thing we can ever do for ourselves.

I use breathwork every day for myself – keeping the simple breath, but also using coherence breathing to slow down, or even just noticing my breath pattern and changing it consciously so it supports me rather than running away with my emotions.

Every time I dive into breathwork for myself, whether I’m doing it solo or it’s being guided by someone else, it always feels like a fresh experience. It could be something as straightforward as a box breath to regulate my system, or a more intense conscious connected breath that brings about real energy shifts. Especially if you are being led by someone else – them holding space for you to grow and change feels so nurturing. And it’s an experience we often miss out on in adult life.

Because facilitating breathwork for someone else is always an honour – that person is putting their trust in me, allowing me to direct them into changing the very thing that keeps them alive. And even if it feels edgy or uncomfortable at the time, the after effects will always be the thing they need. The breath is clever like that!

And no matter the technique, breathwork is a seriously powerful practice. One that shouldn’t be underestimated, but one that we all should be taking seriously as a part of our everyday lives.

If you haven’t already, I highly recommend just stopping, closing your eyes and taking a breath. One single breath. And see how you feel after. And if it feels good, take another. Then find the moments in your day where you can use it.

Taking a breath with you now.

Laura

To find out more about Laura, take a look at her profile in Practitioners Corner

In Practitioner's Corner

Sharyn with a Why

01/03/2002 No Comments

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

Website :- https://sharyn-with-a-why.co.uk

Offers :- members.sharyn-with-a-why.co.uk

email :- Sharyn With a Why

Facebook :- https://www.facebook.com/SharynwithaWhy/

LinkedIn :- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharyn-with-a-why/

YouTube :- https://www.youtube.com/@sharynwithawhy

In Practitioner's Corner

Benedict Beaumont – Founder of Breathing Space

25/01/2002 No Comments

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

Breathwork changed my life and it gave me my mission, to light up the world with Breath.

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

Graduate Facilitator of Alchemy of Breath in 2018
Founder of Breathing Space

Are you trained in any other modalities?

Yoga

What is your personal journey?

The classroom felt suffocating. Teaching had been a dream, but somewhere along the way, it turned into a nightmare. Every day, that resignation letter burned a hole in my pocket, a desperate reminder that this wasn’t sustainable. When I couldn’t take it anymore, I finally did what seemed impossible: I walked away. Grabbed a few belongings, hopped on a motorcycle, and disappeared into the vastness of India.

Nepal called me next – the mountains, the clarity of the air, felt like a lifeline. It was there on Everest Base Camp that I met my incredible wife, Jennifer. But change doesn’t come in neat little packages, does it? In 2014, I stumbled on a breathwork session that turned my world upside down. With just a few breaths, I found something I’d spent years searching for: clarity, connection, and a deep sense of purpose.

I knew I’d found my calling. I did the training…but now what? I was frustrated as hell! Where was the support? Mentorship? Community? So typical, isn’t it? We’re taught these incredible techniques, but nobody teaches us how to thrive in the real world. Not wanting others to face that same isolation, I decided to create what I was missing.

Back in the UK, at one of my lowest points and with very limited resources, I was desperate not to return to teaching.

I started small. “Pay-what-you-can” classes in a local Quaker Meeting House, attracting a group that was small in number, but huge in heart. That was just the start.

Soon I was organizing retreats, and as people experienced the power of the work and the warmth of the community we were building, things took off organically.

Breathing Space evolved from my own need for transformation and belonging, fueled by my conviction that everyone deserves to step into their potential with strong support at their backs.

I’m Benedict Beaumont, proud founder of Breathing Space.

My mission? To help you master the life changing art of breathwork, elevate your business, and create a ripple effect of positive change.

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

For : – Community and Connection, Empowerment, Opportunity, Support

Against :- Keeping ourselves small

What is your greatest wish for your clients

That the light inside them turns in a blazing beacon that shows the way for others and gives them permission to light up too.

