We breathe without thinking, but how we breathe determines how we feel and therefore, think.

Here’s what modern life overlooks: the breath isn’t merely automatic - it’s a messenger. It continuously shapes your biochemistry, your physiology, and your psychological state. Your breath shapes your nervous system, your emotional state, your clarity, your ability to focus, and your capacity to meet life with presence instead of pressure.

Yet most of us breathe in patterns created during stress, speed, or survival.

Shallow. Tight. Fast. Protective.

Most people unknowingly breathe at only 20–30% of their full capacity. Chronic stress, past emotional experiences, and challenging life events can lead to shallow, restricted, and dysfunctional breathing patterns

Breathwork retrains your breath to support the life you want to live - not the one your body was once protecting you from.

It shifts you out of reactivity and into regulation. Out of tension and into presence. Out of survival and back into yourself. When your breath changes, your state changes. And when your state changes, your innate intelligence becomes available again - clarity, calm, intuition, choice.

You practice breathwork because your breath is the most powerful tool you have for shifting your inner world, in real time, from the inside out.

Become conscious of your breath, and you change the way you experience your life.

Breathwork can be a powerful support if you are seeking nervous system regulation and stress relief, emotional processing or release, greater self-awareness and clarity or a deeper connection with your body and inner world.

That said, breathwork is not for everyone.

Breathwork should be avoided under certain conditions including but not limited to pregnancy, epilepsy, severe cardiovascular conditions, uncontrolled high blood pressure, glaucoma, a history of stroke, aneurysm, or recent surgery, as well as certain mental health conditions such as acute psychosis or unmanaged severe anxiety.

This practice, while powerful, is not a replacement for medical or psychological care, nor is it always the right entry point for everyone. Certain physical or mental health conditions may require adaptations or make specific techniques unsuitable. This is why discernment, honest communication, and skilled facilitation matter.

At TGW, we prioritise safety, consent, and integrity, and we will always guide you toward what feels most supportive for your current season. Every participant is required to complete and sign an agreement form prior to the session, confirming their understanding of the practice and taking full responsibility for their own health and wellbeing. By signing, participants acknowledge the listed contraindications and confirm that they have sought guidance and clearance from their licensed healthcare provider where relevant.

Every session is personalised to the participants’ needs: be it on a 1-1 or group format.

At TGW, our facilitator Marta is trained in The Wim Hof Method. Drawing from her continuous study of diverse techniques, she infuses a blend of somatic practices and breathing styles based on the uniqueness of each session.

Marta’s way of delivering Breathwork sessions is human, creative, highly intuitive and thoughtful. Whether you are an individual, organization or group, Marta will attentively intake your vision and end-goal. From there, she will materialise it into a uniquely-crafted Breathwork journey.

Ready to shape your vision?

Schedule your discovery call with Marta here and find out whether we’re the right fit for you.

When facilitated professionally and with proper screening, breathwork is safe for most people.

We create a trauma-informed container, monitor participants throughout, and are trained to support various experiences that may arise.

That said, breathwork is a powerful practice that can bring up intense physical sensations and emotions. This is why proper contraindication screening is essential, and why Marta will always encourage you to listen to your body, take breaks when needed, and communicate with her throughout the session.

The physiological effects depend on the specific breathwork technique being used.

For nose-breathing, slower practices like certain pranayama techniques: Controlled nasal breathing activates your parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest mode), helping to calm your mind and regulate your nervous system. These practices often balance oxygen and carbon dioxide levels, promoting coherence between your heart, breath, and brain. You may experience a sense of calm, mental clarity, warmth, or gentle energy moving through your body.

For more intensive mouth-breathing practices like Holotropic Breath: Conscious connected breathing through the mouth increases oxygen intake while releasing more CO2 than usual. This temporarily shifts your blood pH (becoming slightly more alkaline), which can create tingling sensations, temperature changes, or muscle tension - particularly in the hands and face. You're activating your sympathetic nervous system initially, then dropping into a deeply parasympathetic state. This process can release stored tension, emotions, and trauma held in the body.

Regardless of the modality, breathwork works with your body's natural intelligence. The altered states you may experience are your natural physiology at work, and you remain in control throughout.

Whether you’ve booked a private 1-1 session or a group session, you will be receiving a welcome pack with all information on best practices prior to and after your session, as well as common bodily sensations.

Expectations are the mind's way of trying to control an experience that lives far beyond the mind. When you arrive at breathwork with a fixed idea of what you "should" feel, see, or release, you limit what's actually ready to emerge. Your body holds its own wisdom. Your breath knows what you need - and it's rarely what you think you need.

Some sessions are quiet, subtle, almost uneventful on the surface while profound shifts happen beneath. Others call for tears, rage, cathartic release. Some people journey through colors and visions; others feel grounded and present in their bodies. There is no hierarchy of experience. There is no "good" or "bad" session.

The most powerful breathwork happens when you surrender the need to perform, achieve, or have a breakthrough. When you let your nervous system lead instead of your intellect. When you trust that whatever arises - even if it's stillness, even if it's discomfort, even if it's nothing like what your friend described - is exactly what your system needs in this moment.

Release the expectation. Receive what comes. That's where the real medicine lives.