What is Breathwork?

As an experienced Breathwork therapist, I help clients heal and grow. Choosing a Breathwork guide with strong skills in both breathing techniques and mental health is important. With 14 years experience and over 3000+ sessions, I provide expert support in a safe, caring space for your healing journey.

Breathwork is a powerful, ongoing practice that supports holistic well-being and personal growth. As a somatic, body-centered modality, it improves physical health and deepens self-awareness. When combined with counselling, it enhances therapy, creating lasting change. Practiced regularly, and guided by an experienced therapist, it allows for emotional healing and deeper transformation. Integrating it with therapy fosters insight, releases blockages, and empowers you on your path to lasting well-being. Through facilitating numerous private and group sessions, upwards of 3000; I have consistently witnessed profound and transformative experiences. Clients have reported a wide range of positive outcomes, including a significant reduction in chronic anxiety symptoms and the transformation of relationships as individuals become more authentic and emotionally available. Personally, I have also experienced profound changes in my own life through breathwork. While these significant shifts are possible, it is important to recognise that breathwork is a versatile tool that can support resiliency, clarity, peace, and an overall increase in conscious awareness.

Breathwork originates from ancient Eastern Yogic traditions over 2,500 years ago. It includes practices like pranayama, Wim Hof breathing, SOMA breathing, and anxiety-reduction techniques that influence body and consciousness. In my counselling, I use connected breathing to help clients release physical and emotional tension, dissolve internal "armoring," and promote integration and insight.

Combined with talk therapy, it offers a non-verbal healing path beyond traditional cognitive methods. It deepens inner awareness and access to parts of ourselves that words alone cannot reach.

When combined with counselling and therapy, it allows the breath to bypass the thinking mind and engage the body's deeper intelligence. It supports the nervous system, increases oxygen and dopamine, and helps release painful thoughts and emotions. This process enhances intuition, authenticity, and opens the heart to compassion, creating space for new possibilities.

My approach is holistic and draws from extensive training, including Hatha Yoga, advanced Pranayama, and senior yoga teacher certification. I mentor aspiring teachers with expertise in physiology, breathwork, and philosophy. Integrating psychosynthesis counselling, Advaita Vedanta, Vipassana, and other spiritual practices, I offer a transformative, personalized experience. With over 15 years of practice and 3,000+ sessions facilitated, I provide a safe, supportive space for meaningful, lasting growth tailored to your unique journey.

Breathwork combined with counselling is not about achieving goals or eliminating issues, nor is it a one-time or rigid process. It invites us to fully experience whatever arises with conscious presence. Instead of avoiding our inner world, we learn to stay present through all experiences, allowing healing and transformation to emerge naturally. Central to this is cultivating mindfulness—embracing reality as it is—to deepen self-awareness and unlock personal growth, self-discovery, and transformation.

How Do Breathwork Exercises Help?

Our breath reflects life experiences, guided by the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS). Stress makes us hold our breath, while safety allows easy flow. Stress, trauma, and habits can cause harmful breathing patterns, impacting health. Breathwork restores natural breathing, releases tension, and balances body and mind. It addresses root causes, promotes healing, vitality, calm, and mental clarity. It reconnects us with our body’s wisdom, restoring the vital flow of life energy.

What Happens in a Breathwork Session?

In a session, you’ll be guided through conscious connected breathing, a technique that involves deep, continuous breaths without pauses between inhalation and exhalation. The active, focused inhalation encourages energy flow, while the exhalation supports release, relaxation, and the letting go of physical and emotional tension.

This practice creates space for you to safely explore unresolved sensations, emotions, and memories stored in the body. Common experiences include tingling, vibrations, or heightened emotions like fear, grief, or anger. As the session progresses, these reactions often shift and integrate, paving the way for healing and transformation.

Breathwork connects you to the body’s wisdom, helping to dissolve limiting patterns and fostering emotional regulation, self-compassion, and a deeper connection to your authentic self. It’s particularly valuable in cultures focused on intellectual processing, offering a way to address stored emotional energy that may contribute to chronic stress, limiting beliefs, or relationship challenges.

