The Sacred Breath, Saltford (2025)

05/01/2024

The language of Water

I am not sure if you are familiar with Veda Austin’s work, but it is truly inspirational and resonates deeply with my understanding of the true magnificence of water. I am nurturing a very early relationship with water, yet since inviting this in, I am truly grateful for all that she has taught me.

Veda studies the language of water, and its consciousness. Of course it makes sense right, that something that has been around since the dawn of time, and gives us life, would hold all of eternity within its waves. But I think she is so much more than we can ever imagine, or have even ever thought about. Why are we drawn to water so much? Why does it sooth us? When we want to go on holiday we go to the sea?

She has so many faces, she can be dark and menacing and even sometimes dangerous, or she can be sparkling in a bubbly sunlit brook, she can be solid ice, or beautiful fractal snow flakes, she can balance on the tip of a blade of grass. She is always returning to herself, and follows the path of least resistance. From the embryonic fluid that teleported us here, to the vastness of the oceans. I am in awe.

These images are hydroglyphs from Veda’s collection and they represent the symbols that show up in ice readings, they have meanings. These ones are called the Tree of Life which represents wholeness: Nature: As above : So Below. The many hydroglyphs have taken her years to decode. What can also be seen under the canopy either side of the truck, are also very similar to the hydroglyph for lungs and breath!

I took a water sample from the rebirthing pool in Oct after our retreat and froze it, (I am no expert) but I had a reading by Mariel, and she likened it to The Tree of Life and also the Lungs / Breath hydroglyphs. I didn’t tell her what we were doing on retreat.

So the invitation Is next time, you step into water, see what more can become of your relationship with her. She needs us to understand her, to appreciate her wonders.

04/01/2024

Hey this is really interesting : watching children talking about their feelings.. and how they can relate them to their felt sense in their bodies… so vividly ! Thank you Kath Veitch for sharing x

31/12/2023

I have to say that I am a person who mainly lives in the light. I am blessed with two beautiful children who are just incredible, I have a home and close family and friends who are constantly in touch, all the projects I start actually happen and are always collaborations that benefit and provide growth for others. I have what seems like endless energy for life.

So when darkness hits i feel really stuck, like I’ll never feel any differently. Now this is a feeling I am very used too, this is how I spent the majority of my teenage years and into mid twenties. But now I ‘should have’ the tools and knowledge to be with it.

It’s like a menacing dark witch, whose swirls of dark thoughts filled with shame and guilt and betrayal are hovering over me. She comes in and stays. The light tries to fight her but has no energy, no joy. No matter the wonder around us it cannot be felt. So what must we do?

There is only one thing to do, it’s to try and see what the teachings are. To surrender and not fight but to look and listen carefully. To lie in the stillness. Not to push. I’m in such overwhelm I cannot speak at times, with horrible brain fog. It’s a big step to let yourself be held like this. Firstly to be held in the darkness but also to reach for support. I know I must go to my body, to my breath for release.

When we feel the darkness coming, we need not be afraid. Resistance makes it all feel worse, acceptance that this part of life and to wait patiently for the teachings, to remind yourself you are loved and you are love, even if you don’t believe it. And this too shall pass.

Like the conscious connected breath, it’s just a cycle, an opening, something happens, an understanding or experience and integration.

Sending love to all those who are not in a fun festive place right now. You are in my thoughts and prayers

Let us remember we are creating space for something else to come through ……

25/12/2023

T23am class

Well what a ride that was! We’ve just finished another cohort of Breathwork facilitator training with 25 students. And this group I have to say were very special. It was a real privilege to witness the depth of intimacy and openness that we are willing to go to when we feel safe.

There is nothing I love more than supporting people who want to open their wings, take an enormous leap of faith and fly… of course it’s often a bumpy take off… but this group in one way or another did just that.

Rebirthed a new part of themselves. I wish them all the luck for the future and cannot wait to see the adventures ahead of them.

See you for graduation!

Big thanks to all the mentors, Kira, Christina, Carolina and Podjanee as well as my glamorous assistant and absolute legend and of course co trainer .pablo for holding such a safe container.

