Tru Breath, with Christina Velz

13/02/2026

Breathwork for Collective Grief

How is your heart today? 💙

Since last year, I've been offering free online breathwork sessions as gentle spaces to sit with collective grief and healing. A space where we can breathe together, feel together, and hold each other through these dark times.

With the weight of what we are witnessing in our world right now, it feels unbearable at times. The atrocities in Palestine...The silence around Sudan... The massacres in Iran... The unsettling shifts & division in the US, the horrific Epstein files....the list goes on.

I notice these questions arise in me:

How can we possibly hold this much grief?
How do we stay human when the world around us seems to forget what humanity means?

Many of us are carrying collective pain that feels too much to bear. We witness atrocities we cannot stop, feel helpless, overwhelmed, heartbroken. We cry alone, wondering if anyone else feels this weight.

But...you are not alone in this.

If you feel called, I invite you to join me and others as we breathe and grieve together.

📅 Sunday, February 15th
⏰ 15:30–16:45 CET (75 min)
Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/teCQ7JuYTleMli0k1CtIZw
(Every 3rd Sunday of the month)

These sessions are not about fixing or solving anything. They are simply spaces where we can:

✨ Hold the pain we carry for all suffering peoples, including ourselves
✨ Gently process the overwhelm of witnessing ongoing atrocities
✨ Find ways to stay connected to our humanity
✨ Support each other through helplessness and despair
✨ Remember that our capacity to feel deeply is not a burden, but a gift

This breathwork practice is very gentle, focusing on the softest aspects of conscious breathing, allowing whatever emotions arise to be witnessed w/ compassion.

Open to all who seek a place to connect, regardless of background, belief, or breathwork experience.

Together, we'll explore:
How do we stay human together?

Maybe there are no easy answers. Maybe now is simply the time to grieve in community, to hold each other through the pain, to remember that we are still human.

And maybe, just maybe, that is where healing begins.

Please share with anyone who may benefit from these spaces.

13/02/2026

22/01/2026

🌬️ Join me as we Rediscover Wholeness to Spirit, to our Breath and Body in 2026? 🌬️

How is your breath today?
How is your heart?

As we step into this new year, I'm inviting you to pause and reconnect with your most accessible anchor, your own sacred breath.

In a world that often feels chaotic and overwhelming, our breath remains our constant companion, our trusted friend, a reminder that we are human, a gentle path home to our authentic essence.

What if 2026 could be the year we choose to come back to our breath? to rediscover our wholeness to spirit?
2026 brings an invitation to reconnect with our inner wisdom, to hold space for what arises with compassion, to remember that healing doesn't need to be forced or rushed?

My offer for 2026:
Sitting in space with you through free online breathwork circles:

🌬️ TRU Breath's Monthly Experience
Every last Saturday: Jan 31 | Feb 28 | March 28 | April 25 | May 30
Gentle Conscious Connected Breathing with somatic awareness, reconnecting with your breath and inner wisdom at your own pace.

🕊️ Staying Human Together: Collective Grief Breathwork
Every 3rd Sunday: Feb 15 | March 15 | April 19 | May 17 | June 21
A sacred space to process collective grief in community. As we witness suffering around the world, can we sit in compassion, and explore in community how we can stay connected to our humanity during challenging times.

💝 Both sessions are free, flowing through the principle and gift of reciprocity rather than payment.

Reserve your spot - link in bio 👆

Maybe this year, we can breathe together.
Maybe we can stay grounded in gentleness.
Maybe we can hold space for ourselves and each other with kindness and understanding.

Let's begin 2026 by coming home to our breath. 🙏

"With the opening of breath comes a spaciousness or a healing quality which is that we can allow ourselves to hold in compassion, with a kindness of heart, all that arises." - Jack Kornfield

Art by: Duy Huynh
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21/01/2026

🌬️ New Breathwork circles at The Somatic Studio 🌬️

How is your breath today?

I hope each of you are able to step into January, with openness and a touch of hope, while finding time to care for yourself in these cold wintering months.
I believe the cold winter months are as nature intended, months to slow our pace down and warmly nurture our body and souls.