Contact Details

website :- Benedictbeaumont.com

website :- Makesomebreathingspace.com

In Practitioner's Corner

Carly Killen – Strong Bones Coach

02/12/2001 No Comments

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

Breathing Space Facilitator in training (I’m more than half way through the course and graduation requirement)

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

What I enjoy most about breathwork is its simplicity and accessibility. It’s a tool we always have with us, and yet it holds the potential to unlock so much transformation.

Breathwork has helped me in ways I didn’t even know I needed. It’s allowed me to find calm in the chaos of everyday life, uncover and release limiting beliefs, and connect with my authentic self beneath the layers of conditioning and expectation from others I’ve picked up over the years.

Breathwork continues to teach me to trust my inner knowing. I’m slowly but surely releasing the need to constantly seek external validation, as I build a deeper sense of self-trust through.

And what’s most amazing is that facilitating for others doesn’t drain me—it restores me. Every session leaves me feeling rejuvenated and reminded of the power of following what feels aligned to me.

Are you trained in any other modalities?

Yes, I’m trained in a few other things…

Registered Dietitian
Certified Menopause Support Coach
Strength Coach
MSc in Innovation in Healthcare

How do they integrate with breathwork?

Each modality I’m trained in works together to form a holistic approach that adapts to the unique needs of my clients at every step of their journey.

Breathwork serves as the foundation that ties it all together. It supports clients in navigating the roadblocks that leave so many feeling stuck; whether that’s emotional overwhelm, self-doubt, or physical challenges. By integrating breathwork within my work, I help clients reconnect with their inner wisdom, overcome obstacles, and take aligned steps toward growth and transformation.

What is your personal journey?

I spent much of my life in the fast lane, believing my worth was tied to how much I could achieve and how many boxes I could tick.

This mindset led to multiple episodes of burnout and forced me to confront the way I was living.

After a lifetime of battling with my body due to severe asthma, mental health struggles, repeated hospital admissions and the constant pressure to conform to societal body image ideals. These experiences left me drained and living to please others, often at the expense of my own well-being.

My introduction to breathwork felt like a coincidence at first, but looking back, I see it as a moment of inner guidance. I began with smaller practices like pranayama, and eventually followed my curiosity to try a deeper breathwork session on my own. The experience was intense and it opened my eyes to the incredible value of having a trained facilitator to hold space for me.

This realisation sparked my journey to explore breathwork further and eventually train as a facilitator myself.

Since then, breathwork has been a catalyst for profound transformation. It’s helped me release the battle I had with my body, embrace a more compassionate relationship with myself, whilst finding ease and flow in my life.

I’ve learned that growth doesn’t have to come from constant striving, it can emerge from a place of safety, self-acceptance, and trust in my own inner knowing.

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

What I Stand For:
I stand for authenticity, growth, and helping others use their true nature as a catalyst for meaningful change. I believe in creating safe, supportive spaces where people can reconnect with their inner knowing, reclaim their sovereignty, and live in alignment with their true selves.

What I Stand Against:
I stand against the pressures of perfectionism and the idea that growth must come from constant striving. True transformation doesn’t require burnout, it can emerge from safety, self-acceptance, and ease.

What is your greatest wish for your clients

My greatest wish for my clients is that they rediscover the power within themselves, that they realise they already have everything they need to grow, heal, and create a life that feels true to them.

I want them to feel empowered to trust their inner knowing, embrace their unique nature, and live in alignment with what matters most to them.

I also hope they learn that transformation doesn’t have to come from striving or struggle but can emerge from a place of ease, flow, and self-acceptance. My wish is for every client to walk away feeling confident in their ability to navigate life’s challenges and create a deep sense of trust and stability within themselves.

My Bio

Carly Killen is a breathwork facilitator in training, registered dietitian, certified menopause support and strength coach. Carly takes a holistic approach to well-being, combining her experience in physical health, emotional resilience through menopause transition to help clients reconnect with themselves and create meaningful change.

