Hello friends! I'm so happy that you have stopped by my Blissful Conscious Breathing site. Let me start by saying how much I love breathing. I'm in awe of how much my life has changed through breathwork. I began breathwork five years ago after going on a much-needed self-love journey, struggling to let go of the programming, patterns, and beliefs that had followed me since childhood. Let's face it, we all have unhealthy programming and patterns we pick up along our journeys that can keep us stuck, isolated, and dissatisfied with ourselves, ultimately preventing us from living our lives to the fullest. I allowed those patterns to keep me trapped in a very unhealthy relationship with food and my body for the majority of my life. I married the man of my dreams and raised two amazing boys, all while living with shame, guilt, self-loathing, and an eating disorder. Fast forward to the birth of my first grandchild. Much of my self-love journey had helped me make significant changes in my life, but the unhealthy relationship with my body and food was still there. Buried beneath the surface was shame about food, hatred towards my body, and fear that I would always be stuck in those unhealthy patterns of self-loathing and unworthiness. When Gwenevere Rose came into my life, it was the first time I decided that I may need a little help in overcoming my issues with food and body image for good.

I remember the first time it dawned on me that if I didn't get a grip, she would pick up on my negative feelings about food and my battle with self-worth and body image issues. She was sweetly trying to offer me a bite of something yummy she had. Well, LaLa (that’s my grandma name) quickly responded, "Oh no, LaLa doesn't eat that sort of thing. LaLa is always on a diet, so she doesn't get to have that yummy stuff!" How sad is it not to be able to enjoy a bite of something delicious with your granddaughter? On the spot, I decided that I absolutely could not pass those habits to my beautiful, perfect grandprincess! So, I called a therapist who specialized in eating disorders. I had never been officially diagnosed by a doctor with any kind of disorder, even though I had visited a doctor in high school who warned me of the dangers of laxatives, starving myself, bingeing, and purging. Almost 40 years later, i find myself talking to a therapist, tears flowing as I share my deepest fears of passing these unhealthy patterns down to my beautiful granddaughter. She responded frankly and said, "Oh honey, you have an eating disorder, and if you don't do something about it right now, you will definitely pass on those unhealthy patterns to her." That was the very conversation that led to breathwork. You see, I didn't have insurance or the kind of money needed for therapy. So, I turned to YouTube instead and learned about breathwork and how it helps uncover subconscious blocks and rewires your brain. It was free, and I could do it at home, so I decided to give it a try. BOOM! The first session I did was so beautifully healing. I was able forgive myself for the years of abuse and ugliness that I had piled onto my body. I connected to my heart and felt this overwhelming love for the miracles my body performs daily, and I wanted more!

So, I dove right in, found more practices, and more healing. There were so many types of breathwork to choose from, and the benefits were completely life-changing! I am proud to say that breathwork has helped me in immeasurable ways! A couple of years after finding breathwork, my second grandchild came along. Greyson was the love of our lives. However, at 18 months, he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Breathwork once again came in handy on my healing journey. During my grandson's leukemia treatments, breathwork helped me to rid my body of the trauma, fear, and anger that I had seeing my precious grandson and my kiddos go through that. I was able to go into my closet and breathe, cry, and sometimes scream out all the sadness and fear, bringing myself back to a state of calm where I would envision his complete healing and wholeness. Instead of piling all that trauma and stress onto my body, I would simply go into my closet, breathe it out, and find sweet release. I was also able to equip my precious family with breathing practices that would help them during that traumatic season of life. I am extremely grateful to report that my amazing, strong little warrior grandson is now four and has been in remission for a full year! However, my family has not forgotten about the power of breathwork and still use it in many ways today.

Here I am today, five years later, teaching classes, co-leading retreats, and helping others heal from the wounds they've been carrying. That is what Blissful Conscious Breathing is all about—simply learning through the practice of breathwork how to heal our bodies and minds, freeing ourselves from stored trauma, stress, tension, and anxiety, and bringing our bodies back to a regulated nervous system, one deep breath at a time!