A Space to Breathe

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Most of us have been taught that stress is something to avoid. To manage. To get rid of.But your nervous system was neve...
13/05/2026

Most of us have been taught that stress is something to avoid. To manage. To get rid of.

But your nervous system was never designed to live without it.

It was designed to move through it to activate, adapt, and return to balance.

The question isn’t how do I stop feeling stressed.
It’s - am I actually getting the chance to recover?
That’s where everything changes.

Nervous system informed. Science grounded. Human centred.

What does a 10km swim relay have to do with breathwork? Everything 🌿The most swimming I have ever done in my life, and e...
12/05/2026

What does a 10km swim relay have to do with breathwork? Everything 🌿

The most swimming I have ever done in my life, and every session has taught me something.

But here’s what this training has shown me - the body adapts. The nervous system builds capacity. Not through force through consistency, community, breath and coaches who programme with purpose 🌿

And in open water - just like in a breathwork session - safety comes first. And when you feel safe, the breath becomes your anchor 🌬️ ⚓️

Safety comes from community, from trusted coaches and from showing up consistently until your nervous system knows - I’ve got this 💛

We’ve been training breathing patterns, two beat kick and grip and rip - all designed to find rhythm in the water without over activating the nervous system. More on that soon....

Three sessions a week. The incredible squad and the most amazing coaches Gaby and Theresa, who go above and beyond with programming that has genuinely built my capacity week by week. And four women, the Dam Divas, who show up for each other every single time.

Last week I swam 3km at squad. My biggest distance ever.
Still nervous. Still showing up.

What I’m learning, and living, is that the nervous system needs to restore before it can regulate. And regulation is what builds real resilience over time 🌿

A Space to Breathe isn’t what I offer - it’s what I’m constantly finding for myself 🌿 In the water, in life, in every exhale 🌊

Body. Breath. Rhythm. And an exhale.

23/04/2026

Last weekend something extraordinary happened. 🎶

Two full days of gong training and workshop with the incredible Mae of - her knowledge, generosity and ability to hold space for our own creativity within the sound was extraordinary. She gave us the techniques and then the freedom to find our own voice within them. Truly remarkable teaching. 🎶

And then, an overnight puja to close it all. Over seven hours of gong, sound and ceremony. Five gongs in a cage at the centre of the room. Paiste, wind gong and instruments that vibrate at frequencies your whole body feels.

I played my own 45 minute set at 2.30am - fully immersed, tuned in. The kind of experience that reminds you why you do this work.

Sound works at a cellular level. We are mostly water - and water conducts vibration beautifully. Different frequencies shift brainwave states, stimulate the vagus nerve and invite the nervous system from activation into deep rest.

This is not performance. This is resonance.

The puja opened with the most beautiful Kundalini Yoga with the incredible to prime the bodies and nervous systems - and Sam not only held the closing Kindalini practice to bring us gently back, but her stunning studio held the entire experience. A space that had everything and more 🌿

And to the beautiful Beings I shared this with - playing alongside you was something I won’t forget 🤍

And I came home with a Triton Conch. 🐚
Because apparently once you start you don’t stop.

Breath. Body. Rhythm. And an Exhale. 🌿

your exhale is your superpower.Most of us were never taught this. But when you lengthen your exhale beyond your inhale y...
16/04/2026

your exhale is your superpower.

Most of us were never taught this. But when you lengthen your exhale beyond your inhale you signal safety to your nervous system. Activation softens. The body begins to restore.

This is not magic. This is physiology.

Try it now - inhale for 4, exhale for 6, 7, 8. Notice what shifts. Your heartbeat. Your shoulders. Your jaw.

This is what we explore in sessions - gently, safely, at your own pace.

Breath. Body. Rhythm. And an Exhale.

📍 1:1 sessions & breathwork - Cairns
🔗 link in bio www.aspacetobreathe.com.au

the wet season is ending (well maybe not today). the air is shifting. cairns is transitioning. and so are we. 🌿Transitio...
16/04/2026

the wet season is ending (well maybe not today). the air is shifting. cairns is transitioning. and so are we. 🌿

Transition doesn’t have to mean force. It doesn’t have to mean pushing forward.
It can simply mean allowing energy to reorganise. 🌳

Momentum doesn’t always look like speed. Sometimes it looks like breathing. 🌬️
Sometimes it looks like choosing not to rush. Even when we feel still - we are still transitioning.

The breath transitions. The season transitions. Our nervous system transitions between activation and rest.
Nothing is static.

In yoga we practice being with transition in small ways - shifting weight, lengthening an exhale, softening the jaw so that forward movement feels resourced rather than reactive.

Not all movement is dramatic. Some transitions are subtle. A longer exhale. A softened shoulder. A clearer boundary.
We are always in transition. And we get to choose the pace.

From steadiness, momentum builds…not the kind that pushes, not the kind that burns out - but the kind that grows quietly. 🤫

Breath. Body. Rhythm. And an Exhale.

📍 Weekly yoga & breathwork - Cairns
🔗 link in bio www.aspacetobreathe.com.au

A couple of weeks ago I had the privilege of being invited into the Bank of Queensland, Lake Street Cairns to guide five...
14/04/2026

A couple of weeks ago I had the privilege of being invited into the Bank of Queensland, Lake Street Cairns to guide five incredible staff members through a 45 minute breathwork session - before the doors opened and the demands of the day began. 🏦🌿

Five people. A boardroom. And a moment to press pause.

Not to shy away from the responsibilities that awaited them - but to recalibrate. To exhale. To arrive at their day with a little more steadiness and space before the emails, the customers, the noise, and the endless demands that come with showing up for others every single day.

Some had never done breathwork before. There was curiosity. A little uncertainty.
And by the end? Smiles, easy conversation, and a request to have the singing bowls piped through the branch speaker system permanently. 😆

That’s the power of pressing pause. 🌿

If you lead a team, manage a workplace, or simply know your people deserve a moment to breathe before their attention is needed elsewhere. I’d love to bring this to you.
You’re warmly invited 🔗 www.aspacetobreathe.com.au

Breath. Body. Rhythm. And an Exhale. 🌿

05/04/2026

A Space to Breathe is officially here. 🌿

A place to pause. To breathe. To gently return to yourself.

Whether you’re curious about breathwork, yoga, Reiki, or crystal sound - or looking for something steady to come back to this space was created for you.

Based in Cairns. Available online. Always at your pace.

You’re warmly invited - link in bio 🔗www.aspacetobreathe.com.au

Breath. Body. Rhythm. And an Exhale. 🌬️

✨ Grateful for this space and the humans that bring it to life. .studios
05/02/2026

✨ Grateful for this space and the humans that bring it to life. .studios

Nature’s rhythm helps me slow down, reconnect, and remember my own rhythm-part of life, work, and everything in between ...
03/02/2026

Nature’s rhythm helps me slow down, reconnect, and remember my own rhythm-part of life, work, and everything in between 🌊💛

Breath. Body. Rhythm.

📸 Lake pics captured by Glen in the safety boat🚤

31/01/2026

Nature shows us how to breathe, flow, and be present 🌿💦
From tiny visitors to wild wonders, practice takes all forms.

breath. body. rhythm.

📍 On the Wallaby Eco Lodge Yungaburra
🌳 The Atherton Tablelands FNQ

Nature keeps showing up in the studio 🌿Practice in all forms.breath. body. rhythm.📍KYND Studios Stratford 🌳
31/01/2026

Nature keeps showing up in the studio 🌿
Practice in all forms.

breath. body. rhythm.

📍KYND Studios Stratford 🌳

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Level 1/347 Sheridan Street
Cairns North, QLD
4870

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