Transition is scary. Whatever it is you’re going through, it’s okay to be finding it hard, to be uncomfortable with the unknowns, to feel resistant, to be struggling with grief or loss, or simply feeling unsure how to move forwards.

Let your breath support you

In times of stress (and even positive change is a kind of stress), we tend to tense our bodies and lose our breath. We’re all familiar with the sensations of fear, the pounding heart, jiggling legs, sweats, tight shoulders, inability to think straight. Digestion might do… something. Breath becomes rapid, or is held, or vanishes entirely. Perhaps the voice goes too. It’s pretty hard to feel strong and grounded in this rigid, activated state – and it’s just as difficult to bend or surrender. 

Breathwork is one of the most supportive tools we can use during challenging times, building strength, flexibility and grounded resilience in the body and spirit, from the moment we start practicing.

Natural, deep, healthy breathing reminds the body that we are safe. The heart rate lowers, blood pressure drops, digestion improves, and the body is able to rest and renew itself.

As a breath coach, I provide a space where you can safely come home to your body, via the portal of your breath. Together, we will explore your breathing, it’s integral role in the body-mind connection, and the profound impact your breath has on your health and wellbeing, especially as you navigate change in your life. I will gently guide you through a process of re-learning your own natural, healthy breath and equip you with a supportive daily practice, alongside extra tools for those inevitable moments of anxiety or sleeplessness.

Depending on your preferences and goals, we may work on: strengthening your diaphragm, improving vagal tone, grounding practices, enlivening and uplifting breathwork, moving with the breath, deep relaxation, improving posture, and mindful awareness of the breath and body just as it is. We will practice together so that healthy, relaxed breathing – your birthright – becomes your natural normal, supporting you through all that you are with.

I see breathwork as a kind of somatic meditation, a way of dropping into the body and really placing our attention on what is happening inside. Through the breath we can learn more about how the body responds to its environment, how it feels, and what it needs. Your body is wise and resilient, and deep down, beneath the fearful chatter of the conscious mind, it knows they way home. The difficult part is slowing down to listen. Throughout our work together we’ll use the emerging wisdom of your own body to gently guide the process, leading you back towards your natural, healthy breath and improved wellbeing.

My intention as a coach is to enable you to draw on new reserves of strength, whether you’re navigating big changes, tired of chronic stress, seeking help with anxiety or low mood, or just want to improve your overall wellbeing.

My work and training is trauma-informed and rooted in polyvagal theory and the research of Bessel van der Kolk, Gabor Mate, Deb Dana and other leaders in the trauma field. Though we may sometimes work at the edges of comfort, we will never push past what you body experiences as safe.