I am excited to continue collaborating with (Yoga Zuid) in 2026: a wellness sanctuary that shares the same gentle values I hold dear in my practice.

The theme I am stepping into this year and that I would love to share with you is:
Rediscovering the Wholeness that our Spirit holds, that our Breath holds.

✨ What awaits you:
In small, intimate circles (max 8 people), we will explore Conscious Connected Breathing with carefully selected music, frequencies, and somatic awareness. Co-creating a safe space, where at your own pace and with my guidance, you will gently explore what your body is yearning to tell you and softly reconnect with your authentic, whole self.

🗓️ Sessions at The Somatic Studio:
1-hour sessions at 9:30:
• January 24
• February 28
• April 25
• June 20

2.5-hour deep dive workshops at 13:30:
• March 22
• May 24

🤍 My approach: Weaving Compassionate Inquiry from Gabor Maté into my breathwork practice, I deeply value that healing doesn't need to be pushed or forced. When we open up to our unique healing journey, softness and gentleness are essential.

This is why I treasure collaborating with The Somatic Studio - a space that honors the importance of our body, while inviting safety, slowness, and gentleness into each unique experience.
An oasis of rest for our bodies, souls, and minds.

Registration & pricing via link in bio or on their website 👆
If this gentle breathwork energy speaks to you, I'd love to breathe with you in 2026 🙏

Art by Iris Esther
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08/01/2026

Your Breathwork Journey for the Next 6 Months

As we step into 2026, how is your breath today?

I'm delighted to invite you on a journey of gentle healing through breathwork infused with Compassionate Inquiry.
Whether you're drawn to intimate in-person gatherings or our online community circles, there is a space waiting for you to breathe, feel, and reconnect w/ your inner wisdom & your authentic awesome self.

IN-PERSON SESSIONS:

(Yoga Zuid) – Berchem
Small groups (max 8)

📅 1-hour sessions (9:30): Jan 24 | Feb 28 | April 25 | June 20
📅 2.5-hour workshops (13:30): March 22 | May 24
Link to book in bio

✨NEW -> -Antwerpen - Monday Evenings @ 19:00
Jan 19 | Feb 2 | March 2 | April 7 | May 4 | June 1 | July 6
Link to book in bio

FREE ONLINE SESSIONS:

TRU Breath's Monthly Experience Every last Saturday of the month

Jan 31 | Feb 28 | March 28 | April 25 | May 30

Gentle Conscious Connected Breathing w/ somatic awareness - perfect for reconnecting w/ your breath & inner wisdom at your own pace.

Staying Human Together: Collective Grief Breathwork
Every 3rd Sunday of the month
Jan 18 | Feb 15 | March 15 | April 19 | May 17 | June 21

A sacred space to hold collective grief together, processing the weight of witnessing global suffering while staying connected to our humanity.
Reserve your spot in bio

Online sessions flow through reciprocity rather than payment, making healing accessible to all.

💝 My Approach: All sessions are trauma-informed, weaving Compassionate Inquiry from Gabor Maté into gentle breathwork practice. Healing doesn't need to be forced - softness and gentleness are essential.

I look forward to welcoming you on this journey to breathe with me. 🙏
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20/12/2025

Two Invitations to Close the Year with Conscious Breath

As we approach the end of 2025, I'm offering two online breathwork sessions that create space for reflection, healing, and reconnection before stepping into the new year.

Session 1: Staying Human Together - Collective Grief Breathwork Circle
Sunday, December 21st | 15:30 CET | 75 minutes
Where: Online via Zoom
Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/teCQ7JuYTleMli0k1CtIZw

Many of us carry the weight of collective grief; witnessing global suffering, particularly in Palestine, and feeling the overwhelm of processing these realities while navigating daily life. This session offers a trauma-informed space to hold this grief in community.

Through gentle Conscious Connected Breathing, we'll explore the question: How do we stay human in a dehumanized world?

This practice integrates principles from Compassionate Inquiry, creating space for participants to move at their own pace while honoring whatever emotions arise.

