The Inner Exhale: Breakthrough Breathwork Marrickville

We often try to think our way out of stress. We analyse it, explain it and tell ourselves to just relax.

But knowing why you feel a certain way doesn't always change how you feel. Stress can still show up in the body as tension, restlessness, shallow breathing or that sense that you're still holding on.

The Inner Exhale is a three-hour breathwork experience for anyone who feels like they’ve thought things through but still can’t quite shake how they feel. Rather than analysing it more, we use the breath to get into the body and give things a bit of space to move.

A chance, quite literally, to exhale.

The main practice is a form of active breathwork called Breakthrough Breathwork. It uses a fuller, continuous rhythm of breathing and is quite different from the slower breathing techniques you might use to relax.

Over three hours, you'll be guided through:

• An introduction to breathwork - what the breath has to do with stress, energy and how we feel
• How to breathe better day to day -why some common breathing habits can make you feel more stressed or uncomfortable, and a few simple techniques you can take away and use in everyday life.
• A 75-minute Breakthrough Breathwork Flow - a guided active breathwork practice accompanied by music
• Grounding and integration - time to slow everything down, rest and land before heading home

No previous breathwork experience is needed. We'll explain everything before we begin, and you're always free to slow down, modify the practice or stop if you need to.

• Comfortable clothing, including some layers. Mothership venue is a warehouse and does not have heating - it can get a little cold in there.
• A water bottle
• A journal, if you'd like to write afterwards
• Yoga mat
• Optional: blanket, eye mask, bolster cushion

Please avoid eating a large meal right before the workshop. Further preparation details will be sent to you after booking.

This experience might be for you if you:

• Feel as though you've been carrying stress or tension for a long time
• Spend a lot of time living "in your head" and want to reconnect with your body
• Are curious about breathwork and want to explore it in a supported group setting

A note on safety. The Breakthrough Flow is an active practice and can bring up strong physical or emotional sensations. After booking, you'll receive a short health and participation questionnaire so we can check the full practice is right for you — or offer a gentler modification.

This event is not suitable if you're pregnant, or if you manage certain cardiovascular, neurological, respiratory, eye-health or serious mental-health conditions. Please get in touch before booking if you have any concerns.

Breathwork is a complementary wellbeing practice, not a replacement for medical care, psychotherapy or mental-health treatment.