WHAT IS BREATHWORK?

Breathwork has been practiced for thousands of years across various cultures. It has evolved from spiritual and meditative traditions into modern therapeutic and health-supporting techniques. Today, it is widely used in therapy, sports performance, stress management, and spiritual practices, blending ancient wisdom with science.

Understanding the intention and impact of different Breathwork techniques is essential to ensure they support one’s current physical, mental, and emotional state. There is no one-size-fits-all approach—Breathwork is a powerful tool that should be practiced with respect, knowledge, and care.

Generally, we can split it into two groups—mind-based and body-based Breathwork.

MIND-BASED BREATHWORK

Mind-based Breathwork uses intentional control of breath—adjusting speed, volume, intensity, and breath location—to create specific shifts in our nervous system. For example, the 4-7-8 breath (with a longer exhale than inhale) activates the parasympathetic nervous system, promoting deeper rest and relaxation. These techniques can quickly shift our state and are useful in daily life to downshift, stabilize, or uplift our mood.

However, these practices have their limits, as we naturally return to our subconscious, habituated breathing patterns after practice, causing their effects to fade over time. While excellent for acute moments, they don’t necessarily address the deeper root cause.

BODY-BASED BREATHWORK

Body-based Breathwork works more through the body rather than the mind. These practices are guided by certain principles depending on their approach and intention, rather than strict counting or control. Examples include Conscious Connected Breathing (CCB), Rebirthing Breathwork, and Holotropic Breathwork—each with distinct effects on the body and psyche.

FACILITATED BREATH REPATTERNING (FBR) is a fusion of Conscious Connected Breathing and Bodywork.

This practice allows us to enter altered states of consciousness, where we can become aware of, process, and integrate unresolved experiences, emotions, reflexes, beliefs, and behavioral or relational patterns. By exploring our inner landscape, we can reassemble fragmented parts of ourselves into wholeness while simultaneously addressing our breath mechanics—since the way we breathe is directly connected to how we live physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.

The intention is to reach the root of these patterns, cultivating a more adaptable and supportive breath—one that flows with dynamism and ease, appropriately adjusting to life’s circumstances, and is able to return to baseline.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF FBR-BREATHWORK?

  • Greater interoception, attunement, and connection with our precious body

  • Restores the functionality of our breath mechanics

  • Supports nervous system health

  • Processes and integrates unprocessed experiences, emotions, and reflexes

  • Creates equilibrium between the body, mind, emotions, and spirit

  • Enhances physical, mental, and emotional capacity and resilience

  • Increases clarity, confidence, and inner peace

  • Fosters a deeper understanding of oneself

  • Embodiment authenticity, and one’s truth

HOW DOES FBR-BREATHWORK INFLUENCE YOUR LIFE?

Through consistent practice, you develop deeper awareness, introspection, and emotional capacity. You begin to work through the roots of your triggers, beliefs, and shadows, allowing you to better understand, regulate, and express yourself with compassion and agency. As you tend to your wounds and unconscious patterns, you shift from reactivity to conscious choice. This transforms how you think, feel, and relate — both to yourself and others. Your perception clears, and you grow your capacity to navigate life’s challenges while opening more fully to joy, pleasure, and freedom.

HOW DOES A SESSION LOOK LIKE?

Each session is uniquely attuned to you in the moment.

  • The session lasts for 2 hours.

  • We begin with an initial check-in, tuning into what’s alive for you and what you’re bringing into the space.

  • The breathwork journey is about 75 minutes long. You’ll be gently guided through the experience with music, words, bodywork, and scent.

  • After the breathwork, there will be time and space for integration and sharing, allowing you to process and land from your experience.

WHO IS IT FOR AND WHO ISN'T?

Before your first session you’ll fill out an intake form to ensure this work is safe and supportive for you. FBR is generally suitable for most people, but there are some contraindications — such as pregnancy or certain heart, respiratory, neurological, or psychosomatic conditions. Your safety is a priority, and we’ll make sure this approach is right for you.

Given the profound impact this practice has had on my own life, I’m deeply honored to share it with you. Consider it an invitation — a space for co-creation. I’m not here to rescue you, but to guide and support you in uncovering your own innate wisdom, agency, resources, authentic expression, and truth. Together, we merge my embodied practice and experience with your openness and willingness to explore your unique path.

WHY I DON'T OFFER ANY ONLINE FBR-BREATHWORK SESSIONS

I believe some modalities are too sacred and vulnerable to be done through a screen—they need real, in-person human connection. FBR-Breathwork is powerful and can surface deep emotional, mental, and physical material that requires a safe space, skilled hands-on facilitation, and attunement to both body and psyche. In FBR, I work directly with breath mechanics, which means feeling into the different layers of your body—something that simply isn’t possible online.