Conscious
Connected
Breathwork

A Different Approach
to Healing

Talking helps us understand. But when the body has learned to respond a certain way, understanding alone isn't enough to change it.

Conscious Connected Breathwork (CCB) is a body-led approach that reaches the part of you that talking never quite gets to.

Our bodies learn. Every time you pushed something down to keep going, every time you said fine when you weren't, the body registered it. Over time it learned to brace and carry it quietly. CCB gives the body permission to let go of what it no longer needs to hold. Most people leave feeling lighter, calmer and more themselves than they have in a long time.

I am a fully qualified CCB Practitioner, trained with Intuitive Breathwork UK, offering 1:1 sessions in Cambridgeshire, online and group workshops.

How the Sessions Work

First sessions are 90 min and include:

A gentle introduction to the technique, so you know exactly what to expect and how to work with your body safely. A brief breath analysis, where I observe your breathing and share what I notice. A full guided breathwork session, where I track your body's responses and support whatever wants to move. Followed by 10 minutes of integration, time for your system to settle before we close with a short sharing.

Follow-up Sessions are 60 min


Throughout every session I may invite you into toning, gentle sound and grounding movement, and work with acupressure points where the breath feels restricted, always with your consent. I also work with affirmations directed to the subconscious.

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What makes me different

Breath Analysis

This is an essential part of my approach.
During the first session, I observe the natural rhythm and patterns of your breath. This reveals a lot: how your nervous system is functioning, where tension lives in the body, which emotional patterns may be active, and how energy moves (or doesn’t move) through you. It gives us a clear starting point, so your journey is personalised, effective and deeply supportive.

Please note, this practice is not always suitable in its full form for everyone. Certain health conditions may not be suitable or may require adjustments. Please refer to the next section.

How Conscious Connected Breathwork helps

  • CCB is a self-healing modality, also known as “therapy without talking”. We use your own breath as medicine and it works on a deep, therapeutic level.

    Trauma doesn’t just live in our mind. It lives in the body, specifically in our fascia, the web-like connective tissue that wraps around every muscle, bone, and organ. Fascia is like this fluid spiderweb in the body, but when we experience stress, trauma, or grief, that tissue can literally contract and harden.

    This breathwork is powerful because it bypasses the thinking brain and goes straight into the body. By breathing this way, we can access what is deeply buried in our subconscious and any event, emotion, situation that hasn’t been processed or hasn’t been dealt with, can now finally be integrated.

  • The way we breathe is the way we live, so when we bring awareness to the breath, we’re also bringing awareness to how we’re living.

    That’s why conscious connected breathwork is so powerful. It gives us a chance to reset old patterns. By opening the breath, we open up the space to feel what we’ve been avoiding and we can re-train the nervous system so that it feels safe to expand and live more fully. In opening our breath, we give our body the chance to release any tension or emotional blockages and gain a state of balance and regulation.

  • In activating the diaphragm, we have an activated nervous system, so we can start feeling safe to explore our subconscious and release traumas or emotional baggages that we have been carrying for a long time.

    The diaphragm is not just a muscle. It is directly connected to the vagus nerve, our primary “regulation switch.” When the diaphragm begins moving again:

    • The vagus nerve signals to the brain: “We are safe.”

    • The survival system can stand down.

    • The body becomes available for softening and healing.

  • From a neuroscience perspective, around 80% of the information in our nervous system travels from body to brain, and only 20% from brain to body. This is called a bottom-up approach and it explains why simply thinking differently doesn’t always help. You can know something logically (“I shouldn’t be scared”, “I know I’m safe”, ”I shouldn’t overthink this”, etc) and still feel overwhelmed. The thinking mind can’t override a dysregulated nervous system. Healing has to come through the body. And the breath gives us direct access.

  • CCB gently changes the breath pattern, which changes the body’s signals to the brain, helping dissolve survival responses that may have been running for years.

    During CCB the pH in our body changes, because we have more oxygen and less carbon dioxide. This alters brain states and people often experience emotional release, clarity, new insight, deep rest, a greater sense of safety, more space in the body and mind, and triggers losing their power.

