Breath Coaching
Build awareness, regulation, and resilience through trauma-informed functional breathing.
Breath coaching outcomes:
Achieve personal and professional goals.
Manage anxiety, stress, and burnout.
Reduce overwhelm and improve emotional regulation and overall wellbeing.
Improve functional breathing mechanics.
Build capacity and stress tolerance through breathing techniques, interoception, and thermal exposure therapy.
Improve sleep quality.
Includes support for neurodivergent and highly sensitive individuals.
How does it work?
Functional breathing coaching helps you understand and optimise how you breathe to support your body, mind, and nervous system. Through personalised guidance, you’ll learn to manage stressors by increasing awareness, improving regulation, and building capacity for energy, recovery, and resilience in daily life and work.
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Assessment: During our first session, we will conduct a thorough assessment. This often involves discussing your history, lifestyle, habits, and any specific performance or wellbeing issues you may be experiencing.
Goal Setting: We will then explore your specific goals, whether it’s energy management, emotional regulation, capacity building or overall wellbeing.
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The plan evolves as we work together, adapting to your progress and challenges. It may include a combination of protocols to support your breathing, nervous system, recovery, and overall wellbeing.
To get the most benefit, you’ll be encouraged to practice between sessions and make small, sustainable lifestyle adjustments that support your goals.
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Follow-up sessions: Typically, sessions are scheduled every 1–2 weeks to continue your plan and practice, adapt to your progress, and explore new techniques.
Ongoing support: You’ll have the option for check-ins between sessions to stay accountable or troubleshoot challenges.
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A minimum of 5-6 sessions - Build a strong baseline for nervous system regulation and stabilisation.
7-8 Sessions - Expand your capacity and build resilience.
11-12 Sessions - Full integration: recover from burnout, focus on restoring sleep, support recovery, and long-term nervous system health.
FAQs
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Functional breathing refers to using your breath in a way that supports your body’s natural physiology, nervous system, and overall wellbeing. It’s not about doing fancy techniques or pushing your limits — it’s about learning to breathe efficiently, safely, and in a way that supports your daily life and health.
Through functional breathing coaching, we work with:
Breathing mechanics — how your body moves air in and out efficiently
Respiratory chemistry — balancing oxygen and carbon dioxide to support energy and calm
Interoception — noticing subtle bodily signals early so you can respond before stress escalates
Nervous system regulation — building capacity to respond to stress, change, or fatigue
Recovery and resilience — improving sleep, exercise performance, and energy management
Everyday stressors — helping your body cope with chronic stress, burnout, illness, or life transitions
Functional breathing isn’t a quick fix, a cure, or therapy — it’s a skills-based, practical approach that teaches your body and nervous system to work in harmony with your life, so you can feel steadier, more resilient, and more in control of your energy.
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Many clients begin with breath and nervous system coaching to build steadiness and regulation, then expand into deeper transformational work to navigate decisions, leadership challenges, or life transitions.
You’re welcome to choose one focus, or we can blend both. Together, we’ll design a bespoke coaching journey that responds to where you are now and what you need next.
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No experience is needed.
You don’t need to breathe “correctly” or in a certain way. We work with what’s already available to you.
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No. I do not use fast, forceful, or cathartic breathing styles.
This work is not about emotional release at all costs. It’s about helping your nervous system feel supported and resourced. -
Most contraindications relate to extreme breathwork, such as prolonged breath holds or forceful over-breathing.
The breathwork I use is gentle and regulation-focused. There is no pushing, hyperventilation, or intense breath retention. Practices are always adapted, and breathwork is optional.
Breath-hold and over-breathing training is not for individuals with:Cardiac issues (e.g., heart disease, arrhythmias).
Uncontrolled high blood pressure or diabetes.
Severe respiratory diseases (e.g., COPD, emphysema).
Pregnancy.
History of stroke or aneurysm.
Recent high stress, anxiety or panic attacks
Psychosis or PTSD
Client Testimonial
“I had 6 sessions which had a positive impact on my life. Each session I came away with new tools to navigate life and new ways of looking at things. Very professional and would recommend.”
Charlotte T