the foundational practice

Upasana Integration
Breathwork™

— meet the work once. Feel what it actually is.

A single, complete container. The breath, slowly. The body, held. What's been carried, given room to move.

what it is

A continuous, connected breath —
no pause between inhale and exhale.

That's the technique itself. Everything else — preparation, container, music, pacing, support — is what the practice is built around.

Breath is one of the few things you can use to speak directly to the nervous system. The slow exhale settles it; the connected breath reaches patterns the mind can't.

Read the science on the Breath page →
the lineage

Upasana Integration Breathwork is a trauma-informed evolution of Conscious Connected Breathwork, following the learnings of Leonard Orr and the Rebirthing Breathwork tradition. It integrates experience and knowledge drawn from somatic trauma recovery.

Met where it is

The breath is met where it already is, never pushed toward a prescribed intensity.

Felt, not just spoken

Somatic tools make the support something the body feels, not only hears.

Paced to capacity

You move at what your system can hold — integration over release.

most breathwork

Pushes the breath toward a prescribed intensity.

The body is asked to keep up with a fixed pace. Activation is the goal. Catharsis is the measure.

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this work

Meets the breath
where it is.

The pace adjusts to your nervous system. Support is felt in the body, not just spoken. What moves is what's ready.

what a session feels like

The shape of the breath, start to rest.

A held journey, start to rest — space for the body to feel, to be supported, and to integrate.

Building Phase the breath finds its rhythm Plateau Phase the fullest part, held Slowing Down Phase the body eases back The Breath Takes Over less effort — it carries itself Integration Phase 30 min · stillness, rest, what stays 30 MIN · INTRODUCTION 30 MIN · Q&A
30 min · introduction
Building Phase
the breath finds its rhythm
The Breath Takes Over
less effort — it carries itself
Plateau Phase
the fullest part, held
Slowing Down Phase
the body eases back
Integration Phase
30 min · stillness, rest, what stays
30 min · Q&A
what makes the experience

Six pieces of craft,
around the breath.

Not the breath itself — what's built around it.

Preparation

Intake + 20-min call. You arrive already supported.

Container

A space designed to create calmness and hold what surfaces.

Music

Curated to the intention of the container, never generic.

Guidance

Yaku paces your session live, not from a script.

Somatic tools

Grounding, orienting, resourcing — felt in the body.

Bodywork

Touch, with consent, where it helps movement.

what changes

It's not what releases —
it's what your system can hold.

Not the goal of a single session. What builds, and stays, as capacity grows.

Nervous system regulation

The body settles out of fight-or-flight. Safety isn't decided — it's learned, through repeated embodied experience.

Emotional processing

As capacity grows, held feeling becomes accessible — and can move, without overwhelm. What becomes possible, not what's forced.

Physical health

Eased tension. Steadier sleep. A lower baseline of stress, settling in over time.

See Breath, the Way In →
one-to-one

Held entirely for you.

Personalised to where your body actually is and what’s surfacing. In person, or online once we’ve practised together.

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in a group

Held alongside others.

The collective field deepens what's possible in the room.

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what people have said

After their first session.

"
This wasn't just breathwork. It felt like stepping beyond the mind into something much deeper. Clarity and peace that stayed with me long after.
Gabriela M.
"
As someone who lives in logic and overthinking, this was the first time I truly felt connected to my body. The experience surpassed my expectations.
John W.

Common Questions

Is this safe for me?+

For most people, yes. There are real contraindications — cardiovascular, pregnancy, certain medications. We screen for these in the intake call.

What if I get emotional?+

That's normal, expected, and part of the work. The container is designed to hold it.

Do I need experience?+

No. Most people arrive without it. The first session is designed for first-timers.

How is this different from holotropic or Wim Hof?+

Trauma-informed, capacity-paced. We don't push you into the activation those approaches rely on.

Try the work once.
See what your body says.

It begins with a conversation — thirty minutes, with nothing you need to prepare.