19/12/2023

It’s not about you!

I’m going to post a series on what makes a good conscious connected Breathwork
(CCB) facilitator, this is the second in the series.

One of the hardest things I’ve been getting my head around recently has to be this seemingly crazy void like feeling that happens when a client leaves.

So those of us who are CCB facilitator’s would agree this is no regular therapy! We are in essence supporting people into an altered state of consciousness by using a simple breath technique.

But what I’m sitting with at the moment is the sheer depth of some of these sessions, I mean you can be meeting someone on a soul level, or working with inter generational ancestoral healing, or a birth regression. And after this very intimate connection you part ways. Now this might be after one session or it might be after a year, but you part ways.

And you’re left with this sense of never really knowing the impact the work has on your client. But this is where the lesson is. We don’t need to know. Because we trust implicitly that their psyche took exactly what they needed at this time.

It’s like, I thank you, I bless and you and I let you go! There’s no need for the ego to be massaged as a success because that’s not who’s doing the space holding! You are merely a channel for the clients light and a higher consciousness.

17/12/2023

IMBOLC CELEBRATIONS - BREATHWORK & SOUND JOURNEY
, ST MICHAELS HILL, BRISTOL, BS2 8FN
JAN 28TH 2024 - 18.00 DOORS, FOR A 18.15
START - 21.00, CLOSING BY 22.00
lam super excited to be collaborating with sound healer & Breathworker Janey Repass at this stunning venue in Bristol this January. We will be exploring the earth’s new energy phase of Imbolc, through a deep conscious connected breathwork journey whilst being held beautifully by a unique live ambient sound scape.
Imbolc is the Celtic winter cross quarter festival: the festival of earth awakening! To celebrate the earth’s yearly cycle is to take part in ancient tradition. It is an opportunity to re-learn what we have long forgotten and to re-find connections long buried and suppressed.
This evening is where we honour our ancient traditions by gathering together and celebrating this time, by being a bridge between the ancient and the new, may it remind us we are all part of the natural world, part of something sacred, part of a whole. In this three hour guided journey you will have an opportunity to: Listen deeply to yourself, reflect upon the year ahead
Spend time in a place of enquiry and silent journalling
Enter the breathwork journey and sound meditation.
The breathwork we will practise is conscious connected breathwork, it is a circular breath, which can be deep and profound, and can induce transformative states of consciousness. It is an embodied practise. This combined with a live sound meditation will really allow your body and breath to guide you through the perfect experience for you... This is an opportunity for self enquiry where altered states of awareness can inspire insights and resolutions as well as uncover long held limiting beliefs. £40 or £35 concessions-link in my instagram bio or on my website: https://www.thesacredbreath.co.uk/winter-imbloc-copy

15/12/2023

I’m going to post a series on what makes a good conscious connected Breathwork (CCB) facilitator
When I set the intention to create these posts, I immediately came across this beautiful quote. It resonated deeply with me, ‘My job is to be a space where nothing in me is preventing the changes to emerge in you’.

When I read it, my body responded by taking a deep full breath. Something that comes with a regular Breathwork practise as a space holder is a profound connection to our body. One of the ways to be able to connect deeply with our body is through CCB.

As Breathwork Facilitators it is so important for us to have done inner work, to really explore every aspect of ourselves to get to know ourselves inside out! To uncover our triggers, what lights us up, our passions, our unconscious patterns, even going back to conception and birth. By doing this work we become a clear container, the shamanic traditions call it a hollow bone. Now I understand why.

When you space hold for someone they can surrender to a very vulnerable young place. They can journey so deeply, that there is almost a primal nurturing that is needed. But this cannot be from a place of ego, something we feel WE are doing, it cannot be a from a place of judgement, it must be from a place of unconditional love. And in order to feel that fully within ourselves and the other we must do our own work!

So a good facilitator will be continuing to work on themselves, having regular sessions, also I feel it’s important to have a mentor. My aunt Lynn who’s been a Breathwork facilitator for over 40 years still has a mentor she goes too.

