Breath Coaching
Why Breath & Physiology coaching?
A bottom up process supporting you to feel safer and more resourced in your body, so presence, focus, and energy become sustainable. Focuses on how your body creates capacity over time.
Nervous system regulation through breathwork and somatic techniques.
Functional breathing: mechanics, chemistry, and efficiency.
Builds resilience through practices that gently expand tolerance for stress.
Works with the whole person: sleep, recovery, daily behaviours, and supportive practices.
Trauma-informed and neuro-affirming, prioritising safety, pacing, and choice.
Supports behaviour change by shifting physiology first, making new patterns easier to sustain.
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 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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Choose from:
5-Week programme - Expand your capacity, by building nervous system regulation over 5 or 8 weeks.
8-Week programme - Expand your capacity and build resilience over 8 weeks.
12-Week programme - Full integration over 12 weeks. Includes mindset and emotional release coaching with somatic enquiry: recover from burnout, focus on restoring sleep, support recovery, and build long-term nervous system health and resilience.
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 have had a wonderful experience with Anette. She has such a calm presence and is so insightful. I’ve done both transformative coaching with her and breathwork and both were really supportive for me. I had no idea I’ve been breathing so shallowly for so long! I feel so much more calm and grounded after my sessions with her!”
Rosie BM, Stylist