Kym Burls - Breathwork Practitioner

Kym Burls - Breathwork Practitioner I help you regulate stress, reconnect with your body & find calm using your breath. Join my FREE 7-day course & start today.

It’s one thing to breathe optimally when you’re lying down, relaxed, with nothing much going on.Most people can access a...
22/04/2026

It’s one thing to breathe optimally when you’re lying down, relaxed, with nothing much going on.

Most people can access a slow, quiet, controlled breath… at least temporarily.
But that’s not where your breathing patterns are really tested.

They’re tested when:
> Your heart rate lifts
> Your attention is pulled in multiple directions
> There’s pressure, urgency, or demand

That’s where your default breathing shows up.

Not what you can do when you’re thinking about it…
but what your system falls back to when you’re not.

There’s a gap between practicing how to breathe well in stillness, and exploring what happens when the load increases.

Next time your breathing naturally speeds up—during a walk, training, or a busy moment—notice:

> Do you immediately lose nasal breathing?
> Does the rhythm become erratic or rushed?
> Can you coordinate it without trying to “slow it down”?

Observe whether your breathing can adapt without falling apart.

Because that’s the real marker of change.

Not how it looks in stillness… but how well it holds up when life isn’t.

*Note: adaptation doesn’t mean forcing your breath into a pattern it naturally doesn’t want to be in. Rather, it’s about having the capability to shift the breath to meet the demands, and then back down afterward.

This was the beautiful feedback from a recent breathwork client.No big breakthrough.No emotional purge.Just a quiet, ful...
20/04/2026

This was the beautiful feedback from a recent breathwork client.

No big breakthrough.
No emotional purge.

Just a quiet, full-bodied recognition of what’s already working, of what they’re already capable of, of acknowledging & appreciating the parts that don’t need fixing.

Feeling those things — properly — might be the most powerful shift there is.

Breathwork can create powerful experiences.💥Certain breathing patterns, through changing blood chemistry, influence emot...
15/04/2026

Breathwork can create powerful experiences.💥

Certain breathing patterns, through changing blood chemistry, influence emotional centres in the brain, and temporarily increase neural plasticity. That’s why people often encounter strong emotions, memories, or insights during sessions.

But intensity alone doesn’t determine whether change actually occurs (or lasts).

From a nervous system perspective, lasting transformation tends to emerge through repeated experiences of regulation and safety, not just dramatic peaks of emotional activation.🗻

When the system becomes overwhelmed, it often shifts into survival responses — fight, flight, freeze, or dissociation. In those states the priority is protection, not learning.

Breathwork can open doors to meaningful insight.🚪

But what determines whether those insights become lasting change is what happens after the intensity subsides.

Before you open a new browser tab, document or email this afternoon… pause for 30 seconds.The morning caffeine buzz has ...
14/04/2026

Before you open a new browser tab, document or email this afternoon… pause for 30 seconds.

The morning caffeine buzz has likely faded.
You’ve cleared the urgent emails.
Maybe even sent the one you were putting off.

And yet… the work is never really done!

Before you jump into the next task, try this quick nervous system reset:

1. Sit comfortably in a neutral posture
2. Roll the shoulders back slightly, open the chest
3. Relax the jaw — teeth gently touching
4. Slow inhale through the nose, filling the lower torso
5. Long slow exhale — nose or mouth — let the body soften
6. Lift your gaze and look around your environment
7. Quietly say to yourself: “Reset before react.”

Nothing dramatic.

Just a small reset before continuing your Monday with a little less tension and a little more presence.

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If you’d like more breath-centred tools like this, you’ll find plenty over on my blog (link in bio).

Today, on World Breathing Day, you’re invited to pause, breathe and reconnect with the natural world and yourself (and s...
10/04/2026

Today, on World Breathing Day, you’re invited to pause, breathe and reconnect with the natural world and yourself (and someone else if you’re up for it).

After you read this post, all you need to do is…

1. Find a safe, comfortable space outdoors to sit down
2. Take 10 slow, conscious breaths
3. Become aware of what you can see, hear, smell, and touch (& taste?)
4. Check in with yourself by asking; “How do I feel now?”
5. Get on with your day!

Thanks for being a part of the breathwork community and for your support in helping me to help people make the most of every breath.

Altered states can reveal powerful truths about ourselves.People often come out of breathwork, meditation, or psychedeli...
07/04/2026

Altered states can reveal powerful truths about ourselves.

People often come out of breathwork, meditation, or psychedelic experiences with insights that feel deeply meaningful. Patterns become visible. Emotions surface. Things suddenly make sense.

Those moments can be genuinely important.

But insight alone isn’t transformation.

In Jungian psychology, growth isn’t about collecting insights. It’s about integrating them.

An insight becomes meaningful when it begins to reshape how you live:

> How you respond to stress
> How you relate to others
> How your nervous system interprets the world

That kind of change takes time.

It requires repetition, reflection, and nervous system learning.

A moment of revelation can open the door.

But the real work is learning how to live what you saw.

