A practice based on Conscious Connected Breathing, a circular and continuous breathing technique in which the inhale and exhale are connected without deliberate pauses. In a session, connected breathing is combined with music and attention to the body to support deeper somatic and emotional exploration and, under certain conditions, non-ordinary states of consciousness. The approach prioritizes autonomy, consent, and regulation, allowing the intensity and pace of the breathing to be adjusted to each person and what they need in the moment.

Approaches like Holotropic Breathwork, Rebirthing, Shamanic Breathwork, Transformational Breath, and Vivation each developed independently, with their own structure and, often, their own philosophy or belief system. This approach draws from these practices but isn’t tied to a particular methodology, nor does it aim to lead you toward a predetermined experience. It prioritizes autonomy, consent, regulation, and listening to the body, adapting rhythm, duration, position, and way of breathing to you.

This kind of breathwork can produce non-ordinary states of consciousness, sharing some subjective elements with psychedelic experiences, though they aren’t the same. A fundamental difference is agency: with a psychedelic substance, the experience continues while its effects are active; with this breathwork, you can influence the intensity by changing your breathing, slowing down, opening your eyes, or returning to natural breathing. There’s no strong scientific evidence this kind of breathing produces enough DMT to explain these states, but the experiences that arise are still real and can be deeply meaningful.

I am trained in Art Therapy, but in these sessions I am not acting as a therapist — I am holding the space. The art exercises we use draw on art therapy principles as a way to access what may sit below conscious awareness and give it a way to be expressed, without needing to put it into words. What matters is the process of expression itself, not artistic skill or the finished result. No previous art experience is needed.

Meditative art uses simple, often repetitive creative processes — like flowing lines, pattern, or colour — as a way to slow down and anchor attention in the present moment, similar to how breath is used in meditation. Combined with breathwork, it becomes a gentle way to ground yourself, settle the nervous system, and stay present with whatever is arising, rather than a technique aimed at producing a particular image.

Bilateral drawing is a body-based art practice that I combine with breathwork to explore what is happening in the body, to feel and express sensations, held tension, emotions and movement without words. Both hands move at once, often mirroring each other, synchronizing both brain hemispheres. It gives the body a voice — giving tension a shape, emotion a rhythm, and moving what the body has been holding. It also helps with self-regulation and focus.