The Importance of Breathwork
Before intuition opens, psychic senses sharpen, and before the nervous system feels safe enough to listen.
There is breath.
At Nissa Retreats, breathwork is woven into the very beginning of our retreats because regulation comes first. When people arrive, they are often carrying far more than they realize: stress from travel, emotional residue from everyday life, unprocessed grief, anticipation, fear, and a nervous system that has been on high alert for far too long.
Breath is the bridge that brings you back.
Why Breathwork Comes First at Our Retreats
When you change the way you breathe, you change the state of your nervous system.
Shallow breathing keeps the body in a subtle state of fight-or-flight. Intentional breathing tells the body: you are safe now.
In the first few days of our retreats, breathwork is essential. It helps participants settle, ground, and feel present in their bodies. Once the body feels safe, the intuitive senses naturally become clearer. Psychic and mediumship development doesn’t come from pushing, it comes from openness. And openness requires regulation.
Breathwork creates that foundation.
There Is No “Wrong” Way to Breathe, But There Are Powerful Ways
I often tell my students: there is no wrong way to take a deep breath.
Your body already knows how.
That said, there are simple techniques that can dramatically shift your internal state in just a few minutes.
One of the practices I recommend daily, whether you’re at a retreat, in class, or at home, is this:
Take the first deep breaths in through the nose, filling the belly and chest
Exhale fully through the mouth. Repeat.
On the final third exhale, release a long breath out, allowing any sound to come out naturally
That long exhale activates the parasympathetic nervous system, the part of you responsible for rest, digestion, and emotional safety. The sound isn’t performative. It’s the body discharging stored tension.
People are often surprised by how much emotion softens when they allow this.
How Breathwork Actually Works
Breathwork works because it bypasses the thinking mind.
You don’t need to analyze your trauma to release it.
You don’t need to relive your grief to move it through.
When practiced intentionally, breathwork can help release stored stress, fear, grief, and emotional blockages that live in the body, often below conscious awareness. The breath changes blood chemistry, oxygen levels, and carbon dioxide balance, which in turn influences emotional and neurological states.
In guided breathwork, whether in a class or retreat setting, the body is given permission to let go while being safely supported. This is where deeper emotional release often happens, not because it’s forced, but because your whole body feels safe enough to open.
Breathwork in Class vs. On Your Own
Both are powerful. They serve different purposes.
In a guided class or retreat setting, breathwork allows you to:
Feel supported while accessing deeper emotional layers
Release grief, fear, or long-held tension safely
Experience connection, to yourself, to other retreat guests and to something larger
Learn how your body responds when given space to open
On your own, breathwork becomes a daily self-regulation tool:
A way to reset your nervous system each morning
A grounding practice when emotions run high
A simple ritual to come back into your body
A reminder that calm is accessible, even on hard days
I encourage everyone to build a personal relationship with their breath.
My Training and Why It Matters
Alongside my work as a psychic medium and teacher, I am dual certified as a Breathwork Coach in SOMA Breathwork and Conscious Connected Breathing.
These certifications bring structure, safety, and depth to how breathwork is taught and facilitated. They allow me to guide people through experiences that are not only transformative, but grounded and responsible.
At Nissa Retreats, breathwork enhances the psychic and mediumship training experience by helping participants feel embodied, present, and emotionally regulated, so their intuitive abilities can unfold naturally.
Breath as a Daily Practice
A few minutes a day can change how you meet the world. Breathwork teaches you that regulation is not something you earn, it’s something you allow.
And from that place, clarity follows.
Join Me
If you feel called to deepen your relationship with breath and self-regulation, I invite you to join me:
In-person breathwork classes in Orlando, where we practice together in a grounded, supportive environment
Or at our upcoming North Carolina retreat, where breathwork, intuition, and deep self-awareness come together in a powerful, embodied experience
👉 Learn more about the North Carolina retreat this March here:
https://www.nissaretreats.com/north-carolina-25
