A book that hit too close to home
It started with James Nestor’s Breathe. I picked it up and couldn’t put it down — not because it was interesting, but because it was uncomfortably familiar. I had lived my whole life with asthma and ADHD, and I was a habitual mouth breather without even realising how much that was shaping everything. My sleep. My energy. My nervous system. My focus.
That book didn’t just teach me about breathing. It held up a mirror.
When the practice started working
The real shift came from actually doing the work. As I began practicing, things changed in ways I hadn’t expected. My breathing slowed down. I became more aware of my body. My mind felt clearer. My asthma is still part of my life — but it’s much more controlled now. More than that, I finally have a relationship with my breath instead of fighting against it.
I started to realise this wasn’t just about breathing better. It was about how I show up in my life. More present. More steady. Less reactive.
Where everything came together
When I discovered SOMA Breath, something clicked. Here was a system that blended rhythm, music, and breath in a way that made complete sense to me — because I had spent 25 years doing something similar on the dancefloor, just without realising it.
As a DJ, I had always known how to read a room, guide energy, and take people somewhere through sound. SOMA Breath is that same gift, turned inward. Instead of moving a crowd, I’m guiding someone into stillness. Instead of the peak of a drop, there’s a breath retention. Instead of the energy of a room, there’s the quiet of your own nervous system settling.