THE
POWER
OF
BREATH

20,000 opportunities a day for improved health and wellbeing

A 5 WEEK EXPERIENCE

WITH A CHOICE OF IN PERSON AND ONLINE CLASSES

Learn gentle breathwork techniques and theory so you can use this free and portable tool to improve your mental and physical health.
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Life is complicated right? We are living in an age of information which is delivered to us fast and constantly. Much of it isn’t positive and is designed to make us feel less than, stressed and to create a state of dissatisfaction (so that we buy something).

Many of us are juggling high levels of demands on our time, energy, emotions and resources and those of us who are natural born helpers can struggle with our boundaries leaving us depleted.

We have recently lived through a pandemic where we lived with high levels of uncertainty and fear. For many of us we have had reduced health which is still present today.

Lot’s of time on screens can leave us numb, fuzzy and feeling we are never present in our lives.

In all these ways and many many more we can be impacted by daily life and then, when we go to bed, we just can’t switch off and sleep. Or if we get time to rest our bodies and minds simply won’t co-operate and we feel wired and tired.

What if in just 5 weeks you could learn a freely available, enjoyable and portable tool? You can take back control and feel more calm, clear, peaceful and able to rest. You will also learn practices to energise yourself, become present, clear your head and show up fully to yourself and others.

What my students say…

Private Breathwork Session

Joanna I just wanted to say a heartfelt thank you for the lovely breath work session we had last week. As you know I had had a difficult time,  with my Mum's death and various other stressful events, and seemed to be permanently stressed and with a high heart rate. Yet during our session, I felt the calmest I have for several weeks and longer, and could feel my nervous system relax and be calm. This has continued for days after just one session, so I can only imagine the benefits of having several more. I have no doubt that your soothing voice, your expert knowledge and empathetic approach had as much to do with it as the actual breathing work, so thank you so much. You really do have a gift for this work
MW

I keep raving about this course

I got so much from the sessions. The in person sessions provided a real confidence boost and a way to feel connected to the other people in the sessions. It also has supported and enhanced my skill of meditation. Almost as though it is the foundation of the practice and should be learnt first. The notes were brilliant and the recordings are a great take away. I keep raving about this course to everyone that will listen.

Fun, friendly and easy to understand

It was inclusive. You ensured everyone had the space to speak with gentle encouragement. It was fun, friendly and easy to understand with lots of theory and practical elements

The range of breathing techniques was astounding!

I never knew how much I could do with a simple breath! The range of breathing techniques was astounding!
I loved the weekly meetings. They were welcoming, warm, holding and well, gentle!
Joanna is a brilliant teacher. I learned without feeling ‘taught'

    How might this course help you?

    This course will teach you practices which, when used regularly, can help you in the following areas (and so much more!)

    Health and Wellbeing:

    • Understand how prolonged stress affects the breath
    • Recognise different nervous system states and how to choose a practice to regulate and complete the stress cycle
    • Move into the ‘healing state’ where your body can rest and recover and your body’s healing systems come back online
    • Manage chronic pain
    • Improve sleep

    Self-development and Spiritual Growth:

    • Learn beautiful practices to quiet mental chatter
    • Begin to understand that you are not your thoughts but the observer of your thoughts
    • Use the space this creates to connect with your intuition, authenticity, purpose and sense of belonging
    • I call this ‘Coming Home to Yourself’
    • Allows a daily check in with yourself energetically, emotionally, physically and mentally

    Health and Wellbeing

    Learn how prolonged stress impacts your breathing, identify different nervous system states, and choose practices to regulate and complete the stress cycle. Shift into a healing state where your body can rest, recover, and activate its natural healing systems. Gain tools to manage chronic pain and improve your sleep for better overall health and wellbeing.

    Self-development and Spiritual Growth

    Discover powerful practices to quiet mental chatter and realize you're not your thoughts, but the observer of them. Use this newfound space to connect with your intuition, authenticity, purpose, and sense of belonging—what I call "Coming Home to Yourself." Establish a daily check-in with yourself on an energetic, emotional, physical, and mental level.

    Improve Relationships:

    • With your Self by becoming more grounded, self-aware and compassionate to yourself
    • With your body by learning to hear feedback from the body and build trust with your body’s messages. Appreciate all that the body is doing for you without your conscious awareness.
    • With others by coming to your relationships from a more grounded and authentic place
    • Helps you move yourself into ‘safe and social’ states where you can be receptive and open hearted whilst maintaining clear boundaries.
    Enhance relationships by becoming more grounded, self-aware, and compassionate toward yourself. Learn to trust your body's signals and appreciate its constant, unconscious work. Connect with others from a grounded, authentic place, and move into ‘safe and social’ states where you can be open-hearted while maintaining clear boundaries.

    You will gently learn all this whilst you experience an enjoyable relaxing practice:

    • How to establish a daily practice
    • A simple explanation of the anatomy of the breath
    • The function of the diaphragm and how to train it to work optimally
    • How the nervous system works and practices to help you manage your states
    • How to use your breath awareness to check in with yourself as a daily practice
    • Calming breaths to reduce stress and alternatives when the breath isn’t available to you (sometimes we are too intensely activated to focus on the breath)
    • Uplifting breaths for times when we feel low, foggy or stuck and some other fun ideas for up- regulating
    • Why and how breathwork can impact positively on chronic pain and illness and practices to get you in the ‘healing state’
    • Coherent Breathing and experience its benefits
    • How gentle movement can support breathwork
    • How to use the breath to help you get to sleep
    • All sessions will end with a guided relaxation
    You'll gently learn how to establish a daily practice while enjoying a relaxing experience. Discover the anatomy of the breath, train your diaphragm for optimal function, and understand your nervous system to manage your states. Practice breath awareness for daily check-ins, calming breaths to reduce stress, and uplifting breaths for low energy. Explore how breathwork can ease chronic pain and illness, experience Coherent Breathing, and learn how gentle movement supports breathwork. Plus, use breath techniques to improve sleep, with every session ending in guided relaxation.

    Meet Your Teacher

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    Joanna Waddell
    Joanna is a Certified and Trauma Aware Breathwork Teacher.

    She has been a counsellor for 20 years and is a qualified EFT Practitioner. Joanna came to the gentle practices she now teaches via her own experience of burnout and exhaustion.

    Joanna has a deep love of the living world we are part of and is passionate about learning to live more gently for ourselves, our communities and our planet.

    She holds warmhearted, friendly and inclusive spaces for her community.