therapeutic breathwork
Breathwork is a structured, body-based practice where healing begins with the breath. It supports nervous system regulation, emotional access, and physiological recovery.
In this work — guided by music and sound tools — the breath is used as a precise tool to help the body shift out of chronic stress patterns and back toward balance. It calms the parts of the brain that are responsible for self-referential rumination — offer soothing space to be.
Breathwork can create a temporary change in carbon dioxide levels and circulation that mirrors the adaptive stress–recovery cycles. These shifts support autonomic flexibility, metabolic resilience, and improved interoceptive awareness — often experienced as greater clarity, steadiness, and access to felt experience.
This work is grounded in contemporary neuroscience, somatic psychology, and trauma research.
How Sessions Are Structured
Breathwork sessions are guided in a calm, contained way and may include:
Orientation and settling
Clear explanation of what to expect
Gentle, rhythmic breathing patterns
Ongoing tracking and adjustment
Options to slow, pause, or stop at any time
Integration and grounding at the end
Sessions can be offered individually or as part of longer intensives and experiential days. Breathwork may also be integrated with other somatic or experiential approaches when appropriate.
A Trauma-Informed Approach
Not all breathwork is trauma-informed. Many popular methods emphasize intensity, catharsis, or endurance, which can overwhelm sensitive nervous systems or reinforce dissociation.
My approach is different.
Therapeutic Breathwork is offered with careful pacing, choice, and attunement to each person’s capacity. Sessions are guided with close attention to signs of activation, shutdown, or dissociation, and always prioritize safety, agency, and regulation over emotional intensity.
You are never asked to push, force, or “break through” anything. You remain oriented, aware, and in control throughout the process.
This makes the work appropriate for people with trauma histories, chronic stress, high-functioning anxiety, emotional numbing, or difficulty settling the body.
What Breathwork Can Support
People often seek breathwork when they feel stuck cognitively, chronically tense, emotionally disconnected, or depleted despite doing “all the right things.”
When practiced consistently and safely, breathwork may support:
Improved nervous system regulation
Reduced baseline stress and reactivity
Greater emotional access without overwhelm
Increased clarity, presence, and embodied awareness
Relief from chronic holding, bracing, or fatigue
A more grounded sense of energy and vitality
The aim is to support integration — helping the body remember how to move between activation and rest with more ease.
Who This Work Is For
This approach may be a good fit if you:
Feel chronically tense, numb, or overstimulated
Understand your patterns but struggle to feel change
Carry stress in your body despite insight
Want a grounded somatic practice
Prefer work that respects your nervous system’s limits
No prior experience with breathwork is required.
A Note on Safety
Breathwork is always adapted to the individual. Certain medical or psychiatric conditions may require modification or may not be appropriate for this work. These considerations are reviewed in advance to ensure safety and alignment.