Next post coming soon ❤️❤️❤️

13/12/2023

https://THESACREDBREATH.as.me/thursdaygroupbreathe

Every Thursday 7 - 8.15pm UK time.
Suitable for all levels. A chance to delve deeper into your own inner world, guided meditations, different breath techniques, and a conscious connected breathwork session. Come and experience the power of group healing, where we all learn and grow from each other's experiences.

08/12/2023

Oh my goodness - we’ve done it ! off the press a lush recording of breath and bass!!!! A 45 minute Breathwork journey with live music written just for this experience… So if you’ve missed us this summer on tour then you can experience the full epic vibes of Breath & Bass in the comfort of your own home!!! Link in my bio x https://www.breathandbass.com

06/12/2023

New Breathwork Training starting Jan & Feb 2024

AIR School of Breathwork was one of the first schools to be accredited by the GPBA, over 10 years ago!

This is a conscious connected Breathwork Facilitator training that takes you on a deep inner journey by teaching you the skills to be a confident, caring and professional space holder.

The week long intensive modules can be taken as one off deep personal inner work, or as part of the five module training. Are you ready to transform your life? Each module covers a different period of your life! Link to more info on website in my bio.

Next modules 19 - 25 Jan online or 23 Feb - 1 March in Devon UK
The foundations of our teachings are Truth, Simplicity and Love… with the lineage of this school being simply the power of a conscious breath.

The Sacred Breath module

SACRED BREATH TRAINING MODULE
When we are in utero, and up to the age of 18 months, our limbic system is highly sensitive to the world around us, our experiences are stored as body memories and stay with us for a lifetime. In this module we explore the impact on your psyche of your birth experience and your younger years. We look at your perinatal experiences & traumas, moving through early years, your stages of development, and how this relates to your sense of Self.
* Discovering your Natural Breath (which is your unique breath pattern)
* Identifying the influence your Birth, perinatal and past life influences are having on your life.
* Identifying how other events in your life have affected your breathing and your thinking.
* Learning how to shift from Victim to Empowered Self.
* Uncovering unwanted patterns in your daily life.
* Explore the relationship between your parents and you as a baby
* Using Present Moment Awareness to liberate yourself from the shackles of the past.
* Looking into the anatomy of the Breath and learning to recognise energy patterns.
* Understanding how breathing energy works, how to enter altered states of consciousness and receive useful insights about your life.
* Learning to be comfortable with different energy states.
Link in bio for more info

06/12/2023

New Breathwork Training starting

AIR School of Breathwork was one of the first schools to be accredited by the GPBA, over 10 years ago!

This is a conscious connected Breathwork Facilitator training that takes you on a deep inner journey by teaching you the skills to be a confident, caring and professional space holder.

The week long intensive modules can be taken as one off deep personal inner work, or as part of the five module training. Are you ready to transform your life? Each module covers a different period of your life! Link to more info on website in my bio.

Next modules 19 - 25 Jan online or 23 Feb - 1 March in Devon UK
The foundations of our teachings are Truth, Simplicity and Love… with the lineage of this school being simply the power of a conscious breath.

The Sacred Breath module

SACRED BREATH TRAINING MODULE
When we are in utero, and up to the age of 18 months, our limbic system is highly sensitive to the world around us, our experiences are stored as body memories and stay with us for a lifetime. In this module we explore the impact on your psyche of your birth experience and your younger years. We look at your perinatal experiences & traumas, moving through early years, your stages of development, and how this relates to your sense of Self.
* Discovering your Natural Breath (which is your unique breath pattern)
* Identifying the influence your Birth, perinatal and past life influences are having on your life.
* Identifying how other events in your life have affected your breathing and your thinking.
* Learning how to shift from Victim to Empowered Self.
* Uncovering unwanted patterns in your daily life.
* Explore the relationship between your parents and you as a baby
* Using Present Moment Awareness to liberate yourself from the shackles of the past.
* Looking into the anatomy of the Breath and learning to recognise energy patterns.
* Understanding how breathing energy works, how to enter altered states of consciousness and receive useful insights about your life.
* Learning to be comfortable with different energy states.
Link in bio for more info or DM me

19/11/2023

What is Rebirthing Breathwork?

