Breathwork HQ

10/01/2026

✨ Exciting News! ✨

Breathwork HQ is partnering with Sweat And Tonic, Maroubra’s new FAR Infrared Heated Yoga & Fitness Fusion Studio, to bring you transformative breathwork and sound sessions in 2026.

To celebrate this collaboration, I’ll be running a free Breathwork & Sound Workshop exclusively for Sweat And Tonic members on Thursday, January 15.

While we prepare to launch our full program, this is a perfect opportunity to try Sweat And Tonic for yourself! They’re currently offering a 💥 1‑Week Trial – 3 classes for only $33! 💥

Experience their amazing classes — Yoga, Yoga/Fitness, Barre, Boxing, and Mat Pilates — in their stunning new Maroubra studio, and get a taste of the powerful Breathwork sessions to come.

To join the free workshop, you’ll need to be a Sweat And Tonic member — so take advantage of their special offer and come breathe, move, and regulate your nervous system with us.

👉 Visit www.sweatandtonic.au or follow to sign up.

All members and new members are warmly welcome!

08/01/2026

This second part of my 2025 photo story is a continuation of gratitude – for the humans, the spaces, the instruments and the lands that have held me while I hold others.

Deep thanks to Meditation HQ, Breathless Expeditions, The Shed and Fabie of Resilience Rise Retreat for inviting me in and trusting me to bring the breath, ice, sound and regulation into your communities.

To my instruments – bowls, drums, didgeridoo and all the tools of vibrational medicine – thank you for the joy, release and beauty you continue to channel through my hands and into the hearts and nervous systems of so many.

To my mum and her beautiful friends, who breathe with me every time I return home: thank you for your love, sincerity and for bringing me into this world so I can do this work.

And to the bush, to Country, for the moments of walking with a didgeridoo on my back, barefoot and free – I give thanks to my breath, my body, sound and the earth for reminding me who I am and how deeply held we all are.

If you were part of any of these moments this year, thank you. Your presence, your breath and your trust are the real highlights of 2025.

Special thanks to




marri simon

06/01/2026

I’m thrilled to be part of the Resilience Rise Day Retreat, designed for mature teenagers and young adults up to 25.
Join us for a day of celebration, intentional growth, and self-empowerment. We’ll explore what truly matters to you, set meaningful intentions, and delve into skills for self-regulation and building inner capacity.
It’s all about connecting, empowering, and embracing the journey ahead with resilience and understanding. I can’t wait to share this transformative experience with you all!

A day of reflection, renewal, and embodied resilience—honouring what has been, releasing what no longer serves, and rising into the year ahead with clarity.

19/11/2025

We began our Resilience Rise Retreat with a gathering at Church Point, followed by a short ferry ride to the stunning YHA Pittwater. Surrounded by a breathtaking oasis of trees, rocks, water, and wildlife, we took in the beauty of this peaceful sanctuary together. We took a quiet moment to visit a hidden beach and inlet nestled among mangroves — a perfect space to begin sharing our stories within this incredible ecosystem. Back at the retreat, we continued our circle over dinner, where the vulnerability and courage shared by everyone was truly inspiring.
Thank you all for bringing your beautiful, authentic selves and trusting this journey with us. More moments and reflections from our retreat to come — stay tuned.

18/11/2025

SOMATIC & SENSORY PRACTICES
• Resourcing (inner/outer support)
• Grounding (feet on ground, rooting)
• Orienting (noticing surroundings)
• Connecting (with self, others, nature)
• Listening (inner & outer sounds)
• Watching (environment, movement)
• Touching (textures, temperature)
• Smelling (scents, air)
• Tasting (flavor awareness)
• Feeling (body sensations, emotions)
• Movement (walking, swaying, dance)
• Breathwork (conscious breathing)
• Body scan (head to toe)
• Visualization (safe place, imagery)
• Proprioception (balance, posture)
• Interoception (heartbeat, hunger)
• Vibration/Temperature (hands, objects)
• Gentle stretching or yoga
• Nature contact (plants, soil, water)
• Creative play (painting, shaping clay)
• Journaling with body awareness

23/10/2025

Come and join us for a nourishing afternoon of breath, connection, and gentle challenge in community. This guided Breathwork & Ice Bath Experience is designed to support you in creating your own inner resource – a practice that steadies the nervous system, builds resilience, and reconnects you back to yourself.

Location: Kula Body Turramurra.
Date: Sunday 26th @12.30pm

Through conscious connected breathing, we open the body to deeper oxygenation and energy flow, helping release tension, quieten the mind, and bring the nervous system into balance. Breath becomes the bridge between body and mind, a tool to shift how we respond to stress and to anchor us in presence.

