ABOUT ANDREW DUNNE
I first encountered breathwork over 15 years ago. My experience was nothing short of life-changing and one which I’d describe as a profound sense of ‘coming home’.
Having spent years seeking solutions for depression, addictions and generally having the lurking sense that something was fundamentally ‘wrong’ with me, the palpable effects of my breathwork practice felt like I’d finally found and discovered a part of myself that I’d been searching for all my life.
To say this was a transformative experience is an understatement and I felt like I’d been gifted with something sincerely miraculous. I genuinely regard breathwork as saving my life and do not say that lightly.
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Just a few months into my own personal practice, I underwent what felt like a complete ‘re-discovery’ of myself. Awakening in the morning, I found that my senses were more refined, especially my sense of smell, positive memories of childhood began to return, I felt safer and more connected to other people often found myself in a state of heart-centred bliss.​​
I had a new-found zest and enthusiasm for life and felt like so many parts of myself, physically, emotionally and spiritually were coming ‘back online’. All sorts of synchronicities began entering into my daily life and during practice I would often receive profound insights and clear messages regarding choices I should make with regards to navigating life and aligning with my soul path.
Whilst I wasn’t aware of the science at the time, what I now know is that meditative and therapeutic breathwork not only synchronises the hemispheres of the brain, improves gut-brain communication and fundamentally alters neuro-chemistry (in addition to all the benefits listed here). It is also a type of ‘soul language’, a birth-right if you like which can fundamentally align and alchemise almost every aspect of our being.
"When you own your breath, nobody can steal your peace".
When used consciously and in a therapeutic setting, I see breathwork as an embodied ‘living prayer’ and a potent spiritual tool which can connect us with our own inner teacher, our highest selves, with the divine and which can empower us to release all that has held us back in life. This is not hyperbole: once you experience your first ‘breathwork miracle’, you’ll know exactly what I mean.
After 11 years of personal practice, I decided to deepen my journey and beginning in 2020, I spent four years attaining a professional Diploma in Rebirthing Breathwork with the AIR school of breathwork.
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This was an incredible journey not just into the ever-transformative nature of the breath but also a journey into the depths of my own biography: the nature of my own birth and birth-trauma, life-trauma, my complex relationship with my parents, the nature of shadow-work and the fear, shame, guilt, blame and angst I’d carried through life, inner child work, themes of intimacy and sexuality, the law of attraction and intention, emotional anatomy and somatic embodiment techniques, the accessing of altered states of consciousness, past-life influences and the exploration of spiritual purification techniques.
As I write in 2024, I am as passionate about Breathwork as I’ve ever been and its results never cease to amaze me. I ‘Rebirth’ myself on a regular basis and despite practicing for over 15 years I have to say that Breathwork is, to a certain extent, even now somewhat of a mystery to me. Every session is surprisingly different: often unpredictable, always worthwhile and occasionally magical.
Breathwork is truly like opening a door to another realm and one where our highest and most noble self is there, willing to help and guide us, if we have the courage to venture inside and merge with parts of ourselves that usually remain hidden. It is an unforgettable journey into the heart and a journey to fully experiencing the richness of what it means to be alive as a human being.
I hold a diploma in Rebirthing Breathwork from the AIR school of breathwork, a Professional training programme. It fulfils all the prerequisites of The Global Professional Breathwork Alliance (GPBA), The British Rebirth Society (BRS) and is a professional member of The International Breathwork Foundation (IBF) & Breathwork UK .
"As you breathe, you let go of ego interference and enter the realm of experiencing your own beautiful soul".
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