This is one of the most frequently asked questions I have from folk! So here’s my understanding….

The founder of Rebirthing was Leonard Orr, he was the first pioneer of conscious connected breathing (CCB) from 1962, and so mostly all forms of CCB in the west come from rebirthing. Its lineage is very spiritual and we are respectful of our teachers.

There are some different teachings: the first being the focus of this breath, we breath in and out through the nose or mouth. It’s a full dynamic inhale, and the exhale is relaxed with no pauses between the inhale and exhale, but the belief is: ‘Relaxation is the ultimate healer. Every breath induces relaxation, until the body is flooded with Divine Energy.’

So we need : The Understanding that we are breathing Energy and not just air!

At the AIR School of Breathwork where I teach rebirthing there are no contraindications taught as the breath is so gentle and the focus is relaxation. Yet the sessions are powerful and profound.

The focus is also on integration. So by allowing ourselves to experience a sensation in its fullest it allows it to dissolve or integrate into our energetic field. This means longer term transformations are possible, and people make significant changes to the way they see themselves and the world. Not just momentary highs or insights!

Rebirthing also means to unravel the birth-death cycle and to incorporate the body and mind into the conscious Life of the Eternal Spirit. This is why so many experiences during this work relate to birth trauma, our relationship with death, parental disapproval, karma of past lives, trauma from younger years etc.

The Breathwork sessions on land are long with anything up to and around an hours breathing depending on the breath cycle being completed. This also allows for deeper integration.

Finally, a lot of this work can be done in warm or cold water. Warm water 💦 typically can create birth experiences and cold water the death urge. (Fear) The deepest work I’ve witnessed.
If your interested in exploring this modality you can book a discovery call in the bio or website

12/11/2023

Qualifications
As more and more people become Breathwork facilitators around the world with all kinds of different courses and structures to trainings, I thought it was important to share this post!

Now this can feel like a bit of a mine field with so many directions to go in. Of course that fits with the nature of the breath…. Boundless, and free! So whilst keeping this close to you, the main advice I can give would be to really understand what it is that you are looking for, for example: deep inner work, coaching on day to day breathing practises for mental health and well being, some new tools to support your existing professional practise, support with exploring unhelpful patterns in your life or even training to be a conscious connected Breathwork facilitator.

Secondly, it’s important to find someone with the right qualifications and experience. Things you might consider are: who did they train with? How long was the training? How long have they been practising? Have they continued Continued professional development training? The GPBA breathworkalliance.com is a global organisation who certifies schools. They accredit professional Breathwork schools that need a min of 400hr training over a min of 2 years OR an ethically compliant Breathwork program which is 50 hrs training over min 9 months and 8hrs of ethics training. You can look here if this is important for you or ask the school if they are accredited. The IBF international Breathwork Foindation do NOT accredit schools but are a wonderful organisation supporting Breathwork around the world.

Thirdly, try to speak to the trainer, if it is a good school in my mind, they won’t hard sell you into their training. They would want what is best for you, of course you’ll be speaking to them because something has drawn you to them, so stay with that intuition.

I am always open to free discovery calls link in my bio to talk about the trainings I’m involved with, AIR School of Breathwork & Alchemy of Breath, but also give guidance on what you’re looking for.

Have a lovely day

10/11/2023

EPISODE SUMMARY - beautiful conversations with Leona Johnson

In this juicy conversation with Kerry Veitch we talk about the many paths to consciousness, healing and connection. We discuss how as humans we are finding our way back to ancient and new ways to breathe and how we are connecting to the power that the breath has to bring us into the fullest expression of ourself. Kerry is an amazing and inspiring human who has a rich history and many strings to her bow. Kerry is now an international breath work trainer and we are so grateful to have her speak with us for Connection Matters Podcast.

EPISODE NOTES

Things we talk about in this episode

Many different ways to breath

Breath as a way to access pure presence and consciousness.