We then take this inner resource into the cold water immersion. The ice bath helps regulate the nervous system by activating a healthy stress response and then teaching the body how to return to calm more quickly. On a physical level, cold immersion supports circulation, recovery, and immune strength. On an emotional level it becomes a powerful practice in resilience – showing you how to meet intensity with calm, turning discomfort into clarity and empowerment.

By combining the breath with the cold, this experience offers:

Greater resilience to stress and emotional regulation
Improved sleep, circulation, and inflammation reduction
A calm, clear mind with increased focus and vitality
Release of stored tension and emotional blocks
More confidence in meeting life’s challenges with balance and presence
An embodied practice you can return to any time for inner strength and calm

This session is not about pushing harder but about tuning in more deeply. You’ll be supported step by step, with education and practices you can integrate into everyday life—so this isn’t just an event, but a lasting resource for your wellbeing.

Look forward to seeing you there

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05/10/2025

This Sunday marked our first session back with the ice bath — and didn’t everyone love the dip!
Another amazing morning down on the sand, flowing with the breath and the elements.

We began with a neutral breath, then gradually increased the rhythm to simulate a sympathetic response — activating energy and alertness — before slowing the breath back down into a parasympathetic state of rest and recovery. The intention was to help everyone recognise how our breathing changes across these different states, and how, through breath awareness, we can consciously guide ourselves between them rather than becoming stuck in any one state

Over the past 10 weeks, it’s been such a joy to hold space for our Sunday sessions while Mal’s been taking a well earned rest.

I’m deeply grateful to everyone who’s joined us during this time — for your presence, your breath, and the sense of community we continue to build together.

From Bondi to Killara and beyond, it’s amazing to see how far our little family reaches. What a beautiful season it’s been sharing breath, sip ☕️ & dip 🏊 through the cooler months — and now, with the warmth returning, so too is the ice!🧊

Big thanks to Mike and for the awesome didge tones and to everyone who joined in.
🙏🏼🌸❤️

Your body — and your nervous system — will thank you.

15/07/2025

The Essence of Breathwork | One Playground Surry Hills

This Saturday, 19th July, André and I invite you to a powerful journey of breath and sound designed to unlock new levels of presence, peace, and possibility.

Guided by intentional breath practices and a carefully woven soundscape, this experience offers the perfect blend of activation and restoration. You’ll explore the vast potential of your breath while being grounded by the soothing frequencies of sound.

✨ Release stored tension and emotional energy
✨ Access deeper states of clarity and calm
✨ Rebalance your nervous system and reconnect with yourself
✨ Be fully supported in a nurturing space of exploration

Whether you’re craving a reset, seeking personal insight, or simply wish to experience something transformative, this evening will leave you feeling grounded, refreshed, and inspired.

🗓 Saturday, July 19th | 10:30 AM
📍 One Playground Surry Hills

This is an intimate event with limited spaces—reserve your ticket now via the link in our bio, and be part of this unique experience. ❤️

🙏🏼 John & Andre

22/06/2025

🌿 Breathing with the Ancients: A Walk of Return
Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park

A sacred walk, a still breath, and a sound offering to close.
Deep in Ku-ring-gai Chase, we reconnected with the elements—land, sky, self, and song.
The final drum and didge was a thank you, offering into the trees. 🍃🪘🎶

Today, Mike and I stepped into the ancient embrace of Ku-ring-gai Chase, beneath fishbone clouds and a prism of rainbow light. The aways BLUE sky—our Father Sun—stretched above, while Mother Earth below- held us in emerald bush and still waters.

Among the tall people—the trees—we remembered our place in the family of nature.

Breath slowed and deepened.
Inhale: spacious sky.
Exhale: grounding earth.
Each breath reminded us: we are nature. Our breath is the song of the earth moving through us.

We come to sacred lands to connect, share, seek wisdom, and ground—not just as individuals, but as fathers, sons, brothers. The trees, our elders, offer ancient guidance.

We asked many questions, and this
How do we transmute anger?
The forest replied:

“We do not feel anger. There is only love. Be love.”

A gentle breeze passed through, and we understood.
The breath is the bridge—creating a pause, spaciousness to transform into love ❤️.

To be in Nature to restores us. The colours, scent, light, sound—cleansing our system, returning us to stillness and connection. To be here is to remember, to retrieve.

Before leaving, we offered sound to the land—didge and drum. A reverent thank you for the teachings received. A farewell in rhythm, to return home—grounded, open, connected to our high purpose..

To breathe is to be.
To be is to love.
To love is to honour ourselves, others, the land, the sky, and all the wisdom in between.