Session 2: TRU Breath's Monthly Breathwork Experience
Saturday, December 27th | 15:00 CET | 75 minutes
Where: Online via Zoom
Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/nUMuMtKPT0O9fKpFFFGOIw

A gentle opportunity to close the year by reconnecting with your breath and inner wisdom. This session focuses on Conscious Connected Breathing with somatic awareness, allowing participants to explore what their body and heart want to express without judgment or force.

Whether you're experienced with breathwork or completely new to the practice, both sessions welcome you.

Approach:
Both sessions are grounded in trauma-informed practices, weaving Compassionate Inquiry from my training with Dr. Gabor Maté. The emphasis is on gentleness and co-creating safe containers where healing doesn't need to be pushed or forced.

Accessibility:
This work continues to flow through the principle of reciprocity rather than money exchange. I invite you to honor what you receive by passing this gift forward in whatever way resonates with you; whether by sharing these invitations with someone in your life who might benefit from a gentle breathwork practice, or simply by paying this energy forward in your day-to-day life.

I look forward to sit in space with those who feel called to breathe with me as we close this year.

18/12/2025

🌬️ Close the Year with your Breath - TRU Breath's Monthly Experience 🌬️

How is your breath today? How is your breath connecting with your heart?

As 2025 comes to an end, I'm inviting you to pause, reconnect, and close this year with gentle intention through our monthly breathwork circle.

🗓️ Saturday, December 27th
⏰ 15:00 CET
⌛ 75 minutes

For those who have joined me before, you understand the profound stillness that emerges when we allow space to sit with our breath.

For newcomers, I extend a warm welcome to discover what this sacred practice might offer you as we complete this year together.

✨ What awaits you:
Together, we'll hold space for Conscious Connected Breathing infused with somatic awareness. A gentle practice where you're invited to move at your own rhythm, honoring whatever arises within your body and heart without judgment or force.

This is a beautiful opportunity to reconnect with your breath, heart’s intention, and authentic essence before stepping into the new year.
There's nothing to achieve here, only gentle permission to explore what feels true for you in this very moment.

💝 Free session based on reciprocity - I invite you to honor what you receive by passing this gift forward in whatever way resonates with you. Whether by sharing this invitation with someone who might benefit from this gentle breathwork practice, or simply by paying this energy forward in your day-to-day life.

Registration link in bio 👆

Looking forward to breathing with you as we close this year together. 🙏
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18/12/2025

🕊️ Staying Human Together: Collective Grief Breathwork Circle 🕊️

How is your breath today?

As we approach the end of this year, many of us carry the weight of collective grief. Witnessing suffering in Palestine and around the world, feeling helpless as we scroll past, never-ending horror and at the same time gross decadence in the same breath.
The heartache, the need to numb oursevles from what we are witnessing, it is just too overwhelming.

I'm inviting you to join me in this sacred space where we can hold this grief and pain together.

🗓️ Sunday, December 21st
⏰ 15:30 CET
⌛ 75 minutes

This gentle practice welcomes both experienced breathers and complete newcomers, those seeking healing in community.

Together, we'll explore:
How do we stay human in a dehumanized world?

Maybe now is simply time to grieve in community, to hold each other through the pain, and remember we are still human even when the world around us forgets.
There's nothing to achieve here, only gentle permission to feel, to breathe, and to be held in community.

💝 Free session based on reciprocity, pass the offer forward in whatever way resonates with you.

Registration link in bio 👆
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11/11/2025

🌬️ End of Year Breathwork Offerings ✨

As we close 2025, I know for many this time of year can be challenging and stressful.
If you feel you could use some support, some clarity, or maybe you would like to close this year with some inner peace while standing in your authentic self. Whatever it is you may need support with, I am honored to sit in space with each of you, to pause, to reconnect with who you truly are, to restore some inner space, through conscious connected breathing.

📍 At Lucy's, Antwerp
🗓️ Thursday 27/11 @ 19:30 🗓️ Thursday 11/12 @ 19:30

📍 The Somatic Studio Workshop
🗓️ Sunday 07/12 @ 13:30-16:00
A 2.5-hour immersive experience for deeper exploration and integration

💻 Monthly Free Online Session Open to everyone - offered through the principle of reciprocity, where you're invited to contribute by paying this energy forward.
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Each session offers a trauma-informed approach, integrating the approach of Compassionate Inquiry, with carefully selected music and frequencies, and a safe space to reconnect with your inherent wisdom and authentic self.

