Full Circle: Breathing into What’s Next
When I look back at where this journey began, it feels like a lifetime ago already.
From that first tentative session where I wasn’t sure if I was “doing it right”, through the tears, the softening, the staying, and then the expansion into connection, each breathe has changed me in ways I could never have imagined.
Breathwork began as a lifeline alongside coaching. A way to feel less lost in the storm of disconnection, heartbreak, and uncertainty.
Slowly, its became a practice, a place where I return to when the noise inside feels too loud. Over time, its growing into something bigger, a way of relating to myself, to others, to life itself. And now, it is simply part of me.
Not something I pick up and put down, but a way I live.
What’s beautiful is that, in many ways, I’ve come full circle. I began this journey searching for connection and here I am, finding it not only within myself but in the way I meet the world. The difference now is that I no longer believe connection comes from performing, proving, or perfecting. It comes from presence. From being willing to breathe, stay, and open. Even when it feels hard, even when I stumble and even when I would rather hibernate in the confines of my home and head.
This doesn’t mean I’ve “arrived” anywhere. Far from it. I’m still learning. I still forget. I still catch myself holding my breath through moments of fear or doubt. I still experience dysfunctional breathing and have to remind myself to do things differently. But now I know I don’t need to stay stuck there in those challenges. I have the breath to return me home, again and again.
As this chapter of my journey starts to come to a close, I realise something important, breathwork hasn’t given me a finish line. It’s given me a way of travelling. A way of walking through life with more softness, more curiosity, and more trust.
So, while this might be the last blog in this series, it isn’t the end. It’s simply a pause. A moment to honour how far I’ve come, before stepping into whatever comes next - one breath at a time.
And perhaps that’s the invitation I want to leave with you.
Wherever you are, whatever you’re facing, whatever stories you carry – Pause and take one conscious breath. All the way in. All the way out. Feel the ground beneath you. Come back to yourself.
Because in the end, the breath is always there. And so are you.
