Most people listening to this will probably know me as Breathe With James ~ despite still struggling with health issues, I went on to train as a Breathwork Practitioner, initially training in a style of breathwork called Conscious Connected Breathing (CCB) which focuses on using one’s breath to “process and clear” emotional charge or what we might label as trauma from the body. I taught this style of breathwork for a couple of years ~ and was incredibly successful doing so ~ sometimes guiding upwards of 400+ people through CCB sessions online. 

But I soon became disillusioned with the practice…I had initially been attracted to CCB on the premise that it was a quick fix to resolve my underlying emotional discomfort and ongoing health issues ~ I liked the idea of attending a few workshops, going on a retreat and being able to resolve all of my “stuff” in a few cathartic experiences. In hindsight, I have come to understand how naive this was.

The disillusionment was primarily triggered by an evolving understanding of nervous system health and the complexities and nuances behind moving into a more organised nervous system state.

Discovering the world of the nervous system was a light bulb moment for me ~ when I saw how many of my symptoms over the years had been a result of a dysregulated nervous system, I devoured every book, podcast and article I could find on nervous system health.

This culminated in two things:

• Firstly, pivoting my breathwork business and launching my own breathwork app with a suite of guided sessions oriented around nervous system down-regulation. 

• Secondly, formalising my study of nervous system health through completing a year long training in Organic Intelligence, created by Steve Hoskinson.