BREATHE. HEAL. THRIVE.
Breathwork to help you release patterns of stress, clear emotional blocks and unlock your true potential.
Do You Experience Any of the Following in Your Life?
Breathwork is a powerful self-healing modality that can help you safely, release and process stored stress, emotional blocks and unresolved trauma from your body-mind system, and in doing so, make space for more presence, joy, calm and connection in your life.
After struggling with high anxiety, overwhelm and chronic fatigue in my late 20’s, I explored many different healing modalities to get to the bottom of these issues that were creating havoc in my daily life.
I found breathwork and somatic (body-based) practices to be incredibly powerful tools that helped me create permanent shifts in my physical, mental and emotional wellbeing.
Now I'm on a mission to share these powerful practices with others so people can learn to heal themselves and thrive in life.
Key Benefits of Breathwork
As you improve the quality and efficiency of your breathing pattern, your cells will start receiving more of their most essential resource - oxygen, leading to increased energy, health and vitality. A more efficient breathing mechanism will also enhance digestion, immunity, detoxification, sleep, libido, improve posture and help relieve chronic muscular tension and pain.
Breathwork gives you direct access to your autonomic nervous system, allowing you to shift not just your physical state, but your psychological state too. A calm and relaxed breathing pattern = a calm and relaxed mind. Slow, diaphragmatic breathing also lowers stress hormones and boosts 'feel good' endorphins in your brain.
Unresolved "emotional baggage" and trauma can manifest in our daily experience as irrational fears, anxiety, depression, self-judgement, anger, guilt and relationship issues.
Therapeutic breathwork gives you the opportunity to feel and resolve this "stuck" emotional energy within your body leading to more calm and resilience.
What Clients Have To Say...
Thoroughly recommend conscious breath work with Leigh. He creates a calm and trusting environment within which to explore your personal stuff. No two sessions out of the five I did were the same and I was able to discover and confront a number of buried traumas and increase my awareness of my system.
Went on a day retreat with Leigh which was absolutely incredible. He has a beautiful somatic approach, really taking care to guide you into the body with movement at the start of the session. And I've never met an instructor with such an instinctive precision-like use of touch. Quite literally blown away!!! Leigh thank you so, so much, you created a beautiful held space where I really felt I could start to relax and let go!! Just what I needed X
Leigh is emotionally intuitive with his clients, creates a safe space to explore your emotional blockages and freeing you from anxiety, emotional trauma, whilst giving you an energy boost and leaving you feeling like you are walking on clouds!
Leigh holds a very safe and supportive space for the breathwork to take place. I've been able to get some significant releases working with Leigh, and would certainly recommend
Amazing experience at Leigh's class. He is a caring and supportive Breathwork teacher/facilitator who makes you feel very comfortable and cared for. I have experienced huge shifts that leave me feeling refreshed and energised. I highly recommend him and his work
I recently attended a breathwork retreat which was co-hosted by Leigh and it was truly a wonderful and very special experience. Leigh also introduced us to somatic work and taught us how to ground in to the body, which was brilliant and has come in very useful since in every day life. Leigh has an amazing way about him, he is incredibly calming and very passionate about his work and I feel very lucky to have had the opportunity to attend this weekend. I cant recommend Leigh enough.
I have now done two breathwork sessions with Leigh. I derived so much value from the first session and even more from the second. The techniques were well explained and Leigh created a safe environment in which I felt supported throughout the session. I would 100% recommend a session with Leigh.
What an experience I had on Sunday with Leigh! It is difficult to put it in words (and I am never lost for words!!!)… My first breathing workshop was transformative, liberating, puzzling (in a good way, it was all just so new to me, tapping in that unknown part of myself!), I believe this was one of the necessary stepping stones on my journey and I will definitely look forward to more workshops with Leigh :) Leigh was such a knowledgeable, warm, healing, approachable great guide through the whole experience. Thank you so much, Leigh!
Leigh held space with kindness and care, his guidance and support was authentic and intuitive. I also learnt new things from him about Tai Chi and meridian points in my body. I really felt held and looked after whilst in my process which is important for me (especially as I’m a breathworker myself). I’d highly recommend trying his workshops if you want to shift something in your life to make room for the new. Thank you Leigh!
I was fortunate to attend a Breathwork retreat with Leigh last weekend. He has a particularly light ‘touch’ but intense purpose, always emanating a sense that you are held. At an emotional moment during a breathe, he came to me and held me, allowing me to express my emotions more fully through floods of tears followed by a big gulp of breath (me not him!) Don’t hesitate to see him if the opportunity arises!
During this friendly chat we'll uncover your goals and current challenges and see if breathwork may be a good fit.
Learn how to utilise breathwork and somatic practices to shift your physical state and heal unresolved emotional blocks.
Experience greater levels of vitality, emotional balance, metal clarity and stress resilience in your daily life.
There are 4 ways we can work together.
Which one is right for you?
