Life is ceremony.
Breath. Fire. Land. Family. Community.
I’m Brendan.
I create spaces for people to slow down, breathe, feel, connect and come back to what is real.
A place to come back to yourself.
The Healing Breath began with breathwork.
But somewhere along the way, it became about much more than breathing.
It became about creating spaces where people can put life down for a while.
Where there is nothing to perform.
Nothing to prove.
And no version of yourself you need to become before you’re welcome.
Sometimes we breathe.
Sometimes we sit around a fire.
Sometimes we drink cacao, make noise, move, laugh, cry, talk or sit in silence.
Sometimes the most powerful thing that happens is simply being around other humans without all the usual bullshit.
This is less about escaping life.
It’s about coming back to it.
I keep the fire burning so others may burn a little brighter.
Firekeeper is the simplest way I’ve found to describe what I do.
Sometimes the fire is literal.
The one we gather around on the land.
The one beneath the cacao.
The one burning through a ceremony.
Sometimes it’s something inside another person.
A bit of courage.
A bit of life.
A truth they’ve been avoiding.
A reminder that they aren’t doing all of this alone.
I’m not interested in being anyone’s guru, saviour or answer.
My role is simpler than that.
Tend the space.
Keep the fire.
Bring what I have.
And trust people to meet themselves there.
A few ways into this work.
There isn’t one doorway.
Some people come to breathe.
Some come for ceremony.
Some want something more personal.
Some are simply looking for good people and somewhere to belong.
Start wherever feels right.
Gatherings
Cacao, breathwork, music, live instruments, ceremony and connection.
Private work
1:1 or private group breathwork, ceremony, mentoring and deeper experiences built around the person in front of me.
22 Days
A self guided journey bringing breath, awareness and simple practices back into everyday life.
Community
A space for conversation, connection, participation and finding your people beyond the noise of social media.
This work has roots now.
In 2025, our family moved onto 44 acres in the New England High Country.
Four generations.
Four kids.
Animals.
Gardens.
Old buildings.
Creek.
Rocks.
Projects that never seem to end.
And plenty of fire.
It’s our home first.
But it is also slowly becoming somewhere people can gather.
Some of the work I once held entirely inside hired rooms now happens here. Around fires, underneath the sky and with enough room to remember that we’re part of something beyond screens, schedules and walls.
We’re not trying to manufacture a retreat centre.
We’re building a life.
And from time to time, we open the gate and invite others into it.
This is part of the work too.
Family. Land. Food. Fire. Responsibility. Play. Community.
CURRENT INVITATION
Cacao + Breathwork | Glen Innes
A morning of cacao, breathwork, music, live instruments and connection.
No experience needed.
No pressure to have a breakthrough.
Just come as you are.
Come into my world.
Social media shows fragments.
Email gives me a little more room.
Stories from the land.
Things I’m thinking about.
Upcoming gatherings.
Things we’re building.
And the occasional invitation to come sit with us.
No constant selling.
No inbox assault.
Just another way of staying connected without relying on an algorithm to decide whether we see each other.