How Often Should You Do Breathwork?

It's one of the questions I'm asked most often: "How often should I do breathwork?"

The honest answer is that it depends. Not because I'm trying to be vague, but because I don't think breathwork is something we can reduce to a formula. Like meditation, movement or creativity, it's a practice that evolves alongside you. The way you use it will naturally change throughout different seasons of your life.

When I first discovered breathwork, I wasn't looking for it. One of my closest friends simply said, "You've got to try this. You're going to love it." She'd spent years exploring different approaches to personal growth, and I trusted her completely, so I found myself lying on the floor beside the fire in her house with her laptop next to me, following a guided breathing practice. I didn't have any expectations. I certainly wasn't trying to work through anything. I was simply curious.

What happened surprised me.

I found myself overwhelmed by an unexpected sense of compassion for my own body. A part of myself that had felt distant for years suddenly felt incredibly close again. Looking back, I don't think I'd lost it at all. I think I'd simply lost connection with it.

I remember leaving that session with one overwhelming thought: If something this simple can help me feel so differently about something I didn't even realise I was still carrying, what else might be possible?

From that moment on, I wanted to do it again.

For a while, I practised every week. Each session felt like diving for gold. Sometimes I'd laugh, sometimes I'd cry, and sometimes I'd simply lie there in the resting breath feeling as though I was floating through an endless, inky black, star-filled sky. It wasn't that every session was dramatic or emotional. It was that every session seemed to reveal another layer of myself I hadn't fully noticed before.

As I went on to train as a breathwork facilitator, my relationship with the practice changed again. I stopped chasing profound experiences and became more interested in the quiet relationship I was building with myself. Breathwork became less about breakthroughs and more about staying connected. It became something I returned to whenever life felt busy, whenever I noticed I was carrying something, or simply because I wanted to spend a little time listening to myself.

These days, when people ask me how often they should practise, my answer is always the same: listen to your body.

When you first discover breathwork, you may find yourself wanting to do it regularly because you're curious. Follow that curiosity. If it feels supportive, there's no reason not to practise weekly for a while. Over time, though, most people naturally settle into their own rhythm. Some return every week, others every month, and some simply notice when life is asking a little more of them and come back then.

One thing I would say is don't fall into the trap of believing it has to be a forty-minute session every time. Sometimes I'll lie on my bed for ten minutes. Sometimes I'll put some music on and spend half an hour on my yoga mat. Sometimes I'll give myself a full guided session. Every one of those counts. The important thing isn't how long you breathe; it's that you stay in relationship with yourself.

And here's something else I think is worth saying.

I teach breathwork. I know how much it helps me. Yet there are still days when I don't feel like doing it. I'll think about it, I'll know it would probably help, and I'll still find reasons to put it off. I've learnt not to judge that. Even when we know something is good for us, it can still take energy to create the space for it. More often than not, once I've taken those first few breaths, I remember exactly why I came back.

For me, breathwork has become a little like emotional fitness. We don't only move our bodies when something is wrong; we move them because it helps us stay well. Breathwork feels much the same. It's a way of expressing, clearing, listening and reconnecting before life becomes too noisy. Not because we're broken, but because we're living full, complicated, beautifully human lives.

If you're curious to discover your own rhythm, there are a few different ways we can work together.

If you're completely new to breathwork, a One-to-One Session is a gentle place to begin. We'll explore the practice together and find a pace that feels right for you.

If you'd love to build a regular practice alongside other people, Beyond Breath gives us four weeks to slow down, breathe and notice what unfolds over time.

And if you know life is asking a little more of you right now, Your Season offers three sessions over six to eight weeks, giving us the time to build trust, notice patterns and gently support meaningful change.

There isn't a perfect number of breathwork sessions.

There is only one question I still come back to myself:

What do I need today?