We don’t treat preparation and integration as optional extras. They are part of the work.
How you arrive shapes what your body can receive. How you leave, and what you do in the hours that follow, shapes whether the experience stays with you or fades. We care about both, because we care about you having an experience that is not just felt in the room, but carried forward into your life.
BEFORE YOU ARRIVE
When you come to a session rushed, overstimulated, or disconnected from your body, your nervous system is already working hard to protect you. Taking even a little time to settle beforehand helps your body feel safe enough to soften. When that happens, the breath can move more freely, and you can receive more of what’s available.
Preparation isn’t about getting it right. It’s about meeting yourself honestly before we begin. Here’s what you can do:
01. PREPARE YOUR BODY
Avoid heavy meals for at least three hours before the session.
Drink plenty of water throughout the day, but stop drinking an hour before, so you’re not distracted mid-journey.
Avoid alcohol and recreational drugs for 24 hours beforehand.
If you can, take a short walk outside before we begin. Sun, air, trees. It helps more than you’d think.
02. PREPARE YOUR SPACE (ONLINE)
Make sure your device is charged and plugged in.
Wear headphones. They make a significant difference to the experience.
Let the people you live with know you need privacy for the session.
Create a space that feels safe and calm. Cushions, blankets, a candle if that helps. You’ll need somewhere to sit for the breathwork, and somewhere to lie down for the resting phase.
Use essential oils, palo santo, or incense. Whatever helps you feel settled and at home in your body.
03. LEAVE EXPECTATIONS AT THE DOOR
Every journey is different. Every person is different. Breathwork doesn’t need to look a certain way, and the images you might have seen online of intense releases and dramatic transformations are not the only version of this work. Often a session is quiet. Internal. Soft. That doesn’t make it less powerful.
Arrive with an open heart and a willingness to receive whatever comes, including nothing obvious. Whatever shows up is what’s ready.
04. ON SURRENDER
If your mind starts racing mid-session … analysing, questioning whether you’re doing it right, planning what you’re doing afterwards … notice it, and come back to the breath. You don’t need to fight the thoughts. Just let them move through, and return.
There’s no wrong way to breathe your way through this. I repeat the technique throughout the session, so you can always come back to it. And if you’re unsure at any point, ask.
05. YOU MATTER
If you’re going through something intense right now and you’re not sure how a session might land for you, please reach out before you begin.
For online sessions, email your facilitator beforehand. For in-person, find them before you start. You don’t have to share everything, just enough for them to know how to hold the space for you well.
Don’t underestimate what your body has just been through.
Every breath in a session directly influences your nervous system, your hormones, your emotional state, and your mental clarity. After a journey, you might feel calm, expansive, and clear. You might feel raw, emotional, or unusually tender. You might feel nothing obvious at all.
All of it is normal. All of it is part of the process.
Integration is how the experience becomes usable and not just felt in the moment. It, but embodied and carried forward. We close every session with care, guiding you back to your centre before you leave. What you do in the hours and days that follow matters just as much.
WHAT YOU MIGHT FEEL
∙ A desire to be quiet and stay with yourself. Trust it. It’s an invitation to go deeper while the experience is still close.
∙ A heightened sense of connection, warmth, or openness. A softness in the way you move through the world.
∙ Clarity around something you’ve been sitting with.
Heightened sensitivity to sound, light, or touch.
∙ Emotions that feel closer to the surface than usual. This is not something going wrong, it’s something coming forward. Lean in, gently.
∙ A new creative energy, or a pull toward making something.
∙ Changes in sleep. Either deeper rest, or a restlessness as your system reorganises.
HOW TO SUPPORT YOURSELF
Listen to your body If you feel called to walk, stretch, rest, dance, or simply sit in stillness — follow that. Learning to listen to what your body is asking for is one of the most important things this work builds. Act on it, even in small ways.
Write it out: Journalling after breathwork can be a powerful way to move what’s still in motion. Don’t worry about structure or grammar, just let the pen move. A good opening question: What does my soul want me to know right now?
From there, if something feels present in the body, you can get curious with it. Where do you feel it? What does it want to say? What does it need? How long has it been there?
Come back to the breath: Place one hand on your belly, one on your heart. Breathe into both. Feel the expansion on the inhale, the softening on the exhale. Notice what’s here. You don’t have to do anything with it — just be with it.
Make noise: If there’s a tightness in your throat, a feeling of something unexpressed, give it somewhere to go. A long exhale with sound. A hum, a sigh, something raw. Add movement if it wants to come. Take up space.
Move your body: A walk, a run, yoga, a dance in your kitchen. Movement is one of the most direct ways to help energy complete its cycle and settle. Put on a song that fits how you’re feeling and let your body lead.
Be gentle with yourself: You went somewhere real in that session. Give yourself the rest of the day to land back in slowly. Avoid overstimulation where you can. Drink water. Eat something grounding. Sleep when you’re tired.
If anything arises after a session that concerns you, emotionally or physically, please reach out to your facilitator.
© 2024 – 2026 SOULBODY BREATH®. All rights reserved.
© 2024 – 2026 SOULBODY BREATH®. All rights reserved.