There’s a cultural fascination with intensity.But nervous systems don’t necessarily adapt because something was intense....
02/04/2026

There’s a cultural fascination with intensity.

But nervous systems don’t necessarily adapt because something was intense.

They adapt because the body learns it can move through activation and return to safety again.

The system adapts because it learns to settle.

That settling is part of the integration process.
It’s the part that builds resilience.

It’s also the part most people overlook.

Most people arrive at breathwork sessions having heard about things like:> Breakthroughs> Emotioneel releases> Trauma he...
31/03/2026

Most people arrive at breathwork sessions having heard about things like:

> Breakthroughs
> Emotioneel releases
> Trauma healing
> Catharsis
> “Life-changing” experiences

And while breathwork can produce powerful experiences, what often gets overlooked are the nervous system terms that actually explain how change happens.

Words like:

> Titration
> Pendulation
> Regulation
> Resourcing
> Integration

These aren’t just therapy jargon. They describe the mechanisms through which the brain and nervous system process emotional experience and update long-standing patterns.

Understanding these ideas can completely change how you approach breathwork.

Instead of chasing intensity, the focus shifts toward helping the nervous system learn safety, regulation, and resilience over time.

If you’re exploring breathwork, these are useful concepts to come back to.

Save this post so you can refer to it later.

There’s a growing trend (🤮) in breathwork spaces that promotes visible breakdown as breakthrough.Crying.Shaking.Screamin...
25/03/2026

There’s a growing trend (🤮) in breathwork spaces that promotes visible breakdown as breakthrough.

Crying.
Shaking.
Screaming.
Collapsing.

These are being marketed as ‘proof’ something profound is happening.

But visible intensity doesn’t automatically lead to integration or resolution.

Breathwork can create highly altered states of awareness.

In these states, our unconscious becomes more accessible and emotional responses can be amplified. That can be powerful — but it also means we’re more impressionable and more vulnerable to suggestion.

If you’re in a room that amplifies emotion without careful pacing, consent and integration, it can quickly tip you into overwhelm.

That’s not healing.
That’s retraumatisation.

Breathwork deserves better than that.
You deserve better than that.

I’d genuinely love to hear your experience — have you ever felt pressured to “go deeper” in a session?

And if you’d like my list of questions to ask a facilitator before booking a breathwork session, DM me.

Note: I’ve digitally edited these images to protect the privacy of those pictured.

For the past 5 years I found myself stuck in a loop. 🔁[Yes, I’m a slow learner]I could see areas in my life that needed ...
23/03/2026

For the past 5 years I found myself stuck in a loop. 🔁

[Yes, I’m a slow learner]

I could see areas in my life that needed to change and so I’d start making the changes.

Then, almost like clockwork, 4 weeks later — BAM 💥 — I’d slide back into the old pattern(s) again.

Often we interpret this kind of resistance as self-sabotage.

But from a neuroscience perspective, it can simply be the brain protecting what it already knows.

Predictive processing models suggest the brain prefers certainty over improvement. So when you choose a new behaviour, the system briefly flags it as “unexpected”.

That mismatch creates friction.

Understanding this takes a lot of pressure off the change process.

(And helps remove the shame that often derails it).

Instead of asking: “Why am I resisting this?”

Abetter question might be: “What would help my system feel safe enough to update?”

Applying this lens over the past six months has been one of the most impactful puzzle pieces in my own growth journey.

Shout out to for bringing this perspective into my orbit.

14/01/2026

Not all breathwork experiences are the same.

Some sessions focus on intensity and pushing through.

For some people, that works.
For many nervous systems, it doesn’t.

When breath and sound are delivered with care — when pacing, rhythm, and safety come first — the body doesn’t need to be forced into release.

It allows it.

Pneuma Breathwork & Sound journeys are designed to:
> calm the nervous system
> soften the body
> quiet the mind
> support regulation before anything else

No pressure to “go deeper.”
No overriding your body’s signals.

Just guided breath, therapeutic sound… and space to genuinely unwind.

If breathwork has ever felt too much — this is VERY different.

Experience it for yourself — tickets for the next session are now available.

Breathwork has gone mainstream — and that’s a good thing.But popularity comes with noise, mixed messages, and plenty of ...
11/01/2026

Breathwork has gone mainstream — and that’s a good thing.

But popularity comes with noise, mixed messages, and plenty of confusion.

‘Breathwork’ now works a lot like everyday brand names. One word. Many meanings. Different experiences.

That’s why chasing the ‘best’ (or next) technique so often backfires.

What actually works depends on:
> your nervous system
> your current capacity
> what you’re trying to support

Start with awareness.
Basics matter more than novelty.
And a little guidance early on can save a lot of trial, error, and overwhelm.

Your breath isn’t something to hack.
It’s a relationship to build.

If you want support finding a way of breathing that genuinely fits you — without guesswork or intensity — you know where to find me.

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Adelaide, SA

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https://www.kymburls.com/7-day-breathwork-video-course

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