Guided by the values of authenticity, growth, and creating safe spaces, Carly empowers her clients to overcome roadblocks and navigate life’s challenges with greater ease and confidence. Breathwork lies at the heart of her practice, serving as a powerful tool to help clients release limiting beliefs, build self-trust, and live in alignment with their true selves.

Carly’s philosophy is simple: You have everything you need. Through her work, she helps clients rediscover the power within themselves, embracing transformation from a place of safety, self-acceptance, and ease.

Discover yourself – one breath at a time

Contact Details

website :- https://carlykillen.com
facebook :- https://www.facebook.com/CarlyKillenPT/
instagram :- https://www.instagram.com/thestrongbonescoach/
podcast :- https://podfollow.com/the-strong-bones-coach-podcast

In Practitioner's Corner

Jenni – an elf on its journey

22/05/2001 No Comments

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

I am currently training with BreathingSpace.

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

Breathwork brought me back to myself and is a huge part of my every day life.

It makes me feel a deep connection to the universe and myself.

My Bio

Jenni is a nature-loving, curious and animal-loving Breathwork Facilitator student.
To pay the bills, she is a consultant for international business at an insurance broker, where she quietly tries to create more space and awareness for breathwork and intuitive behavior.
Jenni uses her positive attitude and energy to encourage others to have more faith and trust in themselves. In her spare time, Jenni enjoys hiking with her partner and their dog and going on adventures with her 3 daughters.

Contact Details

email :- email me

instagram :- https://instagram.com/a.moment.with.jenni/

In Practitioner's Corner

Laura Dumbleton

26/03/2001 No Comments

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

Breathwork has helped me reconnect with myself and usher in the changes necessary to become the person I am today.

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

Breathing Space Graduate Facilitator. Second year mentor and teacher student

Are you trained in any other modalities?

Insanely Gifted Teacher from “Bring It!” by Jamie Catto
Advanced Instructor with the Institute for Vocal Advancement
MScR Music from University of Edinburgh

How do they integrate with breathwork?

Voice and breathwork compliment each other so well. Breathwork combines seamlessly with voice work, and voice work can be worked into breathwork techniques depending on the desired outcome! Add breathwork to shadow work and stage fright coaching and you’ve got yourself a powerful modality for change.

What is your greatest wish for your clients

To fulfil their own potential

Contact Details

website :- https://www.lauradumbleton.com

instagram :- https://www.instagram.com/lauradumbleton

newsletter :- subscribepage.io/lauradumbleton

In Practitioner's Corner

Lix Kendal, Elixir Breathwork – breathing is medicine for the soul

18/03/2001 No Comments

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

facebook :- https://www.facebook.com/LixiBB
facebook:- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551116570174
instagram :- https://www.instagram.com/lixcreatrix/
tiktok :- https://www.tiktok.com/@elixir_breathwork?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

In Practitioner's Corner

Lottie Hall – Breathwork with Lottie

12/03/2001 No Comments

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

In Practitioner's Corner

Svenja Tasler (she/her)

05/08/2000 No Comments

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

Graduate Facilitator, Mentor and Teacher at Breathing Space

My Bio

I work as a breathwork coach & trainer with people, individually and in groups, to support them exploring the power of their breath and thereby deepening the connection with themselves, other people and the world!

I have been working with my breath since 2018 and attended various trainings in the field of breathwork, NLP (Neurolinguistic Programming), coaching and Somatic Experiencing (trauma healing according to Peter Levine).

I trained as a breathwork facilitator and teacher with the international breathwork school Breathing Space. Since 2022, I am offering my own German-language training course that supports people to become breathwork coaches.

I believe in the importance and healing of real connection and community. With my work, I continually create spaces in which people can feel safe and grow at the same time. My work is based on the belief that by healing ourselves, we can also heal the world and make it a more beautiful and safe place for everyone.

Contact Details

website :- https://svenjatasler.com

facebook :- https://www.facebook.com/svenjatasler.breathworkcoaching

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