Many health and wellbeing benefits to breathing

The rise in awareness due to breathwork and technology and lockdown

A way to help us come back to our essence and connect to ourselves as natural beings, one with life.

Out of body experiences.

Creative collaborations of breath and music- drum and bass.

Trauma release.

The reality of living in a disconnected culture that doesn't teach us to feel connected to ourselves and our inner wisdom.

Water emersion and breath.

Weekly breath sessions online.

Connect with Leona. Podcast is available in my bio as a link

03/11/2023

Breath & Bass
A deep digital journey guided by your breath

Wild Box, Bristol
Saturday 18th November 2023, 5.30 - 7.30pm

Join us for a unique experience, where two inspiring creatives combine their passions in life, Breath & Bass. Together, we'll be exploring Conscious Connected Breathwork with live music produced intentionally to combine healing tones with deep bass.

We’re taking you on a journey to tap into an altered state of consciousness that can be incredibly profound, healing and bring a deep sense of connection to yourself and to others.

This circular breath allows you to connect, mind, body and spirit and from this place anything is possible!

Price: £20 (limited places)
The Wild Box 14 Whitehouse Pl, Bristol BS3 4BL

Register in my bio .breath

This seems like a life time coming… from my days of free party organiser living on the road for a decade, life being filled with music, community and freedom! In the 1990’s. To a journey into festival managing Boomtown Festival & Producing The Common at Glastonbury… combining that spirit with the spirit of the Breath!!! Is a dream come true !

About Alex dubz
Alex 3:33 profesional producer and DJ has a long standing career in the music industry. He has toured the world, worked with A-list international artists and released chart topping music on top-tier record labels.

Fuelled by a spiritual awakening and a call to channel his energy into helping other souls heal and ascend. It Is through this calling he embarked on his breath work journey to birth Breathe and Bass with Kerry Veitch.

I was introduced to breath work when i took an online session with Kerry. The results were incredible, the places it took me to were astonishing. I learned so much about myself and now we want to offer this to you…..

25/10/2023

Charlotte Pulver : Yew Tree Immersion
Thursday 26th Oct 1.30 at Earth Spirit Centre in Compton Dundon till 5.30pm £40 - DM me to book
Our time together is held during the Celtic tide of Samhain, when all that is falling back to itself in life and nature dies; and a release of energy of rebirth can feel very tangeable. The veils can feel very thin to the ‘otherside’; a time where ancestral veneration is practised this time of year.

Next to where we are staying we will visit the ancient Compton Dundon Yew tree, a yew of at least 2,000 years old. This tree holds the gateway to the ancestors for it is the tree of the eternal, of renewal and regeneration. In many ancient cultures the Yew is regarded as the ‘God Tree’ - for if untampered with it has the ability to grow for eternity. The Yew is embodied eternity on earth.

During our time together you will be introduced to the lore of the Yew. Practises will be shared which will enable you to connect deeply with its presence for guidance and healing for self and planet in these times. Be prepared to be taken on a deep and wonderful journey connecting with the ‘well of memory’ the original waters which resides within this tree of life, whilst working sonically with all the old Yew names from the British isles in activating your connection to these beloved ancestors.

You will go away with having forged your own personal connection with the Yew in a deeply experiential way which is utterly unique to you. This will give you a strong foundation to assist an ever growing connection with the Yew for the rest of your life.

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YOUR HOST:
Charlotte Pulver at the heart of things is a modern day alchemist; born into the Pulver lineage of apothecarians.
She has been hosting ceremonies and pilgrimages for many years around the world; and helped co-found The Fellowship of the Spring, a group championing water guardianship in the British Isles.

Her healing path is very much rooted in the Yew mysteries and waters.
For this session people need to bring:
* waters from where you have come from ( be it a local spring, river or tap)
* notebook & pen

09/09/2023

The majestic nature of 💦 water…. And this is just a few square centimetres, now expand your mind globally…. All the oceans, lakes, Nordic Iceland’s, rivers, streams, the rain that falls from the sky, in hail or snow, even the water we carry in our body! This morning I woke up in my tent to be greeted by this reminder… how infinite and precious she is….. ❤️❤️❤️

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