  • Conscious Connected Breathwork is not suitable for everyone. ALL participants are required to complete a health intake form before attending. Conscious Connected Breathwork is not suitable for certain physical or mental health conditions, including:
    - 14 weeks or less pregnant or after 32 weeks
    - Epilepsy/seizures
    - Psychiatic conditions (schizophrenia, bipolar, psychosis, CPTD, etc)
    - Detached retina/glaucoma
    - Recent surgery

    Other conditions may be worked with if medicated. If you are unsure whether this practice is suitable for you, please get in touch before booking at info@desireewellnesscoaching.comm description

Benefits of Breathwork

On a physical level, this breathwork helps with:

  • ☀︎ Boosting energy

  • ☀︎ Stimulating the lymphatic system, helping to detoxify the body

  • ☀︎ Alleviating tension in the muscles

  • ☀︎ Reducing headaches, asthma, respiratory conditions and digestive issues

  • ☀︎ Improving sleep

  • ☀︎ Reducing allergies

On an emotional level, this breathwork helps with:

  • ☀︎ Reducing stress, anxiety, depression, panic attacks

  • ☀︎ Releasing past hurt and trauma

  • ☀︎ Shifting negative thought patterns and self-sabotaging behaviours

  • ☀︎ Increasing self esteem, joy and a feelings of inner balance

  • ☀︎ Expanding conscious awareness

  • ☀︎ Strengthening a spiritual connection

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Conscious Connected Breathwork – Standalone Sessions

IN PERSON - Cambridgeshire

First Session (90 minutes) - £80
Follow-Up Sessions (60 minutes) - £70

ONLINE

First Session (90 minutes) - £70
Follow-Up Sessions (60 minutes ) - £60

The first session is always 90 minutes: this includes a full breath analysis, an introduction to the technique, your first guided session and integration time.

Home visits available on request, as well as small private group ceremonies.

3-Session Package

In-person: £210
Online: £180

For those taking their first steps into body-based work.

• 1 × 90-min first session
• 2 × 60-min follow-up sessions
• Available in person or online

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5-Session Package

In-person: £345
Online: £295

For those ready to go deeper and create real momentum.

• 1 × 90-min first session
• 4 × 60-min follow-up sessions
• Available in person or online

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7-Session Package

In-person: £475
Online: £405

For those committed to lasting change at the deepest level

• 1 × 90-min first session
• 6 × 60-min follow-up sessions
• Available in person or online

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  • For a long time, I’d felt stuck. Life had thrown a lot at me, and I’d become so focused on supporting my daughter through her own emotions that I’d completely pushed my own to one side. I didn’t realise just how much I had been carrying until that session. It was one of the most powerful experiences I’ve had. I released emotions and tension that I’d been holding onto for years, and I left feeling lighter than I had in such a long time. Even after the first session, I felt stronger, calmer, and better equipped to face whatever life brings. Thank you, Desiree, for creating such a safe, supportive space and for helping me reconnect with myself. I’m so grateful I found you.

    Giovanna P.

  • Thank you! The course of breathwork sessions we’ve done together has brought me a level of closure and healing I didn’t expect. It feels like sadness that had been stored in my body for years has finally released. Your intuitive guidance and the safe space you hold continue to help me connect with my body on a different level. I’m truly grateful.

    Hannah D.

  • You will not regret working with Desiree! I have had the opportunity to experience multiple conscious connected breathwork sessions, and I was immediately blown away by the modality’s ability to open you up to yourself but mostly by Desiree's skills to pinpoint your blockages and accurately guide you to accept what comes up to explore it. She creates a very safe space, that even us who may hold control, will feel brave enough to go and explore. I feel for me it has allowed me to go deeper and understand myself even more. If you want to try something new for yourself my only advice is try this.

    Tracey K.

  • My breathwork session with Desirée helped me to reconnect with myself in a profound way. I had been really stressed and quite overwhelmed and during the breathwork I felt present in my body and free of my mind. Afterwards, during the reflection stage, I had such clarity about what was important to me and it helped me to course correct to make some adjustments in my life. Incredible really!

    Caitriona M.

 FAQs

  • Clients often describe feeling: lighter, grounded, clearer, open, softer, more in their body. Some feel emotional or introspective for a day as their system integrates - this is normal.

  • Every journey is different. I would personally recommend a minimum of 3-5 sessions for lasting results and changes. But we’ll always work at your pace.

  • You might, but you don’t have to. Some sessions are emotional, some peaceful, some full of insight. Your body will only go as far as it feels safe to go that day.

  • That’s extremely common. In fact, many clients come to breathwork because they can’t drop into their body. I guide you through grounding, safety and techniques that help the body soften at its own pace.

  • Yes. When CO₂ levels shift and the nervous system activates, the body unfreezes and releases tension. Trembling, warmth, tingling or movement are signs of stored energy discharging.

  • Yes. CCB is designed for trauma healing and done slowly, gently and resourced. However, you must disclose any medical or psychological conditions so we can ensure the session is appropriate for you.

  • Something always happens, it just may not be dramatic. Even a small shift in breathing pattern equals: reduced nervous system activation, more internal safety, long-term emotional regulation. Sometimes the deepest healing is subtle.

  • It is similar in that both use conscious connected breathing for deep emotional release, but CCB is generally more trauma-informed, nervous-system focused, and designed to be gentle, safe and resourcing rather than overwhelming.