Whether you're releasing what no longer serves you or simply taking time to breathe and be present, or simply inviting the relaxation your body needs, you are welcome here.

🔗 Register via link in bio
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25/08/2025

🌟 Creating Sacred Spaces for Women's Stories 🌟
A sacred invitation for the beautiful souls in my community

Hi Beautiful Souls,

I hope you've all been thriving and were able to soak in the magic of this incredible summer we've had.

Though I'm sharing this a little later than planned, I felt called to connect with this wonderful community and reach out to those who might feel drawn to what I'm about to share.

For those who don't know me yet, let me introduce myself: I'm Christina, a Dutch-Brazilian woman who has called Belgium home for many years. My journey here has been one of many changes and profound transformations: navigating shifts in lifestyle, discovering my life's purpose and embracing that this too isn't fixed, breaking free from painful patterns, embracing my healing journey, moving through different locations and career changes (from corporate life to healthcare and therapy), and finding deep joy in solitude after divorce.

Currently, I work as a supervisor and caregiver at a live-in facility for adults high on the autism spectrum, a career that has taught me patience on a different level and to respect the uniqueness of each individual's life journey. But my passion and purpose in life is also being self-employed as a Breathwork Guide, weaving in the therapeutic wisdom of Compassionate Inquiry from Gabor Maté in my practice as a guide and counselor.

A Calling to Gather
Over these past months, I've felt a deep calling to create Women's Circles, sacred spaces where we can come together to share our experiences and thoughts on life's profound themes in an atmosphere of safety and genuine connection.

The topic that's speaking most powerfully to me right now is Change – those countless shifts that shape our lives as women. The changes in our ever-evolving bodies through midlife transitions, shifts, and (peri)menopause. The way seasons themselves seem different each year. The transformations that motherhood brings to our bodies and souls. The grief of loss, the reshaping after divorce, our rapidly changing environment, and the uncertainty in our world. So many changes we as women navigate together, yet often alone.

My Heart's Intention
I want to be transparent about what I'm hoping to co-create with you. This is about building authentic community – a sacred space where women (and perhaps men in the future) can share their stories and hold each other with respect and spaciousness. A place where deep, compassionate listening is at the heart of everything we do.

I believe community is sacred and shouldn't carry a price tag. I've witnessed many circles and healing spaces fall into commercialization and the pits of capitalism, and while I deeply respect that we all need to sustain ourselves, my calling here is different.

The energy exchange I'm seeking is simply your presence – showing up authentically and holding space for one another with open, judgment-free hearts.

If you feel moved to contribute toward the costs of the space I am renting or/and bring snacks to share, your generosity would be warmly received and would help sustain this vision of community for the long term. But please know that your presence is the greatest gift.

Ready to Join ?
If this speaks to your soul and you're curious about joining me, please send me a direct message and I'll share all the beautiful details.

Our upcoming gatherings (7:30 PM at Lucy's - Paleisstraat 39):
🌙 September 4th 🌙 October 9th
🌙 November 13th 🌙 December 4th

I can't wait to sit in circle with those who feel called to this journey.
With love and anticipation, Christina ✨

06/08/2025

LET YOURSELF BE HUMBLED

It’s easy to be “enlightened” in public.
To craft the perfect image.

But our buried parts usually only appear
in close relationships, behind the scenes -
with a partner, a child, a parent.

Old wounds rise up.
Unmet needs.
Fears of losing love.
The adaptations we built to survive.

It feels chaotic, messy, even “unspiritual.”
But nothing is wrong.
These parts are simply coming home.
Coming up for air. For breath.
For love. For inclusion.

They long to be held in kindness,
not pushed away again.

This is how trauma begins to heal:
as the false self slowly dissolves in love.

This is real awakening:
to meet every hurting,
every lost, shadowy,
“shameful” part and say,
“I will not abandon you again.”

Friend, let yourself be humbled.

- Jeff Foster