Soulcentric Breathwork

A journey into the healing intelligence of the body —
to uncover the original instructions of who you came here to be

Journey Within
Journey Within

What lies in wait, at the core of you?

Those who will not slip beneath
the still surface on the well of grief

turning downward through its black water
to the place we cannot breathe

will never know the source from which we drink,
the secret water, cold and clear,

nor find in the darkness glimmering
the small round coins
thrown by those who wished for something else
—David Whyte

Soul is the deepest truth of who you came here to be in this lifetime, your “original instructions.” Poet David Whyte describes it as the “truth at the center of the image you were born with.” It take’s courage to seek your soul, buried as it is beneath layers of grief, wounding and conditioning.

Unlike most breathwork that focuses on “transcendence” (ascending out of the body), Soulcentric Breathwork is a journey of inscendence—inward and downward—into the deepest levels of your body, your being, to glimpse this truth. Like a buried treasure at the core of you.

To get there, we must enter the cold, clear waters, the well of grief. Most of us were never taught how to fully feel our emotions. We learned early—through family, culture, religion—to suppress, act as if everything was OK, tough it out, or suck it up. To stay on the surface. To keep moving. When the grief doesn't get grieved, it shows up as grievances. When the anger is repressed, we become depressed. The shame is pushed deep, where it subtly undermines our self worth.

But have heart, dear one—each grief expressed contains a glimmering gift, like small round coins, nuggets of wisdom, freedom, clarity. As you inscend further and further, a treasure awaits:

The soul gifts you came to live into the world.

“If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you.

If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.”
— The Gnostic Gospels
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How it works

The soul speaks in metaphors, symbols, and sensations. Its language is both somatic and mythopoetic—which is why to journey there, we guide this breathwork using the power of archetypes, myths, and poetry.

Each session follows the Soma+IQ™ Arc — a six-round breathwork structure developed from the Holotropic tradition of Stanislav Grof, evolved by my teacher Stephen Jaggers to include hands-on bodywork, NLP cueing, and the use of mirror neurons to match and amplify what arises in the body.

The first three rounds are activating—a conscious-connected breath rhythm that wakes the nervous system up and brings to the surface what has been stored: grief, rage, shame, joy, euphoria. Whatever is coming up,

The second three rounds are repatterning — slow, nasal, elongated exhale. The nervous system settles. What was activated begins to integrate, insight becoming embodied.

Between each round: a breath hold. A moment of stillness. This is where the soul speaks — in image, sensation, symbol. This is the mythopoetic threshold.

Every session is held within a mythic or poetic journey — drawn from the world's great initiatory traditions, descent myths, and poets who have always known how to speak the soul's language. The myth gives the subconscious a map. The archetype gives our wounds a nurturing nest larger than our personal history. Poetry, as David Whyte says, “is language against which we have no defense.”

“The full experience of a negative emotion is the funeral pyre of that emotion.”
— Stanislav Grof, co-founder of Holotropic Breathwork
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  • A man provides CPR to a person lying on the grass outdoors, with a support pillow nearby and a water bottle beside them, under a shade sail with trees and grass in the background.
  • Three men and one woman sitting cross-legged on mats in a meditation pose, with eyes covered by cloths, inside a bamboo structure with an outdoor view of trees and flowers.
  • Two young men engage in a wrestling match on the grass outdoors, with a canopy overhead and trees in the background, during daylight.
  • A man with a beard and tattoos is kneeling on the floor, assisting a person lying on their back during a yoga or meditation class. Several other people are lying on mats in the background, engaging in relaxation or meditation exercises in a spacious, industrial-style room.
  • Two men lying on a mat on the grass, one shirtless and wearing a black cap, the other in a green shirt leaning over him, with another person lying in the background.
  • Man leading a meditation or yoga class outdoors on grass under a large canopy with a few participants lying on mats in the background, surrounded by greenery and trees, with a building and blue sky in the distance.
  • A man giving CPR to another man lying on a yoga mat outdoors in a grassy area with trees in the background.
  • Yoga class in a spacious, bright studio with large windows overlooking trees and a cloudy sky. A instructor stands at the front, leading participants seated on yoga mats, some with bolsters. The studio has wooden floors, colorful walls, and a spiral staircase on the right, with artwork on the wall.
  • People relaxing and practicing yoga on mats inside a wooden structure with an open view of trees and mountains at sunset.
  • A group of people participating in a yoga class in a bright, spacious room with large windows showing a scenic outdoor view. The instructor stands at the front, guiding the class.
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  • People lying on yoga mats and pillows under a large white canopy outdoors during sunset.
  • A person giving CPR to another person lying on a mat outdoors during sunset, with a grassy field and trees in the background.
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