Breathwork & Somatic Healing

Space to slow down, and come home to yourself.

Breathwork, somatic healing sessions and private yoga with Katie — a gentle, trauma-informed practice for finding safety in the body again.

“Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that needs our love.”

When we experience healing, it affects the people in our circle, our community — and we begin to heal as a collective.

The Work

Two ways to work together

Each session is shaped around you — your body, your nervous system, and what feels right in that moment.

01 — In the body

Breathwork & Somatic Healing Sessions

Breathwork and somatic healing sessions use methods learned from BBTRS, Internal Family Systems, and somatic therapies. Katie creates a safe container for you to explore felt sensations in the body, using breath and movement — working to gain a deeper understanding of the specific way your body feels and holds emotion, tension and trauma. From that place of understanding, the work turns to releasing stuck energy and increasing nervous system resilience.

BBTRS

Internal Family Systems

Somatic therapies

02 — In movement

Private Yoga Classes

Private classes allow you to practise from the comfort and convenience of your own space. Katie collaborates with you both before and throughout the class to ensure your needs are met — incorporating movement and breath that is specifically catered to your body and preferences in that moment, creating a personalised experience.

Online

In person

Fully personalised

Offered both online and in person — location details available on request.

About

A little about Katie

Katie — facilitator, Breathing Free

I’ve travelled extensively over the past decade, living on several different continents, seeking out sunshine, good surf, beautiful mountains and magical people.

I knew early on that I wanted to learn about the world through my own experiences — and through those experiences I found myself drawn to healing work. For myself, at first, and then feeling called to hold space for others to heal as well.

My gifting is in creating an environment where others can feel safe: in holding space with empathy, compassion and softness. I believe there is tremendous power in softness — in approaching our inner worlds gently, with love and curiosity.

I am here to offer guidance and a safe space to look inwards, and to support you in integrating whatever it is that you find. I believe in helping others learn a skillset they can use to heal themselves, and share with the people in their life. When an individual is able to work through their traumas and triggers, it gives them the space they need to flourish and grow.

Even at the best of times, it can be overwhelming to find support for ourselves — there are millions of people offering thousands of different modalities. It’s a daunting task. But the beauty of that is there are a myriad of paths to healing, and I’ve always felt it important to have a varied skillset to meet people where they’re at.

Training & Certification

Continued Study

Polyvagal Theory · Internal Family Systems (IFS) · Somatic Experiencing · Sensorimotor Psychotherapy

Approach

Held with softness, not fixed

You are not a problem to be solved. This work is about remembering what you already carry — with support, at your own pace.

Safety

A container held with care, so your body can settle before it opens.

Curiosity

Approaching what arises with gentleness rather than judgement.

Wholeness

You are not broken, and there is nothing here that needs fixing.

Integration

Skills you keep — to return to yourself, again and again.

A Medicine Woman's Prayer

I will not rescue you, for you
are not powerless.
I will not fix you, for you are
not broken.
I will not heal you, for I see you
in your wholeness.
I will walk with you through
the darkness as you remember
your light.

— Sheree Bliss Tilsley