Breathwork first came into my life in 2021, and I felt an immediate resonance with the modality because of its powerful healing capacity.
Over the following years, I immersed myself deeply in the practice — attending both in-person and online sessions with a range of skilled practitioners and learning many different breathing techniques along the way. From 2021 to 2024, I spent a lot of time “on the mat,” both personally and professionally.
During this time, I regularly referred many of my clients to trusted breathwork practitioners (both locally and online) as a beautiful adjunct to the work we were already doing together.
It was during a particularly powerful Conscious Connected Breath session — experienced as part of my Psychedelic Assisted Therapy (PAT) training — that something truly clicked. We were using breathwork to safely simulate aspects of altered states of consciousness, and I felt a very clear inner call to deepen my training.
In March 2025, I completed my Level 1 Practitioner Training with Breathless Expeditions, followed by Masters training in December 2025.
At present, I primarily weave breathwork into my 1:1 consultations — often in combination with psychotherapy and/or PEMF therapy — and within retreat settings. I also continue to refer clients to local breathwork practitioner Barney from Breathe Into Life, who holds regular in-person group workshops locally (Mornington Peninsula & Melbourne).
And watch this space… we have some beautiful collaborative plans unfolding for 2026, including group workshops, retreats, and corporate offerings.
What is Breathwork?
A Pathway to Presence, Regulation & Inner Freedom
At its core, breathwork is the conscious, intentional use of the breath to support physical, emotional, and nervous system regulation.
It is the practice of reclaiming something we all have — the breath — as a powerful tool for healing, self-awareness, and gentle nervous system support.
Breathwork invites us out of unconscious, protective breathing patterns often held in the body and into a space of greater awareness, safety, and possibility.
In our modern world — where overwhelm, burnout, and chronic nervous system activation are increasingly common — breathwork offers a grounded and body-based way to return home to ourselves.
Importantly, when guided skilfully and with appropriate pacing, certain breathwork styles (including Conscious Connected Breath) can also facilitate non-ordinary or expanded states of consciousness. These states are breath-induced and self-generated, and for some people may share phenomenological similarities with psychedelic experiences — such as increased emotional access, somatic release, imagery, or shifts in perspective.
Within my work, these experiences are always approached through a trauma-informed, titrated, and choice-led lens, with nervous system safety as the priority.
What Breathwork Can Support
When practiced with intention and appropriate support, breathwork may help to:
- Calm the nervous system and support emotional regulation
- Increase clarity, focus, and interoceptive awareness
- Gently shift the body out of chronic stress and survival patterns
- Deepen connection to the physical body and inner intuition
- Support emotional processing and release (at a pace that feels safe)
- Enhance energy, presence, and resilience
- Facilitate expanded states of awareness for some individuals
This is not simply a breathing technique — it is an embodied practice that bridges physiology, psychology, and awareness.
A Trauma-Informed Approach
Because breathwork can access deep layers of the nervous system and emotional body, sessions are always guided with choice, consent, and nervous system safety at the centre.
This means we:
- Work at a pace your system can comfortably integrate
- Prioritise resourcing and regulation before intensity
- Honour protective responses in the body as intelligent adaptations
- Create space for both activation and grounding
- Support gentle integration after any expanded-state work
You are always in choice during sessions. Nothing is forced, and we follow the wisdom of your nervous system.
1:1 Breathwork Sessions
Personal, Attuned & Supportive
A one-to-one breathwork session is a deeply personalised and carefully held space.
Within a 1:1 session, we may:
- Explore your unique breathing patterns and nervous system rhythms
- Work with techniques tailored to your needs — grounding, regulation, or deeper breath journeys
- Move at a pace that feels safe for your system
- Gently meet stored stress, emotion, or habitual tension with compassion
- Support integration of any insights or expanded-state experiences
You are invited inward — to slow down, breathe more fully, and reconnect with your body in a supported way.
Group Breathwork
Shared Space, Shared Regulation
Breathwork in a group setting carries a different — and often beautiful — potency.
Within a well-held group container, you are:
- Supported within a carefully facilitated collective field
- Guided with clear structure and nervous system awareness
- Invited into breath as both a personal and shared experience
- Supported before, during, and after the breath journey
Many people find that breathing alongside others softens isolation, deepens connection, and enhances feelings of safety and belonging.
Who Breathwork Is For
Breathwork may be supportive for people who:
✔ Feel stuck in chronic stress or high alert states
✔ Want a deeper connection to body and self
✔ Are seeking nervous system regulation
✔ Are curious about non-ordinary states of consciousness
✔ Are preparing for or integrating psychedelic experiences
✔ Are ready for gentle, embodied healing work
Everyone breathes — but when we breathe with awareness and intention, meaningful shifts can occur across body, mind, and emotional landscape.
The Crossover With Psychedelic Work
Given my training in Psychedelic Assisted Therapy, I hold breathwork with a deep respect for its ability to open meaningful inner experiences.
For some individuals, certain breath patterns can evoke:
- heightened emotional access
- somatic release
- vivid imagery
- altered time perception
- or expanded perspective
While breathwork is not a psychedelic substance experience, there can be important overlaps in the states of consciousness accessed.
Because of this, my approach emphasises:
- careful preparation
- nervous system resourcing
- clear intention setting
- and thoughtful integration
This makes breathwork a beautiful standalone modality — and also a supportive bridge for those preparing for or integrating psychedelic therapy.
How I Bring Breathwork Into My Practice
As a functional nutritionist and psychotherapist, I see breathwork as a powerful bridge between physiology and inner awareness.
It supports:
- nervous system co-regulation
- emotional processing
- embodied healing
- and deeper therapeutic work
Breathwork does not replace nutritional and regenerative medicine, psychotherapy or medical care — it complements and amplifies them.
If you feel called to explore breathwork in a gentle, trauma-informed, and clinically grounded way, I would be honoured to guide you.
Ready to Breathe Differently?
Breathwork is an invitation:
To slow.
To soften.
To reconnect with the intelligence of your body.
✨ Your breath is the bridge — between your inner world and your fullest expression.
And when you breathe with intention, healing begins.
You’re warmly invited to book a discovery call or a tailored session where we can explore whether breathwork may be a supportive addition to your wellness journey.