Breathscape: Explore the world of breathwork

Discover the vast landscape of breathwork and the numerous ways to use your breath in this 5-hour intensive workshop.

Learn transformative techniques to reduce stress, increase energy, and enhance mental clarity. Whether you're new to breathwork or looking to deepen your practice, you'll leave with tools to support your physical, emotional, and mental well-being.

This workshop is for you if you want to

Know more about breathing, health, and wellness
Be more calm, focused, and fulfilled
Have tools to better manage stress, anxiety, and depression
Boost your happiness and awareness
Understand how breathing affects your physical, mental, and emotional state
Improve physical performance and recovery times
Strengthen your immune system, reduce pain, and improve health
Work on releasing blockages and past traumas
Sleep better and have more energy
Develop tools to develop more resilience and self regulation
Bring more presence, peace, and patience to everyday life

“Awesome, exceeded my expectations. I liked the scientific perspective, that resonates with me. The exercises are simple and easy to incorporate into my day. I’m definitely seeing benefits already.” — Ben R

This workshop will cover

Relaxation techniques
Reduce stress and anxiety, while improving calm, focus, and clarity. Also, learn all about the nervous system, why it's so nervous, and how to influence it.

Focus techniques
Through conscious breathing, you'll learn to calm the mind, stay present, and reduce mental distractions. Learn to enhance focus, minimise reactivity, and cultivate a deeper sense of clarity and awareness.

The Wim Hof Method
Proven to increase resilience, balance your nervous system, and strengthen your immune system. Note: we will not be doing ice baths.

Buteyko Breathing Technique
A set of breathing techniques that focus on correcting breathing patterns and habits for everyday life.

Oxygen Advantage
Functional breathing exercises to increase oxygen delivery, and physical performance, and shorten recovery.

HeartMath
Mindset and breathing techniques to create heart coherence, be more resilient, and live a more heart-centered life.

Breath integration techniques
How to use your breath in real-time, as life is happening, and build a foundational breathwork practice that serves you.

Party mix
A variety of other useful breathing tools and mindfulness techniques will be sprinkled in throughout the day.

At the end of this workshop you will have a well-equipped breathwork toolbox to navigate life with.

*The workshop is backed by science, not woo.

About the facilitator
Scott Townsend

Scott is passionate about empowering you with the knowledge to harness the simple and powerful tool that is right under your nose, your breath.

Scott has studied the breath for over a decade and trained with world-leading breathwork experts such as Wim Hof, Dan Brule, and Patrick McKeown.

He’s one of NZ’s most qualified breathwork instructors, certified as a Wim Hof Method, a Buteyko Breathing Technique, an Oxygen Advantage, and a HeartMath instructor.

His personal journey of breathwork includes overcoming drug addiction, severe anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges, relationship and family breakdowns, and various life traumas.

Having had the experience of working with thousands of people of all ages and stages, Scott has developed a training approach that is both simple and profoundly effective. He has a depth of real-life experience of the breath that is relatable to many.

“Love your mahi! I never did get the same result from other breathwork coaches. Your class was incredible, incomparable, and brought tears to my eyes. I need more of that.” - Kirsty B

Important info

The Wim Hof breathing exercise (a small part of this workshop) may not suit everyone, particularly if you have:

Cardiovascular issues or high blood pressure
Epilepsy
Severe mental illness
Had recent surgery
Are pregnant

What to bring:

An open mind and a curious attitude
Comfortable and warm clothes
Water bottle
Food if you’d like a bite to eat during
A pen and notebook
Eye mask (optional but recommended)

Testimonials

“Awesome, exceeded my expectations. I liked the scientific perspective, that resonates with me. The exercises are simple and easy to incorporate into my day. I’m definitely seeing benefits already.” — Ben R

“Since the workshop, I’ve used the breathing methods to control stress, maintain focus, and achieve relaxation. I liked the applicability to work and home life.” — Amanda G

“Love your mahi! I never did get the same result from other breathwork coaches. Your class was incredible, incomparable, and brought tears to my eyes. I need more of that.” - Kirsty B

“Great! Very energising and useful techniques to deal with stress. I felt relaxed and safe and Scott really knew his stuff - very inspiring. It seems simple and obvious to breathe but I really learned a lot that I can practically use.” - Ed R

“I had some awareness of breath beforehand, the workshop surprised me in the power of the breathing exercises that I had not experienced before. I enjoyed the relaxed state of the presenter, and the power of the breathing exercises, the change of my state from stressed to relaxed.” - Stacey T

“The workshop was good, it was casual and light-hearted, but still had value! It added some sense to my meditation practice, gave me a different way to approach panic attacks, and gave me some clarity. I also found it interesting learning how everything works together in the body.” - Martin S

“Well worth it, it’s absurd that every human being on the planet isn’t doing this every day.” - Seb H