1-1 Personal Breathwork Journey
(5-10 sessions in person or online)
During the first part of this journey, you will learn how to correct and improve your breathing pattern for greater levels of physical health, mental calm and emotional well-being.
Once functional breathing is established, we will introduce a therapeutic breathwork technique to help you release and clear stored stress, tension, and emotional blocks within your body-mind system. This process will enhance the healthy flow of life force throughout your body and rebalance your nervous system. By the end of this journey, you will experience a lasting improvement in your health, mood, and overall outlook on life.
'Back To You' Programme
(3-6 months)
If you're ready and committed to putting an end to your anxiety, overwhelm and burnout once and for all, then my intimate 'Back To You' mentorship programme is for you. On this journey, you'll learn the core skills, practices and lifestyle modifications required to heal your nervous system and restore harmony to body and mind. You will also be supported throughout in a safe, nurturing coaching container.
This is not a quick-fix solution! You should only apply if you are ready and committed to making the necessary lifestyle changes required to have a breakthrough.
Breathing Classes, Workshops & Retreats
Want to experience the powerful benefits of breathwork in an intimate group setting? All classes, workshops and retreats are perfect for both beginners and experienced breathers. Come and join me in a safe, supportive and sacred space of healing and transformation.
Breathwork For Business
Are you a business owner or team leader who knows the importance of employee wellbeing? High workload, deadlines and high-pressure scenarios can often leave your employees feeling stressed, tired and overwhelmed - affecting their overall well-being and performance at work. In this fun and experiential Breathwork for Business workshop your employees will learn simple yet powerful breathwork techniques that can be used during their day to boost energy levels, improve stress resilience, lower anxiety and perform at their best.
Unfortunately, the vast majority of the population are breathing poorly and according to experts, most people breathe at only 20-30% of their full capacity.
Chronic stress, challenging life events and painful emotional experiences from our past can cause our breathing pattern to become shallow, restricted and dysfunctional - increasing our likelihood of anxiety, fatigue, depression, pain and health problems.
Breathwork is one of the fastest ways to restore normal breathing function and create an open and unrestricted breathing pattern - leading to greater levels of physical, mental and emotional health and wellbeing.
Breathwork is a completely safe, natural and easy-to learn technique that anyone can benefit from.
However, it is recommended that you experience a minimum of 3 x fully facilitated sessions with a certified breathwork practitioner prior to implementing your own self-practice so you are aware of all precautions and ensure your own safe participation.
It is critical that you consult with your medical doctor prior to breathwork if you have a more serious medical, psychiatric or physical health condition, or have recently been hospitalized.
As with any health enhancing activity, the more frequently you participate in the practice, the more benefits you gain.
Breathwork really works it's magic when you implement it into your daily routine for a minimum of 10-15 minutes per day. However a longer practice (20-60 mins) implemented 2-3 times per week will provide some noticeable benefits to your energy, health, mental state and mood.
Most people will experience a deep sense of calm, clarity and connection to themselves at the end of their breathwork session, and many report feeling noticeably lighter, clearer-headed and more present over the following days.
However, there is also a strong physical and psychological healing process happening during a conscious breathwork session where the body is releasing toxins, stagnant energy and emotional blockages from the system. This can sometimes leave people feeling tired, heavy and a little vulnerable at times.
Good hydration, nutrition, sleep and plenty of self-care can help manage and reduce these "healing symptoms" if they arise.
Unlike more traditional breathing techniques where the main goal is relaxation, therapeutic breathwork (or conscious connected breathwork) is more geared towards healing and transformation.
In my work, I aim to help clients...
1) RESTORE normal breathing function for optimal health and wellbeing.
2) RELEASE any structural tension and emotional blockages from their system that's restricting the free flow of life force energy (chi/prana) through our body - which can create physical or psychological imbalances or 'dis-ease.'
3) RE-CALIBRATE their autonomic nervous system to a state of balance and regulation.
When the above goals are achieved, not only will your physical and mental health improve, there will be a noticeable and often permanent shift in your perception of the world - you will think, feel and act differently, you will connect with yourself and others on a deeper level and you begin living more purposefully and authentically.
From my own personal experience, the results are truly transformational!
After a quick chat to discuss your goals and intention for the session, you will be asked to lie down on a mat and pillow and invited to relax and get comfortable.
You will be guided through a short meditation to help quieten the mind and bring the body into a deep state of relaxation.
You will then be asked to start the connected breathing technique and gently coached to breathe into any areas of tension. Gentle touch and simple coaching cues will be used to help guide your breath into the areas where it needs to go. You may also be asked to make some sound and do some movement to help the breath open further.
When the breath starts flowing in an effortless and natural manner, your body may start releasing any tensions, emotional blockages or holding patterns that no longer serve you. Be open to the experience and trust that your body knows exactly what to do to restore balance and harmony to your system.
The session is closed with a 10-15 minute integration phase where you will simply relax into your experience and just "be" with your body and the feelings and sensations that are present.
You'll wake up as a brighter-eyed, calmer and more joyful version of you!
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