Unlock your creative potential! This Queer Breathwork: Creative Intentions Workshop is a special SpringOUT event, supported by the ACT Government. This workshop brings together a free flowing process to unlock and explore your creative expression, alongside embodiment and conscious connected breathing practices. No experience with breathwork or creative arts necessary - all are welcome.

Join Joshua Wrest (Breathwork Practitioner - Transition Breath) and Samuel Townsend (Artist - Venus Mantrap) for this special Queer Breathwork event!

Queer Breathwork is a unique LGBTIQ+ gathering. Its purpose is to create a safe and supported space for Canberrra's LGBTIQ+ community and their allies to gather, process unconscious energies held in the body, access higher states of consciousness and inner wisdom, and celebrate Queer energy.

Details:

When: Wednesdays, 12 November 2025.
Time: 6pm to 8.30pm
Where: Youth Coalition of the ACT, O'Connor ACT, Ngunnawal Country

Cost - to support access, Queer Breathwork has a tiered pricing system, with all rates subsidised by the ACT Government. Rates below do not include booking fee.

Full fee ticket - $75 (for those with expendable income)
Mid-fee ticket - $55
Sponsored ticket (when money is tight) - $35 (limited)

No experience is necessary, all are welcome. To ensure sufficient support is available to participants, there are limited spaces available.

What is Transpersonal Breathwork?

Transpersonal Breathwork combines a method called ' conscious connected breathing' with mind-body awareness techniques, nurturing physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Highlighting the transformative power of conscious breathing, it aims to ease stress, release emotional blockages, and enhance awareness, embodiment, and personal growth. Tailored for mental health concerns like stress, anxiety and depression, it helps understand and release traumas while accessing inner wisdom and empowerment. Transpersonal Breathwork cultivates balance, harmony, and peace in the mind and body, presenting a holistic approach to self-discovery and overall health. Transition Breath's Queer Breathwork offerings are trauma-informed and incorporate holistic psychotherapy principles into every session.

What is breathwork useful for?

Transition Breath's approach delves into the inner self by utilising a holistic breathwork method, all the while observing what emerges within the body and mind. Participants may experience:

release of stress, tension, and stagnant energy in both body and mind;
exploration and resolution of self-limiting beliefs, trapped emotions, and unresolved issues;
connection with one's life force, vitality, and spiritual essence;
support for mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression;
cultivation of empowerment, awareness, and self-compassion;
assistance in processing personal, family, ancestral, and cultural traumas; and
overall enhancement of well-being and acceleration of personal growth journey.

Health and well-being considerations (contraindicators):

Breathwork uses a rhythmic/dynamic breathing pattern for an extended period, giving you access to an altered-state of consciousness. Whilst this breathing practice is safe, certain mental and physical conditions may prevent you from participating in this workshop. These may include people with cardiovascular problems, pregnancy, psychosis, recent surgery, acute infectious illness, epilepsy, severe hypertension or glaucoma.

+++please contact Joshua if you have any questions or concerns regarding this information+++

About Joshua (He/Him):

Joshua is a holistic psychotherapist/counsellor and breathwork practitioner, supporting clients and running workshops since 2018 across Australia and internationally. With a focus on the transformative power of the breath, heart, and mind, Joshua empowers individuals to utilise these elements for growth and empowerment. Through the use of holistic breathwork and psychotherapy, he supports clients to access their inner wisdom, release self-limiting beliefs, and foster increased consciousness, awareness and sense of purpose. Joshua assists people with processing trauma and mental/emotional health challenges, while also exploring altered states of consciousness, life-meaning questions, and spirituality. His trauma-informed practice, guided by the client's journey, welcomes individuals from all backgrounds, genders, and sexualities. He offers personalised breathwork and psychotherapy, couples therapy and group breathwork workshops and retreats. Joshua is a registered breathwork practitioner with the Australian Breathwork Association and the International Breathwork Foundation.

He is a proud member of our LGBTIQA+ community and has roots in rural Australia. He feels intimately connected to the wisdom and healing power of our Earth. He has a pug called Norman. He grew up on Yorta Yorta Country and lives on Ngunnawal Country.

Further information is available at: www.transitionbreath.com