There isn’t one doorway.
The Healing Breath began with breathwork.
Today, the work is broader.
Some people come to breathe.
Some come for ceremony.
Some want something more personal.
Some are looking for community.
Some simply need somewhere to stop for a while and hear themselves again.
Different people arrive for different reasons.
The work meets them there.
Breathwork
Breath is still at the centre of much of what I do.
The breathwork I facilitate is immersive, guided and experiential.
Music.
Connected breathing.
Live instruments.
Sound.
Stillness.
Movement.
Emotion.
And permission for your experience to be whatever it is.
There is no prize for having a breakthrough.
You don’t have to scream.
You don’t have to cry.
You don’t have to relive your childhood.
Sometimes something enormous moves.
Sometimes somebody simply feels peaceful for the first time in months.
Both are welcome.
Cacao
Ceremonial cacao is part of many of the spaces I hold.
Not because cacao magically fixes anything.
Because ceremony changes how we meet ordinary things.
We slow down.
Prepare intentionally.
Sit together.
Drink together.
Listen.
And begin before the breathwork ever starts.
The same goes for fire, scent, sound, drums, rattles, silence and ritual.
They aren’t there to make the experience look spiritual.
They help create a space where people can arrive differently.
Private work
Sometimes a group isn’t what someone needs.
Private work gives us space to slow everything down and build the experience around the person in front of me.
Depending on the person and the container, that might involve:
breathwork
conversation
cacao
fire
sound
nature
reflection
mentoring
ceremony
There isn’t a rigid formula.
There are single private sessions as well as deeper immersion style experiences.
Men’s work
I care deeply about men having places where they don’t need to perform masculinity or apologise for it.
Places for challenge.
Responsibility.
Brotherhood.
Honesty.
Physical work.
Conversation.
Silence.
Fire.
And the occasional bit of taking the piss.
This part of the work is continuing to grow through private work, small gatherings and land based experiences.
Not because men need another person telling them how to be a man.
Because good men need good men around them.
Land based work
More and more of this work is moving onto the land.
Small gatherings.
Fire.
Food.
Breath.
Ceremony.
Men’s days.
Longer immersions.
Time outside.
Things move differently when there is room.
Room to walk.
Room to sit.
Room to be quiet.
Room to do something with your hands.
Room to remember that humans weren’t designed to spend every waking hour under fluorescent lights and staring at screens.
We’re building this slowly.
With roots.
22 Days
Not everyone can come to the land.
Not everyone is ready for a ceremony.
Sometimes the doorway is much simpler.
22 Days is a self guided experience designed to bring breath, awareness and simple daily practices back into everyday life.
One day.
One breath.
One practice at a time.
And then there’s community.
The longer I do this work, the more convinced I am that people don’t just need more information.
They need people.
Good conversations.
Shared experience.
Places where they can contribute instead of constantly consume.
Somewhere to belong without needing to pretend they’ve got everything sorted.
That’s the intention behind the community we’re building.
Knowing where my role ends matters too.
The experiences I facilitate are complementary wellbeing and personal-development practices.
They are not a replacement for medical, psychological or other appropriately qualified professional care.
If something comes up that sits outside my experience or scope, I’ll say so.
Part of holding these spaces responsibly is knowing when somebody needs support beyond what I can provide.
Not sure where to begin?
You don’t need to work it all out first.
Have a look at the upcoming gatherings.
Or send me a message and tell me what’s happening in your world.
We can start there.