A little bit about me

After all the training, the books and the sessions I’ve experienced, what keeps me coming back to breathwork is still its simplicity.

There is a feeling the breath brings me that is difficult to put into words. A kind of nostalgia. A quiet joy, peace and contentment that can appear when I settle into my breathing.

And it all begins with something as simple as a breath.

I’m fascinated by the science of breathing and what happens within the body, but I’m equally interested in the part that has to be felt for yourself.

I sometimes think of the breath as spirit, as life force, something that reminds me that we are part of the living world around us.

That sense of curiosity and wonder is still what keeps me here.

I don’t believe breathwork is one-size-fits-all.

Each person arrives with their own body, their own life and their own rhythm. What works for one person may not be right for another.

That is why how I facilitate comes from a deeply grounded and unhurried place.

Modern life can be fast and loud. We are constantly given more to consume, more to respond to and more ways we should be improving ourselves.

My work moves in the other direction.

My role as a practitioner is to help you become more familiar with your breathing, notice the patterns that are there and guide you towards experiencing the power of your breath.

Because ultimately, it is your breath and your body doing the work.

I’m there to guide the practice, respond to the person in front of me and create the space for your experience to be your own.

Before breathwork, I spent five years training and working as a carpenter in Australia, building and renovating homes.

Looking back, I think that work shaped the way I approach what I do now.

I learned the value of working with the body, of building something meaningful, and that worthwhile things take time. You begin with what is actually in front of you and build from there.

I sometimes think about the breath in the same way: as a foundation.

Alongside that, I’ve spent years exploring meditation, philosophy, Taoism, Stoicism and my own breathing practice. All of it has gradually come together through what I’ve learned and what I’ve actually lived.

These days, the questions I’m interested in are bigger than breathwork.

What does it mean to actually be here for your own life?

I don’t pretend to have all of that worked out. I’m still exploring it myself.

That first experience on the beach brought me closer to myself, to other people and to the world around me.

Something about it felt real.

I wanted to understand it, and eventually I wanted to share it.

To me, our breath is an expression of our connection to the living world. The air moving through us is not ours alone. We breathe within the same world as the oceans, forests, animals and people around us.

There is something special about that.

Breathwork can be practical. It can be grounding. It can be deeply physical.

But I also believe there is mystery in it.

I like that the science doesn’t have to explain every part of the experience for the experience to matter.

And I don’t believe every session needs to be profound or that breathwork is the answer for everyone.

I also know what it costs to look capable on the outside while things are loud on the inside. Most of the people I work with are doing everything right and quietly running on empty.

I don’t share this work because it’s interesting. I share it because I had to rebuild my own life from the body up, and I have seen what happens when other people get the same chance.