Breath Workshops | Guided Taoist Breathwork Intensives — Dantian

Breathwork practices inspired by Tai Chi and Qigong

Reconnect with clarity, presence, and inner steadiness.

Breath is the quiet foundation of Tai Chi, Qi Gong, and Taoist practice. But it is also the foundation of presence, resilience, and the ability to meet life without being overwhelmed by it. When you learn to work with your breath, you learn to work with your nervous system and when the nervous system calms, everything else begins to change.

These sessions are designed to help you return to the place inside yourself that feels grounded and clear. Whether you join a private lesson or bring your team into a corporate workshop, the focus is the same, creating the conditions for your nervous system to settle so that clarity can rise naturally.

Private Breathwork Sessions

Slow down enough to hear yourself again.

A private session is a gentle space where you learn to breathe from the dantian, the quiet centre below the navel that anchors calmness, balance, and emotional clarity. We work slowly and intentionally, allowing your body to drop out of the head and into deeper awareness.

These sessions are especially helpful for:

stress and burnout
anxiety and emotional overwhelm
difficulty focusing or sleeping
feeling disconnected or scattered
creative blocks
rebuilding rhythm after a life transition
wanting a deeper internal practice beyond movement

I teach Taoist breathing the same way I practise it myself. Soft, grounded, somatic, and rooted in 30 years of Tai Chi and Qi Gong. No forcing. No pressure. No intensity. Simply a quiet return to the intelligence beneath the noise.

You’ll learn:

dantian-centred breathing
lengthening the exhale to calm the vagus nerve
releasing tension patterns
restoring presence
expanding internal awareness
using breath to navigate difficult moments

Many students describe these sessions as “resetting the system”, a shift from reactive living to responsive living.

Guided breathwork workshop with James Godwin

Corporate Breath Workshops

Build teams that lead from coherence, not stress.

Modern teams don’t struggle because they lack skill. They struggle because their nervous systems are overwhelmed.

Taoist breathwork offers something unique to the workplace. A way to regulate the mind and body so people can think clearly, communicate cleanly, and work together without unnecessary friction

My corporate workshops combine:

Taoist breathing and somatic awareness
neuroscience of the nervous system
co-regulation and group presence
principles of Tai Chi for leadership and teamwork
psychological safety and emotional clarity
grounding practices that shift the whole group’s energy

This is the same approach I’ve used while building UX teams, mentoring founders, and developing emotional intelligence programmes for engineers. It’s practical, science-backed, and deeply human.

What companies experience

Teams learn how to:

reduce stress and cognitive overload
regulate emotional states
improve focus under pressure
communicate with more clarity and less defensiveness
build presence-based leadership
create trust through co-regulation
replace reactivity with responsiveness

A 30–45 minute session can reset an entire team. A longer workshop creates lasting change in how people show up. This is not meditation for the sake of calm. It is breathwork for clarity, alignment, and better decision-making.

Your Breath Shapes Your Day

Whether you’re an individual wanting deeper stillness, or a team seeking more coherence, these workshops offer a simple truth:

When your breath settles, your life settles.

From that place, everything becomes easier, movement, thinking, communication, and presence.

Join a Breath Workshop

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