Working with an experienced therapist during breathwork ensures a safe, transformative experience. Combining breathwork with mindfulness and talk therapy enhances emotional release and self-discovery, empowering you to navigate life with greater ease and resilience.

Sessions are available both in-person and online, providing accessible opportunities for profound inner exploration and lasting change.

What Happens After a Breathwork Session?

Every session is unique—and so is what follows. You may feel energized, emotional, calm, or deeply introspective. These sensations are all part of your system realigning as emotions, energy, and awareness shift.

To help you navigate the hours and days after your session, here are some gentle tips for integration and self-care:

1. Give Yourself Space

Avoid jumping into busy plans or major decisions. Give yourself time to breathe, reflect, and gently integrate the experience without rushing. The quieter you can be, the more insight can land.

2. Stay Hydrated

Drink plenty of water to support your body’s natural detox process. Add electrolytes or herbal teas if that feels nurturing. Hydration helps you stay grounded and balanced.

3. Eat Grounding Foods

Choose nourishing, protein-rich meals that feel grounding. Think: root vegetables, whole grains, warming soups. Your body and emotions will thank you.

4. Take an Epsom Salt Bath

A warm bath with Epsom salts can ease muscle tension and support energetic clearing. The magnesium promotes calm and helps your nervous system unwind.

5. Connect with Nature

Spending quiet time outdoors helps you land back in your body. A slow walk, bare feet on the earth, or simply sitting with the trees can be deeply restoring.

6. Be Gentle with Yourself

You might feel tender, open, or emotional in the days that follow—and that’s completely normal. Give yourself permission to rest, cry, journal, or simply be.

7. Reach Out if You Need

If anything feels overwhelming or unclear, I’m here. You’re welcome to get in touch by phone or email for support or to share what’s arising.

Breathwork moves energy—sometimes in powerful ways. What you feel afterward is part of the healing. Trust the process, and treat yourself with care.

Respect Your Own Path

Everyone’s experience is different. Listen to your body’s needs, take the time you need to process, and create space for self-care as you navigate this powerful period of integration.

Breathwork offers a path to transformation, and by taking these steps, you can deepen its impact and allow its benefits to unfold fully.

Deep down, we all long for lives filled with meaning, connection, love, and self-acceptance—a profound sense of belonging in the world around us. One of the greatest gifts breathwork has given me is the courage to face my pain, fully and honestly. By staying present with it, even in the hardest moments, I’ve discovered that life’s most beautiful and transformative experiences often lie on the other side of that pain.

When we avoid or suppress our struggles, we often feel powerless, like victims of our circumstances. However, when we choose to confront and embrace those challenges, we step into our strength, becoming spiritual warriors equipped to face life with resilience and grace.

What Breathwork Offers:

It is a journey of self-discovery and empowerment. It’s not about instant fixes or dramatic moments of release—it’s about creating lasting change through a transformative process that evolves over time. With regular practice, it helps:

• Enhance focus and clarity.

• Manage stress and anxiety with greater ease.

• Foster emotional resilience and inner peace.

• Reconnect with your true self and the world around you.

Like any skill, breathwork requires practice and repetition. While a single session can provide valuable insights or heightened experiences, committing to a regular practice rewires your brain, building pathways to calm, creativity, and self-awareness.

Breathwork and Counselling: A Powerful Combination

Integrating it with counselling creates a holistic approach to transformation. Together, these practices teach essential life skills that help you navigate challenges from a place of balance and ease. By combining breathwork’s grounding effects with the emotional insight of counselling, you’ll gain tools to approach life with confidence and purpose.

How I Can Help You?

I offer personalized one-on-one breathwork and counselling sessions in central Auckland, with virtual options via Zoom or Google Meets for those who prefer, or who can’t attend in person. Accessibility is a priority, so please don’t hesitate to reach out regardless of your financial situation.

Support is available 7 days a week (I work on weekends) —connect with me to start your journey toward clarity, connection, and empowerment. Breathwork can be the key to unlocking a life of deeper meaning and fulfilment. Let’s take that first step together.